All we can do is prepare. I have been through a bunch of them. These metal shutters are bolted on and it will take a bomb to get through them. My house has hurricane straps to tie down the roof and it is design to take a monster storm with only a loss of shingles. The walls are concrete with steel rebar and poured concrete lintels with steel rebar. It should survive a Cat 5 with only cosmetic damage. No structural.
That's impressive preparation Sawnee. I hope you are not tested, and get the edge of the storm at worse.All we can do is prepare. I have been through a bunch of them. These metal shutters are bolted on and it will take a bomb to get through them. My house has hurricane straps to tie down the roof and it is design to take a monster storm with only a loss of shingles. The walls are concrete with steel rebar and poured concrete lintels with steel rebar. It should survive a Cat 5 with only cosmetic damage. No structural.
Bolted Metal Storm Shutters
That storm woke up South Florida and caused drastic changes in building codes. No more throwing up a wooden house on concrete blocks. I had to work the damages and stayed down there 3 months. Some of the worst hurricane damage I have witnessed and I worked or was in every hurricane in America and the Caribbean from about 1980 to 2010.
The first time I remember him was the song Amie when he was with the Pure Prairie league. Vince had a full beard then.
I have a guest room out back just waiting for you and your wife. Just give me ten minutes notice to get the AC going and turn on the hot water!
Ditto for me except we top out at 73°F.Good morning D-League. It's currently a cool 55° and fair here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring a mix of clouds and sun and a high of 70°.
Everyone stay safe out there today.
What a great song! I still have that album. Must be at least 45 years old.The first time I remember him was the song Amie when he was with the Pure Prairie league. Vince had a full beard then.
Stay safe Sawnee . My parents sold their place in Isla Del Sol in 2020. A possible target.All we can do is prepare. I have been through a bunch of them. These metal shutters are bolted on and it will take a bomb to get through them. My house has hurricane straps to tie down the roof and it is design to take a monster storm with only a loss of shingles. The walls are concrete with steel rebar and poured concrete lintels with steel rebar. It should survive a Cat 5 with only cosmetic damage. No structural.
Bolted Metal Storm Shutters
Good Monday Morning
Our football Cats are 4-0.
It is a pleasant 71° down here and should reach a high of 86° this afternoon. We have our usual chance of afternoon showers as we keep our eye on the disturbance in the Gulf. Word last night was to expect a mandatory evacuation order in my Zone. Zone A. I live a few miles from the coast but all that separates us is marsh land and swamps. Thankfully this soaks up most of the rain. We may have in excess of 20 inches of rain in one dump.
Where I am located has always been a safe area for hurricanes. I think the last one to hit the area was over 100 years ago. The storm has to make a very sharp turn for the eye of the storm to hit us but we do get high winds and rains that spin off. So I need to batten down the hatches and secure objects that will go flying through the air. We have plenty of food on hand so that is not a concern. Vehicles are gassed up if needed but I do not expect to go anywhere. I might send the wife over to Ocala if she wants to go but she usually stays here with me. I don't evacuate.
I have unlocked my gun safe and ammo is ready in the event some wild animals come calling after the storm blows past. So all is well and now I just need to tie a few loose ends to ready the storm.
Good morning D-League. It's currently a cool 55° and fair here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring a mix of clouds and sun and a high of 70°.
Everyone stay safe out there today.
I don't think there's hardly a place in DC where you can't see the Washington Monument. I was actually surprised at just how tall it was in person.
Beautiful area, I know it well. I would bet they start evacuating that area tonight or no later than tomorrow. I just finished with my hurricane prep and had several friends call and tell me I have a place to stay if I want to go over.
This will put the fear of God in them.
Good photo 41102. That walk around the Tidal Basin that wraps around to end up over at the Jefferson Memorial is a lovely stroll in the fall, as suggested here. And in early April when the Cherry Blossoms are out it is one of the most spectacular scenes anywhere, if you can get there on a weekday morning when the tourists haven’t overwhelmed the place. I set aside a day at the peak of the blossoms, get off the subway as close as I can, and make that walk before work once a year.Good morning D-League. It's currently a cool, crisp 48° and clear here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring a mix of clouds and sun and a high of 68°.
