On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 19:32:20 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
wrote:
>On 9/12/2017 9:33 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 13:09:30 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/11/2017 12:41 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 11:40:39 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> To all of you that may be affected, I hope you do well. Be patient
>>>>> after the fact, small improvements are large victories.
>>>>
>>>> It looks like we'll just get the NE corner of tropical storm reduced,
>>>> Irma. Yesterday, I went around and made sure all of our downspouts
>>>> were well anchored and screwed 2x4s to the diverters. The diverters
>>>> tend to blow away in high winds and the winds are really picking up.
>>>> The worst is expected here in a couple of hours.
>>>>
>>>> Work was cancelled for the day, so we're just kinda hanging out. I
>>>> don't anticipate any major problems this far inland but those in
>>>> Florida are going to have a long week, many worse. The islands are
>>>> going to have it really rough. It's going to be hard getting food and
>>>> water to them.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Where are you located? I would imagine any think inland will mostly be
>>> affected by the rain and possible tornadoes.
>>
>> Just SW of Atlanta. Mostly wind and rain. Not a huge amount of rain
>> (4" or so) but over 36 hours, made for some really soggy ground and
>> lots of trees uprooted. It really wasn't any worse than a good
>> thunderstorm but it lasted a lot longer. We lost power from 2:00PM
>> yesterday until about noon today. I had a couple of movies downloaded
>> on my phone, so we watched Netflix on the little-screen TV last night.
>> ;-)
>
>Glad to hear you fared well! 4" LOL and you are soggy? I'm told we
>got more, but I measured 33" in 4 days. 17" in a 24 hour period Sunday.
> And 3 days later there is no mush anywhere in my yard. I began
>watering my yard again a few days ago.
Any more just runs of. Georgia red clay, you know. Yeah, anytime we
get a lot of rain and wind, lots of trees get uprooted around town.
36hours of rain and wind did a number on the trees but that's about
it.
>>
>> Ironically, a friend runs an electronics sales representative company.
>> Four of his guys live in FL, two in the Tampa area and two in the
>> Orlando area. None lost power but he was out (in Atlanta proper) for
>> several hours. It really wasn't that bad here.
>>
>
>Good to hear. This was my 6th hurricane/tropical storm of any
>magnitude. I would like to request no more in my life time. ;~)
Understood. I decided I didn't like shoveling snow (or leftist
politicians and their taxes), so left Vermont. I once considered a
job in Wilmington NC, but took one look at the map of the US, then
looked at a topographical map of the area and decided that I couldn't
swim well enough to live there (it's flatter than Florida).
On 9/11/2017 1:34 PM, Dr. Deb wrote:
> On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 11:40:50 AM UTC-5, Leon wrote:
>> To all of you that may be affected, I hope you do well. Be patient
>> after the fact, small improvements are large victories.
>
> Leon, how are folks around you recovering?
>
> Deb
>
Houston and the surrounding areas are getting it's mobility back, Some
major north/south thoroughfares were opened back up this weekend and
literally cut the commuting on the west half side of Houston and the out
lying areas in half or more. Most freeways were taking 2 hours to get
into down town and that shortened to about 1 hour last week. This week
school started and the commutes have dropped to about 1/2 hour.
BUT the homes that were flooded are in terrible condition, whether that
be $50K homes or $1 Mil + homes. My wife and I rode our bikes into one
of the subdivisions about a mile north of us, inside the Barker
reservoir. The streets were bumper to bumper on both sides with
contractors trucks and debris was every where. You could hardly see the
front yards because of the removal of the contents of the down stairs.
Out of respect, I did not take any pictures. These were probably 3 to 4
hundred thousand dollar homes.
It shocks me that few had flood insurance. The word was that because
they were in the 500 year flood plane they did not need flood insurance,
meaning the mortgage companies did not require flood insurance. I do
not care where you are, if your storm drains clog for any reason your
street can flood. We are located in an categorized flood plane, meaning
we are the least likely to flood, I have flood insurance.
As far as business goes, most gas stations, grocery stores, etc. are
back to normal in the areas that did not flood. I think most all flood
waters have reseeded except those in the Barker and Adicks reservoirs.
For the most part both of these reservoirs have no neighborhoods except
on the high perimeters. The homes that flooded in the reservoirs were
those below 98' above sea level in this general area. The reservoirs
are expected to continue to drain for the next 3~4 months.
On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 11:40:50 AM UTC-5, Leon wrote:
> To all of you that may be affected, I hope you do well. Be patient=20
> after the fact, small improvements are large victories.
Its 1:29PM CDT and we are almost out of the rain shield (just south of Mont=
gomery, Al.). We are getting a light rain and a bit of wind, but not anyth=
ing more than we would get if a front went through. It seems that once Irm=
a made landfall, it started to fall apart, which was a huge blessing to tho=
se in its path. But that path has already caused a lot of pain, suffering,=
property damage and death, especially in the islands.
