71F and saturated this morning, here in Houston. Must be fall.
A quick scan of headlines shows just the same stuff as always.
I’m headed out to do a pickup today. I’m just hoping it doesn’t rain all day.
It’s good to be home, but there is even more work to be done. Entropy never sleeps.
n
Guys and gals, this is why we prep….
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6175377/Entire-North-Carolina-city-cut-storm-Florence-floodwaters.html
So we don’t have to wait hours for 3 cases of soda (note the machete in the back of his truck), so we don’t get killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, so we don’t get electrocuted, so we don’t have to wait for the rescuers to come…..
n
added- and look at the photo of the “canoe” and see why we avoid exposure to flood water.
Good eye. I don’t think I would have seen the machete if you hadn’t pointed it out.
I’m grateful that I live where flooding is extremely unlikely. I’m >30 miles from the ocean and 235 feet above sea level. The nearest water is 35 feet of elevation below me and is just a trickle of a stream. The highest it has ever been is not even close to reaching my home. One less thing to worry about.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6175377/Entire-North-Carolina-city-cut-storm-Florence-floodwaters.html
I’m glad to see that Trump mobilized the Guard and Marine Corps units. Those guys have got good deep water equipment.
I saw claims of 45 inches of rain over the weekend. Nobody can prepare very well for that other than getting to high ground (bugging out).
Actually, there is something that you can do to prepare for flooding. Buy an Aquadam:
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/07/storm-victims-are-spending-10000-on-reusable-aquadams.html
and
https://www.wideopencountry.com/aquadam-saves-another-texas-home-harvey/
“Brett Kavanaugh DENIES being at the drunken teen party where professer claims she was sexually assaulted by him in the 1980s – as Supreme Court nomination again tells senators he is innocent and believes his accuser is ‘mixed up'”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6176221/Professor-claims-Kavanaugh-sexually-assaulted-testify-Congress-says-attorney.html
At least Kavanaugh is fighting back. This is a he said, she said situation. And the other he said guy is denying it also.
And note that the not so dumbocrats waited until the last possible moment to release this accusation even though they have had it for months.
This is nothing but an over the top false accusation to try to sully the reputation of a good man. They did this to Robert Bork, they did this to Clarence Thomas. Worked in Bork’s case, did not work in Thomas’s case.
From one of my neighbors, “Attacked outside my door”:
“SO YOU Punks think you’re tough because you jumped me?? Waited for me to be alone….in front of my own home??? I still handled all of you, left 3 of you on the ground laid out!! You’re lucky I don’t have any marks on my face. I have some on my arms and neck but so what!!!! I bet you didn’t expect me to swing back since it was 6 against one. I might be nice but I’m not too nice for this! Yeah, I’m not gonna lie I was getting tired of fighting and just wanted to give up and give you what you wanted, but I kept on swinging and made sure you got yours.. PUNKS!!!!! All I have to say is, you started this!”
“This exactly why I don’t go out anymore, it’s always something! What did I do to deserve this? Crazy mosquitos!!! That’s what you get!!! And yeah I really hate Mosquitos!!!!!!”
@lynn, you had me going there for a moment. Good one! I also hate the little buggers because they like me.
We don’t have mosquitos here in the desert, although some claim to have seen one or two, but I think it might be some other similar-looking bug. When I mention this to some of my friends and relatives in other parts, they are incredulous.
‘Course we do have SNAKES!!
If we ever move to another planet, I vote to leave the mosquitoes behind. I see no necessary need for them.
@lynn, I agree we should leave mosquitoes behind. I did that! There are probably many other bugs we would like to leave behind, although some are useful. However, some of my best friends are snakes.
_Conflicted Home (The Survivalist Book 9)_ by A. American
https://www.amazon.com/Conflicted-Home-Survivalist-9-American/dp/0996696040/?tag=ttgnet-20
Book number nine of a ten book apocalyptic action series. I read the well printed and bound POD (print on demand) trade paperback. I will order the tenth book in the series soon. I do not know if there will be any more books in the series.
It has been almost a year since the EMP went off over the USA. There has been a military coup in the USA due to a lack of leadership. Very few people know and no one cares since the day to day maintenance of life without food, transportation, clean water, and electricity is so hard to deal with.
The USA military nuked the Chinese invasion fleet off the western coast of the USA. In response to that, the Chinese nuked various military bases around the USA, including MacDill AFB in Florida. Just a couple of hundred miles from our protagonists.
Russian and Cuban soldiers are prowling around Florida and the east coast causing mischief and such. Not knocking over the trashcans mischief but mortaring small villages mischief. Softening up for a possible invasion.
England, Europe, Australia, and India are sending food and necessities to the USA but there is no means of distribution. People are having to travel to the military bases in order to get food and fuel. Travel meaning foot and bicycle in most cases.
Stay out of the FEMA camps !
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (458 reviews)
The plot sickens–I mean, thickens:
Brett Kavanaugh’s Mother Presided Over Foreclosure Hearing Involving Accuser’s Parents
It ain’t over ’til it’s over.
