Im sick of this damn rain. O.K. so we were in a drought for the past eleventy billion years but enough liquid sunshine already. We in the northern part of Georgia have hail and tornado producing storms comming in. OH CRAP! There go the tornado sirens as I type. Seriously I'm not kidding, off we go to the basement.
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April 19, 2009 9:46 p.m. porksboy Dork
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April 19, 2009 10:12 p.m. rebelgtp Dork
Shoot out here in Oregon its been nice and sunny the last couple days.
Hope the weather lets up on ya and nothing gets damaged.
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April 19, 2009 10:20 p.m. Salanis UltraDork
Right... what's a cubit?
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April 19, 2009 10:32 p.m. rebelgtp Dork
Salanis wrote:
Right... what's a cubit?
isn't it like the length from your elbow to the end of your finger or something like that so its kinda different for everyone
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April 19, 2009 10:35 p.m. porksboy Dork
So far we are in good shape. My inlaws 15 miles away have two houses in their neighbourhood with trees in the living rooms. My sister inlaw has a tree on her car but the inlaws house in O.K.
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April 19, 2009 10:47 p.m. friedgreencorrado Reader
porksboy wrote:
So far we are in good shape. My inlaws 15 miles away have two houses in their neighbourhood with trees in the living rooms. My sister inlaw has a tree on her car but the inlaws house in O.K.
By the radar, we just got missed. SE corner of Bartow, only inside the county by about 300yds. I could swear I heard the thing.
Live NWS radar:
http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?product=N0R&rid=FFC&loop=yes
Make sure to click auto-update.
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April 19, 2009 11:37 p.m. porksboy Dork
friedgreencorrado wrote:
porksboy wrote:
So far we are in good shape. My inlaws 15 miles away have two houses in their neighbourhood with trees in the living rooms. My sister inlaw has a tree on her car but the inlaws house in O.K.
By the radar, we just got missed. SE corner of Bartow, only inside the county by about 300yds. I could swear I heard the thing.
Live NWS radar:
http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?product=N0R&rid=FFC&loop=yes
Make sure to click auto-update.
I dont think your that far form me. I'm in NW Cobb by about 3 miles.
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April 19, 2009 11:43 p.m. friedgreencorrado Reader
porksboy wrote:
friedgreencorrado wrote:
porksboy wrote:
So far we are in good shape. My inlaws 15 miles away have two houses in their neighbourhood with trees in the living rooms. My sister inlaw has a tree on her car but the inlaws house in O.K.
By the radar, we just got missed. SE corner of Bartow, only inside the county by about 300yds. I could swear I heard the thing.
Live NWS radar:
http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?product=N0R&rid=FFC&loop=yes
Make sure to click auto-update.
I dont think your that far form me. I'm in NW Cobb by about 3 miles.
Is everyone OK? I'm still looking at radar, this last band should be it.
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April 20, 2009 6:30 a.m. porksboy Dork
Yep we made it thru. Thanks for asking. My creek is up but still within its banks, Never any danger from it, It is about 75' elevation change behind the house. The inlaws are fine, the neighbors stayed with them last night. One house in there neighbor hood is gone acording to my SIL.
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April 20, 2009 7:20 a.m. 16vCorey SuperDork
friedgreencorrado wrote:
porksboy wrote:
So far we are in good shape. My inlaws 15 miles away have two houses in their neighbourhood with trees in the living rooms. My sister inlaw has a tree on her car but the inlaws house in O.K.
By the radar, we just got missed. SE corner of Bartow, only inside the county by about 300yds. I could swear I heard the thing.
Live NWS radar:
http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?product=N0R&rid=FFC&loop=yes
Make sure to click auto-update.
Glad everyone is OK, but why is that radar not work safe?
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April 20, 2009 8:24 a.m. bludroptop Dork
Salanis wrote:
Right... what's a cubit?
For those who don't get the reference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0KHt8xrQkk
(crap, I'm old)
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April 20, 2009 9:10 a.m. fiat22turbo SuperDork
Salanis wrote:
Right... what's a cubit?
This is not a shower is it?
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April 20, 2009 10:54 a.m. friedgreencorrado Reader
porksboy wrote:
Yep we made it thru. Thanks for asking. My creek is up but still within its banks, Never any danger from it, It is about 75' elevation change behind the house. The inlaws are fine, the neighbors stayed with them last night. One house in there neighbor hood is gone acording to my SIL.
Glad everyone made it through. Stinks about your inlaws' neighbors, though. These things make us nervous..we moved out here because it's cheaper. It's a "manufatured home", which I've disovered is a trailer on a permanent foundation. I guess it's not bad for a tornado magnet, at least it has a 2-car garage, and there's no emissions in Bartow. I asked the owner if it'd be OK to park a car in the back yard, and he said, "..no problem. My boat used to live out there."
We're surrounded by trees, though. Last night was scary.