Everyone stay safe out there today.
It is so great that you still have those Daguerrotype images of your relatives by marriage Ritchie. Probably the material thing lost in my life I most regret were two photos my father's mother had of her grandfathers or possibly great-grandfathers (as she was born in the 1890s) on both sides who were both young junior officers in the Confederate army, signing up from Bourbon County. She had let me see them several times, and promised them to me (I was the only grandkid with any interest) but they vanished when she died.Digging through aunts, husbands, family trees and found out im related (by marriage of course) to two more 6th Kentucky confederates. This time it's two brothers. John and George Peden. Both died at Atlanta opposing the yankee army and general William T. Sherman's march to the sea.
You are starting to get infected, but it is a good disease to have.Digging through aunts, husbands, family trees and found out im related (by marriage of course) to two more 6th Kentucky confederates. This time it's two brothers. John and George Peden. Both died at Atlanta opposing the yankee army and general William T. Sherman's march to the sea.
I was lucky to find them on a website via the barren county court house.
The orphan brigade started out 4,400 strong and had less than 250 fit for service in 1865. Out of the 4 family members I had in the 4th and 6th Kentucky only one survived. And he was shot 4 times. Those were some of the most elite and bravest soldiers in the whole confederate army.@RunninRichie @Bert Higginbotha
I had an ancestor in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, CSA., Lt Col John A Adair. (Orphans Brigade) He was the son of Alexander & Elizabeth (Monroe) Adair; Husband of Mary B. (Stockton) Adair (m.15 Jan 1815, Barren Co., KY); Druggist in Greensburg (per 1860 Federal Census); Civil War Lt. Col in KY 4th Vol. Infantry - Confederate Army.
He received a serious wound in the Battle of Shiloh. His occupation was a druggist. He is buried in Pearl Webb Cemetery, Hart County, KY
My history teacher was the daughter of a Confederate soldier and she taught us the WBTS from a Southern perspective. Her father conceived her at a late age and she taught me in the 1950's. We had pictures of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in the class room and a Confederate battle flag. She would not be allowed to teach in today's schools.
Here are a couple of flags of the Orphans Brigade
this guy is blood related to me via my great grandmothers side of the family. (another one of his brothers fought under a csa cavalry regiment and another fought for the south in Mississippi) Ephraim Smith is also probably related to me. 2nd LT. Bayard Taylor Smith. CO. A. 4th KY CSA. He was killed at chickamauga and is buried at the Marietta, GA confederate cemetery.
We have you hooked RunninRitchie. It is interesting.
this guy is blood related to me via my great grandmothers side of the family. (another one of his brothers fought under a csa cavalry regiment and another fought for the south in Mississippi) Ephraim Smith is also probably related to me. 2nd LT. Bayard Taylor Smith. CO. A. 4th KY CSA. He was killed at chickamauga and is buried at the Marietta, GA confederate cemetery.
I don't have time to look it up and link right now, but a section of far western Ky formed a gov and joined the CSA. The Union did not recognize it. Some of the meetings were held in Mayfield and there was a CSA training base near Mayfield. There were also meetings with far west Tn regarding forming a new state and joining the CSA. The meetings fell apart when Tn seceded.My history teacher was the daughter of a Confederate soldier and she taught us the WBTS from a Southern perspective. Her father conceived her at a late age and she taught me in the 1950's. We had pictures of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in the class room and a Confederate battle flag. She would not be allowed to teach in today's schools.
One unit she focused on was the Orphan's Brigade. She told us it was one of if not the bravest of all fighting units. WE were taught it was called the Orphans Brigade because Kentucky did not leave the union and was a Union State. So the Kentucky Confederates were not welcome to return to their homes and were "Orphaned". After the war and once reconstruction started they became very popular in Kentucky and many were elected to offices. Some would say Kentucky joined the South after the war.
This picture represents my Florida classrooms in my school days. The Florida State flag and Confederate flag were in my classrooms.