In response to that, the Chinese nuked various military bases around the USA, including MacDill AFB in Florida. Just a couple of hundred miles from our protagonists.
If it was a small tactical nuke, MacDill wouldn’t be missed. At least, I wouldn’t miss the place.
Perverted alcoholic REMFs.
“Hearing Set for Monday to Hear Kavanaugh and His Accuser”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/17/us/politics/kavanaugh-allegations-ford-palo-alto.html
Yup, Anita Hill all over again. One hopes that Kavanaugh is affirmed anyway.
We deserve what we get when such obvious liars are allowed to publicly accuse good men or women. Soon, all of the good people will not even bother to allow themselves to be falsely accused in the public spotlight.
Home safe from another round trip to Austin…
Picked up about 70 solar panels. They are small, and I have to go thru and check condition, but they are Kyocera brand, and look great (for being used, and set up alongside the road for a couple of years.)
I guess I’ll have to learn about building a small array from these things.
n
(also hit the Goodwill outlet (“the bins”) and bought 100 pounds of stuff for $100. The biggest items was a new open box genie garage door opener. Mine has been acting up lately so it was on my mind. If I don’t use it as a garage opener, I’ve now got a geared motor and a long toothed belt to use for my Halloween displays……)
Yup, Anita Hill all over again. One hopes that Kavanaugh is affirmed anyway.
May the Republicans on the committee grill Ms. Ford as mercilessly as the Dems grilled Kavanaugh.
Added: And may Kavanaugh have enough strength to withstand the pressure!
Can’t. That would be “victim blaming” or “slut shaming” which (after inventing the terms) they’ve made verboten.
n
Hey Mr Lynn, if you are up for it, Texas Law Shield is hosting a Range Day at a range on your side of town.
Yes, they will try (gently) to sell you their service. You should have it or something like it anyway. Their newsletter and website always have topical info, and they sponsor other classes (like the trauma first aid class I took.)
Anyone who carries, or might pick up a gun in self defense, should have something like Texas Law Shield, or Massad Ayoob’s Citizens Defense Network, or their own attorney (if they understand defensive gun use.)
It’s part of the burden we assume when we train to use deadly force.
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The biggest items was a new open box genie garage door opener. Mine has been acting up lately so it was on my mind. If I don’t use it as a garage opener, I’ve now got a geared motor and a long toothed belt to use for my Halloween displays……)
Ever seen the original “9 To 5”?
Sooner or later, work will move us out to an office park near the state surplus store, just west of the airport. It probably won’t happen until after the New Year, however.
Huh, new place to me, Texas Gun Club. Wow, 50 yd indoor range. I have been to a Lawshield presentation before, it was great getting the explanation about “officer friendly” and “officer scared”. I’ve thought about getting the carry insurance but I have not done it (yet).
https://texasgunclub.com/
Huh, that new gun range is just a block away from where I went to high school. Wait, is that the old bowling alley ? And, I had to google maps their location as there is not a single map on their website that I could find.
I had a little setback over the last few days. Am really tired and find myself breathless quite a bit. Not unexpected, I have a new 9 mm hole between the large chambers of my heart that is going to take 6 to 12 months to grow closed. Plus the ablated areas inside my heart are still bleeding and apparently I had quite a few.
Did a few things around the house Saturday in preparation for a church small group meeting at our house next Sunday. But, I did not get to Sam’s Club as planned. Or, to Walmart. But I did make it to the church small group meeting last night and then came home and walked a mile with the wife and dog (in her wagon). I was going to pull the dog in her wagon but the wife would not let me since I was breathing hard after 100 ft.
Getting old sucks. And there is no way that I will repeat this ablation surgery, even if I need to.
Holy cow Lynn, don’t overdo it! You just had heart surgery man, take a break!
n
Ever seen the original “9 To 5”?
Great movie !
Sooner or later, work will move us out to an office park near the state surplus store, just west of the airport. It probably won’t happen until after the New Year, however.
I’ll bet that you are ready now after experiencing the costs of downtown parking in Austin earlier this year. That $48 ??? that I paid one day was amazing.
Holy cow Lynn, don’t overdo it! You just had heart surgery man, take a break!
Oh, I did. I had to reattach a drawer false front to the kitchen island that fell off for the umpteenth time a month ago. Took me five+ hours to permanently fix with one hour breaks every 30 minutes. I started with two inch wood screws, moved to 2.75 inch wood screws, and then to 3.5 inch wood screws. That drawer front will never come off again. My 18V Makita drill is an awesome tool for tasks like this.
My son came out of Marine Corps basic training with the motto “Pain is weakness leaving the body”. They are not kidding according to him, he lost 45 lbs in basic training. Not a bad motto until it kills you.
In response to that, the Chinese nuked various military bases around the USA, including MacDill AFB in Florida. Just a couple of hundred miles from our protagonists.
If it was a small tactical nuke, MacDill wouldn’t be missed. At least, I wouldn’t miss the place.
I figured that you would like that.
