The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[93boomer]

Oh fun! Ian is going to come straight towards us. If it doesn’t change course, 5-8 inches of rain with winds.

 

[Figgy1]

Oh fun! Ian is going to come straight towards us. If it doesn’t change course, 5-8 inches of rain with winds.

Stay safe and I hope your dh doesn't get called out

 

[Cesar R M]

Hung up. Hanged sounds like this in English...

Whoops, only noticed until now.

In my defence, he sort of sounded like HE WAS the one being hanged

 

[Figgy1]

 

[Figgy1]

 

[93boomer]

Stay safe and I hope your dh doesn't get called out

Thanks my friend!

 

[Figgy1]

 

[Figgy1]

@ajrwdwgirl

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

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I should have had one tonight. I had book club tonight so I had wine!

 

[Figgy1]

I should have had one tonight. I had book club tonight so I had wine!

I think my friend in central Fl is trying to have one for everybody in the area tonight Something about not going anywhere for a while

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Oh fun! Ian is going to come straight towards us. If it doesn’t change course, 5-8 inches of rain with winds.

Ugh. Yeah, it looks like it's going to rain all weekend here. I've been battling headaches on and off. I can't tell if it's from the hurricane, because it's quarter end close this week at work, that stupid antibiotic I'm on, or all three.

 

[Figgy1]

Ugh. Yeah, it looks like it's going to rain all weekend here. I've been battling headaches on and off. I can't tell if it's from the hurricane, because it's quarter end close this week at work, that stupid antibiotic I'm on, or all three.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

Oh fun! Ian is going to come straight towards us. If it doesn’t change course, 5-8 inches of rain with winds.

Y'all kids stay safe now.

 

[MinnieM123]

Stay safe and I hope your dh doesn't get called out

@93boomer , that was my concern too -- if your hubs would be called out for electrical work. (I saw an interview yesterday from Florida, and the official said that something like 27 states are lined up to send in crews down there. Some were staged in locations ahead of the storm, while others will arrive after the hurricane departs.) So I assumed at some point, he would be called up to either service your area, (if needed, depending upon the storm track) or be sent South to assist.

 

[Lilofan]

@93boomer , that was my concern too -- if your hubs would be called out for electrical work. (I saw an interview yesterday from Florida, and the official said that something like 27 states are lined up to send in crews down there. Some were staged in locations ahead of the storm, while others will arrive after the hurricane departs.) So I assumed at some point, he would be called up to either service your area, (if needed, depending upon the storm track) or be sent South to assist.

One safety concern with crews from other states being sent to FL to repair downed power lines in flooded areas is that FL wildlife may be displaced from the nearby waters , lakes and retention ponds into the nearby flooded areas.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

OK we’re in the clear. 5,000 people in our county without power, happy to not be one of them. Stores were normal yesterday after a slow Tuesday.

Not hearing good things about Ft. Myers.

 

[93boomer]

@93boomer , that was my concern too -- if your hubs would be called out for electrical work. (I saw an interview yesterday from Florida, and the official said that something like 27 states are lined up to send in crews down there. Some were staged in locations ahead of the storm, while others will arrive after the hurricane departs.) So I assumed at some point, he would be called up to either service your area, (if needed, depending upon the storm track) or be sent South to assist.

Thanks Minnie!
You’ve figured this out! Yes, some crews have already been sent down to wait it out. DH isn’t going out of town. He says he’s too old for that now. He will be available here in case we get it bad. It has moved a bit more east, so hopefully we won’t get as much as they originally thought.

 

[93boomer]

One safety concern with crews from other states being sent to FL to repair downed power lines in flooded areas is that FL wildlife may be displaced from the nearby waters , lakes and retention ponds into the nearby flooded areas.

And that is why I am glad DH isn’t going.

 

[Songbird76]

OK we’re in the clear. 5,000 people in our county without power, happy to not be one of them. Stores were normal yesterday after a slow Tuesday.

Not hearing good things about Ft. Myers.

Oh good, I'm glad you are safe!! Sorry to hear about the people without power! Do they know how long it will be before they have that back up? My friend in Kissimmee said they kept their power, too, so that's good. She said she keeps getting alerts on her phone about flooding, but her area isn't too bad so far, but they are expecting tons of rain now that the eye has passed over them. Hope you are through the worst of it!

 

[MinnieM123]

Watching various news channels here this afternoon. Saw that some people in (some) suburban neighborhoods were being rescued from their flooded homes via fire and police using boats. Also saw the same scenes in (some) of Kissimmee -- but over there, the folks were being rescued from their flooded homes via fire & Police using airboats!