On 9/11/2017 12:41 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 11:40:39 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
> wrote:
>
>> To all of you that may be affected, I hope you do well. Be patient
>> after the fact, small improvements are large victories.
>
> It looks like we'll just get the NE corner of tropical storm reduced,
> Irma. Yesterday, I went around and made sure all of our downspouts
> were well anchored and screwed 2x4s to the diverters. The diverters
> tend to blow away in high winds and the winds are really picking up.
> The worst is expected here in a couple of hours.
>
> Work was cancelled for the day, so we're just kinda hanging out. I
> don't anticipate any major problems this far inland but those in
> Florida are going to have a long week, many worse. The islands are
> going to have it really rough. It's going to be hard getting food and
> water to them.
>
Where are you located? I would imagine any think inland will mostly be
affected by the rain and possible tornadoes.
On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 11:40:39 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
wrote:
>To all of you that may be affected, I hope you do well. Be patient
>after the fact, small improvements are large victories.
It looks like we'll just get the NE corner of tropical storm reduced,
Irma. Yesterday, I went around and made sure all of our downspouts
were well anchored and screwed 2x4s to the diverters. The diverters
tend to blow away in high winds and the winds are really picking up.
The worst is expected here in a couple of hours.
Work was cancelled for the day, so we're just kinda hanging out. I
don't anticipate any major problems this far inland but those in
Florida are going to have a long week, many worse. The islands are
going to have it really rough. It's going to be hard getting food and
water to them.
On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 13:09:30 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
wrote:
>On 9/11/2017 12:41 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 11:40:39 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> To all of you that may be affected, I hope you do well. Be patient
>>> after the fact, small improvements are large victories.
>>
>> It looks like we'll just get the NE corner of tropical storm reduced,
>> Irma. Yesterday, I went around and made sure all of our downspouts
>> were well anchored and screwed 2x4s to the diverters. The diverters
>> tend to blow away in high winds and the winds are really picking up.
>> The worst is expected here in a couple of hours.
>>
>> Work was cancelled for the day, so we're just kinda hanging out. I
>> don't anticipate any major problems this far inland but those in
>> Florida are going to have a long week, many worse. The islands are
>> going to have it really rough. It's going to be hard getting food and
>> water to them.
>>
>
>Where are you located? I would imagine any think inland will mostly be
>affected by the rain and possible tornadoes.
Just SW of Atlanta. Mostly wind and rain. Not a huge amount of rain
(4" or so) but over 36 hours, made for some really soggy ground and
lots of trees uprooted. It really wasn't any worse than a good
thunderstorm but it lasted a lot longer. We lost power from 2:00PM
yesterday until about noon today. I had a couple of movies downloaded
on my phone, so we watched Netflix on the little-screen TV last night.
;-)
Ironically, a friend runs an electronics sales representative company.
Four of his guys live in FL, two in the Tampa area and two in the
Orlando area. None lost power but he was out (in Atlanta proper) for
several hours. It really wasn't that bad here.
On 9/12/2017 9:33 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 13:09:30 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
> wrote:
>
>> On 9/11/2017 12:41 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>> On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 11:40:39 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> To all of you that may be affected, I hope you do well. Be patient
>>>> after the fact, small improvements are large victories.
>>>
>>> It looks like we'll just get the NE corner of tropical storm reduced,
>>> Irma. Yesterday, I went around and made sure all of our downspouts
>>> were well anchored and screwed 2x4s to the diverters. The diverters
>>> tend to blow away in high winds and the winds are really picking up.
>>> The worst is expected here in a couple of hours.
>>>
>>> Work was cancelled for the day, so we're just kinda hanging out. I
>>> don't anticipate any major problems this far inland but those in
>>> Florida are going to have a long week, many worse. The islands are
>>> going to have it really rough. It's going to be hard getting food and
>>> water to them.
>>>
>>
>> Where are you located? I would imagine any think inland will mostly be
>> affected by the rain and possible tornadoes.
>
> Just SW of Atlanta. Mostly wind and rain. Not a huge amount of rain
> (4" or so) but over 36 hours, made for some really soggy ground and
> lots of trees uprooted. It really wasn't any worse than a good
> thunderstorm but it lasted a lot longer. We lost power from 2:00PM
> yesterday until about noon today. I had a couple of movies downloaded
> on my phone, so we watched Netflix on the little-screen TV last night.
> ;-)
Glad to hear you fared well! 4" LOL and you are soggy? I'm told we
got more, but I measured 33" in 4 days. 17" in a 24 hour period Sunday.
And 3 days later there is no mush anywhere in my yard. I began
watering my yard again a few days ago.
>
> Ironically, a friend runs an electronics sales representative company.
> Four of his guys live in FL, two in the Tampa area and two in the
> Orlando area. None lost power but he was out (in Atlanta proper) for
> several hours. It really wasn't that bad here.
>
Good to hear. This was my 6th hurricane/tropical storm of any
magnitude. I would like to request no more in my life time. ;~)