My thoughts are with you guys today. Be safe!
Stay Safe East Coasters!!
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To quote the old Peter, Paul and Mary song - "All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go..."
I still spending time doing as much storm prep as I can. The town has issued a non-mandatory evacuation for my neighborhood. We have two friends to take us in, and know where the evac centers are. The cars are full of gasoline. We have all our important documents, etc. We're packed for a five day vacation. Lots of food and water ready to be packed; candles, batteries...
Everyone around here seems to be in a state of quiet, resigned but determined panic; it's very weird. There's almost a war-time feel to it all.
I'm not scared, but I'm really worried. As irrational as it is, although my wife a daughter will be leaving this evening (or sooner if the situation warrants it), I'm going to stay until the last minute. I can't explain it, but I have to be here until the water starts creeping up the doorstep.
I'll duck in to give updates as (if) circumstances permit.
I still spending time doing as much storm prep as I can. The town has issued a non-mandatory evacuation for my neighborhood. We have two friends to take us in, and know where the evac centers are. The cars are full of gasoline. We have all our important documents, etc. We're packed for a five day vacation. Lots of food and water ready to be packed; candles, batteries...
Everyone around here seems to be in a state of quiet, resigned but determined panic; it's very weird. There's almost a war-time feel to it all.
I'm not scared, but I'm really worried. As irrational as it is, although my wife a daughter will be leaving this evening (or sooner if the situation warrants it), I'm going to stay until the last minute. I can't explain it, but I have to be here until the water starts creeping up the doorstep.
I'll duck in to give updates as (if) circumstances permit.
I'm glad to hear you're so prepared. We don't want another katrina. But be careful! You're house and equipment are useless if you're dead!
Without my gear I'd rather be dead!
Not really, but I'm still paying off the loans from the flood of '07. I'll probably be out of business if we get serious flooding; it would cost another $25k to rebuild the studio and control room.
The weather service is frightening me; they said that the rain would start at noon, and low and behold, it started to rain about 15 minutes ago.
I've got Tom Petty and Talking Heads running the hamster wheel in my head -
Tom Petty, The Waiting- "The waiting is the hardest part."
Talking Heads, Crosseyed And Painless - "I'm still waiting, I'm still waiting, I'm still waiting..."
Not really, but I'm still paying off the loans from the flood of '07. I'll probably be out of business if we get serious flooding; it would cost another $25k to rebuild the studio and control room.
The weather service is frightening me; they said that the rain would start at noon, and low and behold, it started to rain about 15 minutes ago.
I've got Tom Petty and Talking Heads running the hamster wheel in my head -
Tom Petty, The Waiting- "The waiting is the hardest part."
Talking Heads, Crosseyed And Painless - "I'm still waiting, I'm still waiting, I'm still waiting..."
Needless to say, I'm not happy for anyone else's misfortune, and I'm very sorry you've got to experience this, Alcove. It's having quite the opposite effect on me, actually.
I work in a hotel, and we're just far enough inland that we won't be effected too much by the storm. So, all those VA Beach evacuees have made a bee-live for Richmond, which means my hotel is at max capacity, with a bunch of people who can't go out (because everything is closed). So, I'm gonna make some good money tonight.
I hope all of your equipment survives, Alcove. Best of luck!
I work in a hotel, and we're just far enough inland that we won't be effected too much by the storm. So, all those VA Beach evacuees have made a bee-live for Richmond, which means my hotel is at max capacity, with a bunch of people who can't go out (because everything is closed). So, I'm gonna make some good money tonight.
I hope all of your equipment survives, Alcove. Best of luck!
The equipment was moved upstairs Thursday and Friday, along with a ton of other stuff; we can barely move in the living room or our bedroom. My concern with the potential of flooding is that my studio and control rooms will be destroyed once again. Building acoustically correct rooms is expensive - for me a rebuild would be a minimum of about $20k to $25k.
You're too brave.
I wish you'd film the situation prior and during the hurricane and post it for us to see
Nope, I'm a coward. The cars are packed and we can be out the front door in about two minutes; we're just going to stay home as long as possible. A very steady, soaking rain started here about two hours ago. We've got the news on, flashlights and candles at the ready, although the power will probably last until after we're forced to leave - I'm estimating between 4am and 8am.
Oh - can't shoot much. My wife won't let me touch her camera, and my 15 year old camcorder is only good for about 20 minutes shooting time.
Wow. Stay safe and take care, Alcove.
The rain is getting harder, with momentary downpours. The wind is picking up as well.
I'm logged on to a live feed from the USGS that shows the water levels of the river that's about 50 yards from my house. It's only up an inch in the last six hours, but I'm sure that will change soon. I'll know it's time to start getting really worried when they change from inches of increase to feet of increase.
I'm logged on to a live feed from the USGS that shows the water levels of the river that's about 50 yards from my house. It's only up an inch in the last six hours, but I'm sure that will change soon. I'll know it's time to start getting really worried when they change from inches of increase to feet of increase.
