Tuesday Morning

Great morning all,

50° with thick fog settled in here near Halfway USA. Sunshine & 77° later for today and tomorrow. The hurricane out in the Atlantic has finally moved the weather we've "enjoyed" for the past couple weeks.

The 80% Glock seems to be fitted ok. Time to order a parts kit for the slide & see if it actually works. More yard work checked off the task list & I think we are caught up for a few days. We've had some volunteer trees start on their own in around the house. DD & I took two from their starting place and potted them. We'll get them planted around the yard in the Spring. Mostly as a replacements because other less healthy trees need to be removed.

Heading to the dentist in a bit. That drive will take a little longer because of the fog. DD has her shopping list made out so I'm sure I'll be providing security for that part of the trip.

Chain saw clean up & sharpening later. I'll see if I can talk the damncow farmer into cutting a load of firewood when they visit.

good Tuesday morning folks. It's 64º here in soggy south central PA. We had a rain/drizzle/mist almost all day again yesterday and today looks about the same. It may dry out a little. Don't know what our rain total is but it's a lot. We have plenty, with lots more to come in the next week or so from those tropical systems in the Atlantic. Sure sucks for a whole lot of people that aren't sure where this thing is going. Mandatory evacuations from SC to VA. How'd you like to leave your house and not know if there will be anything left when you return? What about the Outer banks? Will there be anything left? Miss Sue and I have been talking about maybe buying a place near Hatteras. Times like this have me wondering if I want to have to deal with situations like this.

Well, I guess I'd better get busy. Lots going on here still. Have a good one. Prayers sent, especially for those in harm's way, both here and abroad. REMEMBER 9/11!

Charlie

ETA - Tyler will be flying home from the Sandbox of Qatar tonight. Flying to Frankfurt to Charlotte to Norfolk. Just in time for ole Flo. I think his apartment is in a flood zone in Hampton, VA. He'll probably have to bug out as soon as he gets back.

I have on occasion looked into a coastal vacation home. If I did anything, it would have to be on pilings. Even on stilts you can have big losses, though. Build to hurricane standards and you improve your chances. That is not cheap.
I worked several catastrophe losses was an insurance adjuster and have seen first hand what can happen. In Hollywood Florida (92) we had mostly insured $500,000 and up homes. Most were flattened because the city issued occupancy permits without inspections. The common denominator was the lack of hurricane clips on rafters to keep the roof on. Once you lose the roof you lose integrity of the structure and water gets to all floors.
It was interesting the houses built by the Habitat for Humanity survived. They were simple block or frame structures built to code + .