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April 20, 2009 12:30 p.m. ultraclyde New Reader
I ducked a tornado while living in Marietta - the one that tore up Windy Hill / I-75 about ten (+?) years ago. I was going to the North Avenue Trade School at the time. The twister went right over our apartment at night, but it didn't touch down. Man, I couldn't sleep if there was any thunder for a couple years. That train sound is unreal.
I'm down in Macon now. We've had our share of crap already this year too, but we dodged this round. Glad everybody's okay
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April 20, 2009 7:56 p.m. twentyover New Reader
rebelgtp wrote:
Salanis wrote:
Right... what's a cubit?
isn't it like the length from your elbow to the end of your finger or something like that so its kinda different for everyone
Actually, it's a Bill Cosby bit of the conversation between God and Noah...
Oops, didn't see bludroptop's ost- sorry for the repost reference
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April 20, 2009 10:31 p.m. BAMF New Reader
"Noah, how long can you tread water?"
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April 21, 2009 3:37 a.m. nutherjrfan Reader
BAMF wrote:
"Noah, how long can you tread water?"
that one is my repetoire immediately. one thing I love about D.C. is the weather, hardly ever rains, livin' in the city storms never knock the power out, but then there's...never mind...
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April 21, 2009 6:41 a.m. mad_machine UltraDork
it's all the hot air in DC that keeps the storms away.
Glad you guys made it through, it is just cold and wet here in NJ from the same system that spawned your storms
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April 21, 2009 7:36 a.m. spitfirebill HalfDork
After two years of drouth, I'm surprised you are complaining about some rain.
Don't forget Hotlanta is trying to suck up water resources from all the adjoining states.
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April 21, 2009 8:28 a.m. oldsaw Reader
spitfirebill wrote:
After two years of drouth, I'm surprised you are complaining about some rain.
Don't forget Hotlanta is trying to suck up water resources from all the adjoining states.
Actually, the debate concerns the adjoining states trying to suck up water resources that originate in Georgia.
As always, there are three sides to every story.
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April 21, 2009 12:05 p.m. spitfirebill HalfDork
oldsaw wrote:
spitfirebill wrote:
After two years of drouth, I'm surprised you are complaining about some rain.
Don't forget Hotlanta is trying to suck up water resources from all the adjoining states.
Actually, the debate concerns the adjoining states trying to suck up water resources that originate in Georgia.
As always, there are three sides to every story.
Savannah River doesn't entirely originate in Ga. Tennessee River doesn't even touch Ga, but now Ga says the old surveys are wrong and that it really does.
Some of the goofy movies that depict wars over water may yet turn out to be true.
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April 21, 2009 12:41 p.m. maroon92 UltraDork
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April 21, 2009 12:43 p.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor
Some of the goofy movies that depict wars over water may yet turn out to be true.
Tank Girl FTW
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April 21, 2009 2:41 p.m. oldsaw Reader
spitfirebill wrote:
oldsaw wrote:
spitfirebill wrote:
After two years of drouth, I'm surprised you are complaining about some rain.
Don't forget Hotlanta is trying to suck up water resources from all the adjoining states.
Actually, the debate concerns the adjoining states trying to suck up water resources that originate in Georgia.
As always, there are three sides to every story.
Savannah River doesn't entirely originate in Ga. Tennessee River doesn't even touch Ga, but now Ga says the old surveys are wrong and that it really does.
Some of the goofy movies that depict wars over water may yet turn out to be true.
The Savannah River is not a major player in the conflict. The Tennessee River and the Chatahoochee River are the main sources of water and consternation for Georgia, Tennessee and Florida.
The survey conflict between Georgia and Tennessee has existed for nearly two hundred years but drought-induced water shortages have re-ignited the feud. Granted, Georgia failed to anticipate and plan ahead for a drought that effects Atlanta (the poster child for unplanned urban sprawl), but there are arguments that neither Tennessee nor Florida are making any great changes or sacrifices for their benefit.
Here's an interesting link for more information:
http://onthescene.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/02/25/water-wars-man-versus-mussel/
Information in the comments section suggests officials in Tennessee, Florida and the federal government are deflecting attenton away from issues that may make them as accountable as the lackeys who have populated the Georgia state capitol building.
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April 21, 2009 11:26 p.m. friedgreencorrado Reader
16vCorey wrote:
friedgreencorrado wrote:
porksboy wrote:
So far we are in good shape. My inlaws 15 miles away have two houses in their neighbourhood with trees in the living rooms. My sister inlaw has a tree on her car but the inlaws house in O.K.
By the radar, we just got missed. SE corner of Bartow, only inside the county by about 300yds. I could swear I heard the thing.
Live NWS radar:
http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?product=N0R&rid=FFC&loop=yes
Make sure to click auto-update.
Glad everyone is OK, but why is that radar not work safe?
Corey, you're gonna have to tell me. WHOOSH! Right over my pointy little head...
