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Hurricane warning to those in the northeast corridor.
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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 455608" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">Trashy novels? Check!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">Crackers, cheese, hot dogs, beans, snacky non-perishable food? Check!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Generator and fuel? Double Check!! We will at least have running water and the fridge should be we lose power.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">By a town beginning with an H, do you mean Hartford, CT? You betcha! We're about 15 miles north of Hartford. There is another member here who lives closer to the southeastern part of the state and she may actually see the eye of the storm. We will not likely see it, but we will definitely sustain high winds and lots of flooding rain. The flooding is what worries more than anything, because just a little bit of rain causes flooding nearby - not at our house exactly, but in the directions we usually travel and it can take WEEKS sometimes for the water to go back down. It's all the rivers and creeks overflowing - badly! Also, we are surrounded by lots of old tall trees - we basically live in the forest, lol. We're pretty good about keeping the bigger weaker trees pruned but you just never know. The upside is that it's warm still. If it were cold in the dead of winter, the chances of trees falling is actually greater because they become frozen and more brittle and crack. There were three trees that went down in our woods earlier in the summer when we had a wild storm, but if it's deep within the woods, I don't care. And they were all right next to a big pond, so the ground is softer down there. We're up on the hill behind the pond so it's drier.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">Yeah, my H watches the weather channel a lot due to his work. For example, he was hoping to tear a roof today, but had to cancel because there is no way he'd have it completely reroofed by Saturday. So he postponed it. He has two other jobs going, but they are bigger and will take longer - he doesn't have to tarp anything, thank goodness. Between his father being sick and then passing and this crazy weather we've had (mostly heavy rains), he can't seem to catch a break. And I just heard that there is another tropical storm developing that has a 60% chance of developing into a CAT 4 hurricane!!! </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 455608, member: 2211"] [COLOR=#008080][SIZE=2] Trashy novels? Check! Crackers, cheese, hot dogs, beans, snacky non-perishable food? Check! [B]Generator and fuel? Double Check!! We will at least have running water and the fridge should be we lose power.[/B] By a town beginning with an H, do you mean Hartford, CT? You betcha! We're about 15 miles north of Hartford. There is another member here who lives closer to the southeastern part of the state and she may actually see the eye of the storm. We will not likely see it, but we will definitely sustain high winds and lots of flooding rain. The flooding is what worries more than anything, because just a little bit of rain causes flooding nearby - not at our house exactly, but in the directions we usually travel and it can take WEEKS sometimes for the water to go back down. It's all the rivers and creeks overflowing - badly! Also, we are surrounded by lots of old tall trees - we basically live in the forest, lol. We're pretty good about keeping the bigger weaker trees pruned but you just never know. The upside is that it's warm still. If it were cold in the dead of winter, the chances of trees falling is actually greater because they become frozen and more brittle and crack. There were three trees that went down in our woods earlier in the summer when we had a wild storm, but if it's deep within the woods, I don't care. And they were all right next to a big pond, so the ground is softer down there. We're up on the hill behind the pond so it's drier. Yeah, my H watches the weather channel a lot due to his work. For example, he was hoping to tear a roof today, but had to cancel because there is no way he'd have it completely reroofed by Saturday. So he postponed it. He has two other jobs going, but they are bigger and will take longer - he doesn't have to tarp anything, thank goodness. Between his father being sick and then passing and this crazy weather we've had (mostly heavy rains), he can't seem to catch a break. And I just heard that there is another tropical storm developing that has a 60% chance of developing into a CAT 4 hurricane!!! [/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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