Madhatter
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tropical storm Phillippe is headed to southern florida.... hang on guys.
hurricane harveys big blow
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Madhatter
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that has to be the last one , right...?
Nikolajsen
"Keep it simple"
Really hope so, for the poeple in the "danger zone"
I was returning from Kroger Saturday afternoon and the mail-lady was one mailbox away, but coming. So I parked in the drive and waited.
It was an absolutely gorgeous day.
Said hello and took the little stack directly from her window. Bid farewell and headed through the woods to my tiny house.
Put the groceries away and sat in the lazy boy to sort through the mail.
Finally! An envelope from my insurance company. I hadn't heard a word from them since the FLOOD. I did receive a call from the adjuster a few weeks ago stating he had completed my claim and was submitting it on my behalf. (nice fella from South Carolina that was shipped in to help with the mess of claims)
So I was just happy to get ANY correspondence, even just to notify me that I was an official claimant.
Shocker! It was the insurance claim checks. Amazing. No bureaucracy? No disputing? 100% automated?
Did I say it was a gorgeous day?
Yea, there's lots of work to be done to put things right. But the word "disaster" is now fading into little more than a future story that begins with "remember that dang Harvey?" And then show a few before\after\after pics from the smartphone.
This thread is approaching a historical event.
Still can't believe the water could possibly have gotten that high.
It was an absolutely gorgeous day.
Said hello and took the little stack directly from her window. Bid farewell and headed through the woods to my tiny house.
Put the groceries away and sat in the lazy boy to sort through the mail.
Finally! An envelope from my insurance company. I hadn't heard a word from them since the FLOOD. I did receive a call from the adjuster a few weeks ago stating he had completed my claim and was submitting it on my behalf. (nice fella from South Carolina that was shipped in to help with the mess of claims)
So I was just happy to get ANY correspondence, even just to notify me that I was an official claimant.
Shocker! It was the insurance claim checks. Amazing. No bureaucracy? No disputing? 100% automated?
Did I say it was a gorgeous day?
Yea, there's lots of work to be done to put things right. But the word "disaster" is now fading into little more than a future story that begins with "remember that dang Harvey?" And then show a few before\after\after pics from the smartphone.
This thread is approaching a historical event.
Still can't believe the water could possibly have gotten that high.
That's awesome Bruce.
Madhatter
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awesome.....
Nikolajsen
"Keep it simple"
Congrats on the check ::012::snakebitten said:
And you are right, is was a completly incomprehensible amount of water
Happy for you.
Madhatter
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I'm hoping that this is the last we see of tropical storms or hurricanes this year..... been an eventful year for sure ...... I believe that most will over come the struggle to set things right again in there lives , God bless every family effected ..... though it may take some time and more tears to get there.....
Yes, the "season" has finally ended. However, 2017 continues to deliver un-ordinary weather down here on the Texas coast.
This is NOT my typical morning coffee view.
Not complaining, of course. The coffee tasted even more delightful!
This is NOT my typical morning coffee view.
Not complaining, of course. The coffee tasted even more delightful!
Madhatter
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looks like a Christmas card...
Madhatter said:
Or a Ford commercial. ::025:: I'm still trying to figure out how it snowed in SOUTH Texas, and stayed clear up here in NORTH Texas. Not complaining; I've had my fill in the past while living elsewhere. Nice pics.
Yea, I admit, my new FORD lit up like a decorated Christmas tree. I had to take the pic!
Nikolajsen
"Keep it simple"
Now this unusual snow also have reached the Danish news. They write that it is first time since 1985, that there is snow on the ground, in San Antonio.
I just knew it 24 hours before ::008::
(and for some days, I have been reading about the 4 big forrest fire in California, they write that they can be the worst in Californias history)
I just knew it 24 hours before
::008::(and for some days, I have been reading about the 4 big forrest fire in California, they write that they can be the worst in Californias history)
SilverBullet
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Same here. My Tenere still hadn't got squeezed into the garage since returning home last week from the west. After the snow thawed I spooned on a new Mitas Dakar, wow that was a bear! Now off to the Hill Country for a few days. Low temp there near freezing everyday but highs 60-70°F and no rain or snow so should be nice riding.snakebitten said:
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Ramseybella
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My friend moved to Houston from Florida a couple months ago.. He's like freaked out, hasn't seen snow since he was a kid in Tennessee.
I told him we need snow in my neck of the woods we got some from that front but not as much as Texas..
Waiting for some warm freak weather to show up in Alamogordo, NM so i can do a road trip and camp. 60 is the highest next two weeks on a Monday.
I didn't go down this late spring starts hitting 80 around June i go north. Last time i went when a freak warm front came around early February we got caught in a mini blizzard between Duran and Carrizozo, NM sitting in a cafe chattering teeth drinking hot coffee and eating Green Chili Huevos Rancheros to warm up, hour later we are sitting around camp drinking beer in shorts and T shirts.. Way home Cline's Corners I-40 to Santa Fe big snow blast had to crawl under a Pinon tree huddled up like a Penguin and wait for the sun to come out and clear the roads when it passed.
It happens and it's on record that it happened at other times in the past.. So as strange as it was it does happen naturally.
I told him we need snow in my neck of the woods we got some from that front but not as much as Texas..
Waiting for some warm freak weather to show up in Alamogordo, NM so i can do a road trip and camp. 60 is the highest next two weeks on a Monday.
I didn't go down this late spring starts hitting 80 around June i go north. Last time i went when a freak warm front came around early February we got caught in a mini blizzard between Duran and Carrizozo, NM sitting in a cafe chattering teeth drinking hot coffee and eating Green Chili Huevos Rancheros to warm up, hour later we are sitting around camp drinking beer in shorts and T shirts.. Way home Cline's Corners I-40 to Santa Fe big snow blast had to crawl under a Pinon tree huddled up like a Penguin and wait for the sun to come out and clear the roads when it passed.
It happens and it's on record that it happened at other times in the past.. So as strange as it was it does happen naturally.
Madhatter
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the last big snow storm that dumped its load on san Antonio did a pretty good blizzard impression on all of south central texas (in 1985 ) I drove my very pregnant wife to the hospital to have our first daughter in that blizzard . it snowed on the beaches in the central gulf coast ( corpus , port A ) six or seven years ago. and then this week it snowed here in Buda Texas. giant fluffy flakes , it put every one in a great mood , we don't see this often. and it goes away quickly here . we have to have the right temps of course and we have to get a moisture over run to make this happen. I'm not completely sure but I think that its never snowed here before Christmas . if we get snow its usually a January thing .
The snow would look normal here and looks just plain wrong for there. Like the new truck though.
We are in Baltimore today with snow falling outside the window. It's a pretty sight.
We are in Baltimore today with snow falling outside the window. It's a pretty sight.
Squibb
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Snowing here in the UK today, around 3 inches at present - should be gone in a couple of days.
Perhaps we can all send some to CA - those wild fires look scary.
Perhaps we can all send some to CA - those wild fires look scary.