The river is up an inch in the last hour. We'll be sticking it out for a while, but...
I just took a walk around the neighborhood. So far, so good. The river still has about three feet to go before it gets up to its banks. The rain has let up quite a bit in the last hour. High tide is at about 8:30am, so drainage is decent, for now.
The storm is so slow (which, according to the weather geeks makes it worse in some ways) that it won't get here until 8am or so. So, until then, we're staying put.
I'm going to try and catch a nap. I'll update (if possible) in a little bit.
I guess you can tell that I don't have much else to do at the moment except be worried and watch the news.
The storm is so slow (which, according to the weather geeks makes it worse in some ways) that it won't get here until 8am or so. So, until then, we're staying put.
I'm going to try and catch a nap. I'll update (if possible) in a little bit.
I guess you can tell that I don't have much else to do at the moment except be worried and watch the news.
Well, gang; the FD and PD knocked on the door and we're out of here. Hopefully you'll hear from me soon.
Peace,
Bob
Peace,
Bob
Stay safe!
Where I live the place is a ghost town. I had to run an errand and I was the only one out there. The Tedeshi was open and that was probably about it.
I hope everyone is safe and no damage is done to home or equiptment.
Ot but what do you do in the hotel? I used to work in hotels. Did everything from front desk, resturant (waiting on tables, cooking, busing tables), hotel sales and house cleaning. I loved it.
I hope everyone is safe and no damage is done to home or equiptment.
Ot but what do you do in the hotel? I used to work in hotels. Did everything from front desk, resturant (waiting on tables, cooking, busing tables), hotel sales and house cleaning. I loved it.
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I'm desperately searching for a Duece Bigalow photo!Howdy All!!!
Well, we dodged a bullet. My house - and the basement studio - are fine. We spent the morning with some friends. The irony of it all is that our friends have no power; a pole with a transformer went down. When we got home I turned the breakers on, and Voila! The power is on! I walked down the street, grabbed one of the guys from the gas company, and the gas is also back on.
There's still lots to do. I have to get all of the gear back into the studio and hook it up; about a week to ten days worth of work. It's rewiring and then trouble-shooting that takes up so much time. I'm also going to take the time to reconfigure a few things since I have the chance. I'm also going to give it a good cleaning, shampoo the carpet, etc. while I'm at it. Plus getting the playroom back downstairs, getting things back to normal in the garage and a whole lot more.
All of the houses on the aptly named River Street, which are right behind our property, have flooded basements, and about six houses on the far end of the street are also in a bad way. Another neighbor had a tree fall on their house. The whole neighborhood is out in knots of people talking; it's amazing how bad times bring people together and bring out the best in them.
So all-in-all a major non-event, and a waste of all that good worrying! However, if we hadn't prepared I'm sure that I would standing at the top of the basement stairs bemoaning the loss of my studio.
I would like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers, I'm sure that they helped. Bless you all!
Peace,
Bob
Well, we dodged a bullet. My house - and the basement studio - are fine. We spent the morning with some friends. The irony of it all is that our friends have no power; a pole with a transformer went down. When we got home I turned the breakers on, and Voila! The power is on! I walked down the street, grabbed one of the guys from the gas company, and the gas is also back on.
There's still lots to do. I have to get all of the gear back into the studio and hook it up; about a week to ten days worth of work. It's rewiring and then trouble-shooting that takes up so much time. I'm also going to take the time to reconfigure a few things since I have the chance. I'm also going to give it a good cleaning, shampoo the carpet, etc. while I'm at it. Plus getting the playroom back downstairs, getting things back to normal in the garage and a whole lot more.
All of the houses on the aptly named River Street, which are right behind our property, have flooded basements, and about six houses on the far end of the street are also in a bad way. Another neighbor had a tree fall on their house. The whole neighborhood is out in knots of people talking; it's amazing how bad times bring people together and bring out the best in them.
So all-in-all a major non-event, and a waste of all that good worrying! However, if we hadn't prepared I'm sure that I would standing at the top of the basement stairs bemoaning the loss of my studio.
I would like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers, I'm sure that they helped. Bless you all!
Peace,
Bob
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So happy to hear you guys are safe and that your livelihood is still intact!
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This was a whimp hurricane, if you could even call it that. The media harped on it for so long, they got everyone to panic.
Back in 65 there was a hell-of-a hurricane. The power went out for days. We had a large weeping willow tree that was uprooted. But, the spookiest part was, there was a radio station that had the song "Polka Dotted Bikini" playing for hours. That was eerie.
Back in 65 there was a hell-of-a hurricane. The power went out for days. We had a large weeping willow tree that was uprooted. But, the spookiest part was, there was a radio station that had the song "Polka Dotted Bikini" playing for hours. That was eerie.