I must say that using battlefield nukes on USA soil is a sobering thought. I hope that the USA never gets in the position where there are invaders on the coastlines.
Junior Programmer is heading out to Kalifornia next week for a series of face to face interviews at G. I figure that he has the job if they are smart.
Solar panels are Kyocera 10w Polycrystalline panels.
Hmm.
n
Solar panels are Kyocera 10w Polycrystalline panels.
10w seems a little … low.
Hey, Creekmore is back to blogging again. Or did I just miss the event ?
https://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/
@lynn …. I would have just used some Gorilla Glue on that drawer front…the non-expanding variety. That’s a great product line.
Junior Programmer is heading out to Kalifornia next week for a series of face to face interviews at G. I figure that he has the job if they are smart.
If he has time to kill, tell him to find the Computer History Museum.
I would have recommended the Weird Stuff Warehouse … if Google hadn’t evicted them.
I must say that using battlefield nukes on USA soil is a sobering thought. I hope that the USA never gets in the position where there are invaders on the coastlines.
A tactical nuke on the Interbay Peninsula wiping out everything south of Kennedy Ave. in Tampa would be an improvement.
Just kidding … Maybe.
I’ll have to take a look at the book just to see how much the author really knows about Tampa. Florida used to be whacked in a good way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvUIm0BcRMk
Sam Behr, owner of Sam’s “We Fit Any Human” Shoes in Orlando. Sam is still around IIRC, but the store is long gone.
I’ll bet that you are ready now after experiencing the costs of downtown parking in Austin earlier this year. That $48 ??? that I paid one day was amazing.
Work pays something like $3 million a year for all of us to park downtown. The new office manager cleaned house on parking validation and hang tag abuses, but the basic number didn’t change by a whole lot.
$48 to park is cheap by West Coast standards. And that’s on top of the tolls like $6 on the floating bridge running from Downtown Seattle to Medina, near Bill Gates’ house.
@Lynn — One of the perverted alcoholics who lived in my neighborhood and worked at MacDill as a REMF-turned-contractor.
Ol’ Glen is one of the Pentagon’s leading Korea experts so his actual stalking arrest record, fugitive history, and court case have been sealed. Thank God for free enterprise and total disregard for privacy.
https://www.mugshotsonline.com/florida/brandon/glen-nagy/2147862
Imagine that guy, boozed up and mowing his lawn in $10 Botany 500 polyester pants like Kmart used to sell in their glory days. And they said my lawn was the biggest problem in the neighborhood.
Looks like someone else blogging at his place. Tara ….
Not impressed. The “complete list” of barter items doesn’t even include items I know we discussed over there in the comment section.
Small, light, easy to come by now, but almost impossible post collapse–
needle and thread! Zippers, buttons, thimbles, all the sewing stuff (notions)
Batteries
primers
colman mantles
oil lamp wicks
lighter flints
screws/nails
fishhooks
depending on the collapse, there are other things too, but you could fit a town’s worth of the simple stuff in a shoebox.
n
EDIT- found the announcement over there, someone named Dan Sullivan is writing new content and managing a group of contributors. The barter article was not written by Tara, she does the WDIDtoPTW? column.
It’s got the light, breezy, cursory feel of most of the prepping sites.
10w seems a little … low.
Well, yes. But I bought 70 of them for about $2 each. They are basically one foot square. There are at least 3 or 4 panels that are twice that size but I didn’t pull them off the truck yet.
Individually, I think each panel would drive a camera with an appropriate couple of gel batteries, or a gate opener. My plan is to put them on a rack and gang a bunch together. And Ive got the 80w panel too.
It’s an adventure….
n
Volunteering at the kids’ school tomorrow. Commenting will be light. I’ve got a couple of things that deserve longer posts but they’ll have to wait.
n
Can’t. That would be “victim blaming” or “slut shaming” which (after inventing the terms) they’ve made verboten.
Ford’s not the victim here.
It will happen eventually. It is inevitable. The key is to be prepared to repel the invaders, which is ONE of the reasons for the 2nd Amendment. (The other is to keep the masters in line, but we’re not supposed to talk about that.)
My gate opener uses a 5 watt solar panel.
Ford’s not the victim here.
Wow, is that ever true. Right now, good people are looking at themselves in the mirror and saying, “do I want to go through this nightmare ?”. Cause the Ruth Ginsburg replacement is coming up fast. The lizard is just about dead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AriOjUfbBrw&t=177s
@lynn …. I would have just used some Gorilla Glue on that drawer front…the non-expanding variety. That’s a great product line.
The false drawer front had six wood staples holding it on. The idiot installer put a handle on it so people keep on grabbing it and pulling it off. No way gorilla glue would have done any better job. I thought about removing the handle but the idiot installer broke off the bolt heads too.
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Cause the Ruth Ginsburg replacement is coming up fast. The lizard is just about dead
Wow. She should retire immediately and enjoy her last two weeks of life with her family. Almost incoherent.
That is way more coherent than most spams, and actually has some good info in it…
so I’ll leave it for a bit.
If you are demirdöküm and this is a translation issue, please comment again…
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