maddmaxx ★ Posted April 12, 2020 Share #1 Posted April 12, 2020 Big storm finishes with some of you tomorrow and arrives here. Heavy rain and 60mph wind gusts will raise hell with the tent hospitals. CT is over 12,000 cases now with 500+ deaths and the overflow may not be able to be housed there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted April 12, 2020 Share #2 Posted April 12, 2020 Yes , and Jim is kind of slacking on weather forecasts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted April 12, 2020 Share #3 Posted April 12, 2020 1 hour ago, maddmaxx said: Big storm finishes with some of you tomorrow and arrives here. Heavy rain and 60mph wind gusts will raise hell with the tent hospitals. CT is over 12,000 cases now with 500+ deaths and the overflow may not be able to be housed there. I’m going to pray that the winds avoid the tent hospitals and whatever wind does come will bring healing. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted April 12, 2020 Share #4 Posted April 12, 2020 It hits here in the middle of the night tonight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted April 13, 2020 I will probably be offline tomorrow due to power outages. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted April 13, 2020 Share #6 Posted April 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Airehead said: Yes , and Jim is kind of slacking on weather forecasts I’m predicting 73 mph gusts in my county Niagara and 68 In Monroe County NY. Had a long talk about contingency plans for my parents in St Lawrence County. They may hit 70 mph, too. My Dad’s on oxygen (electric powered) and doesn’t have a generator. He has a 24 hour hour supply of cylinders and a rechargeable portable oxygen generator. The Electric company knows he is high risk. He should be Ok. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted April 13, 2020 Share #7 Posted April 13, 2020 51 minutes ago, Allen said: It hits here in the middle of the night tonight I was watching an incredible F5 tornado near Laurel MS, just about 12 miles from an important facility for my company that I visited last year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #8 Posted April 13, 2020 14 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: I will probably be offline tomorrow due to power outages. Well tomorrow starts at midnight tonight. You will have time to post your quota before the power goes out if you don’t sleep. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted April 13, 2020 Share #9 Posted April 13, 2020 18 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: I will probably be offline tomorrow due to power outages. We will hold you responsible for not making the one thousand posts. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #10 Posted April 13, 2020 I rarely lose power but I have a feeling I will end up cleaning my neighbours roof from my yard. He is one of those guys that tries to get 30 years from a 10 year shingle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #11 Posted April 13, 2020 21 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: I will probably be offline tomorrow due to power outages. You too. No way I make it through a thunderstorm with power 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted April 13, 2020 Share #12 Posted April 13, 2020 I'm charging up my power banks now. We're predicted to get winds in the 55-65 range and my power goes out pretty quickly. I love a rainstorm, but heavy winds are scary. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #13 Posted April 13, 2020 I hate wind more than heavy rain or snow. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Longjohn ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Popular Post Share #14 Posted April 13, 2020 13 minutes ago, Wilbur said: I rarely lose power but I have a feeling I will end up cleaning my neighbours roof from my yard. He is one of those guys that tries to get 30 years from a 10 year shingle. Stripping off the old shingles is the hardest part of getting a new roof. That guy is smart, he lets the wind remove the old roof and the insurance pay for the new roof. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #15 Posted April 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Longjohn said: Stripping off the old shingles is the hardest part of getting a new roof. That guy is smart, he lets the wind remove the old roof and the insurance pay for the new roof. The insurance companies here prorate the roof per year of warranty. He will owe them money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #16 Posted April 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, Longjohn said: Stripping off the old shingles is the hardest part of getting a new roof. That guy is smart, he lets the wind remove the old roof and the insurance pay for the new roof. Longjohn always knows the angles. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #17 Posted April 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, Wilbur said: The insurance companies here prorate the roof per year of warranty. He will owe them money! After the tornado in 1985 ripped off a bunch of my shingles and made the roof leak down into the kitchen I didn’t even call the insurance company. The roof was very old and was installed over two previous layers. I went out and bought material to re-do the roof. My wife called the insurance company and they sent out an adjuster. They wrote us a check. I told them I didn’t call because my roof was so old. He said it wasn’t leaking before the tornado. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #18 Posted April 13, 2020 29 minutes ago, Longjohn said: After the tornado in 1985 ripped off a bunch of my shingles and made the roof leak down into the kitchen I didn’t even call the insurance company. The roof was very old and was installed over two previous layers. I went out and bought material to re-do the roof. My wife called the insurance company and they sent out an adjuster. They wrote us a check. I told them I didn’t call because my roof was so old. He said it wasn’t leaking before the tornado. I had mine damaged by a storm. The insurance company offered me 8% which was less than the deductible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #19 Posted April 13, 2020 48 minutes ago, Wilbur said: I had mine damaged by a storm. The insurance company offered me 8% which was less than the deductible. My insurance company was also pretty chintzy with hail damage that most neighbors’ companies covered completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share #20 Posted April 13, 2020 I'm not so worried about the shingles as I am about a tree coming through it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #21 Posted April 13, 2020 20 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: I'm not so worried about the shingles as I am about a tree coming through it. The insurance should cover that. A guy about three miles up the road had a rotten tree limb sticking out over his house. It bothered me seeing it because I could tell it was going to crash down onto his roof. I told my wife he must be waiting for it to crash so insurance would pay. Tree service is very expensive. Sure enough, it fell on his house. They removed the branch (big branch, 24” diameter poked through the roof), repaired the roof and cut down the tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted April 13, 2020 Share #22 Posted April 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, Longjohn said: The insurance should cover that. A guy about three miles up the road had a rotten tree limb sticking out over his house. It bothered me seeing it because I could tell it was going to crash down onto his roof. I told my wife he must be waiting for it to crash so insurance would pay. Tree service is very expensive. Sure enough, it fell on his house. They removed the branch (big branch, 24” diameter poked through the roof), repaired the roof and cut down the tree. Saul good as long as your bed isn't in the path of the tree 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted April 13, 2020 Share #23 Posted April 13, 2020 When I was young I loved wind, loved hearing it howl, feeling the house shake, it was an adventure. Now it scares me and is a pain in the ass when I have to pick up all crap it blew around, and repair the stuff it broke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #24 Posted April 13, 2020 13 minutes ago, Further said: When I was young I loved wind, loved hearing it howl, feeling the house shake, it was an adventure. Now it scares me and is a pain in the ass when I have to pick up all crap it blew around, and repair the stuff it broke. In the summertime after a storm I have to go round up all the pool floaties. I have found them as far away as the neighbor’s corn field. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted April 13, 2020 Share #25 Posted April 13, 2020 Just now, Longjohn said: In the summertime after a storm I have to go round up all the pool floaties. I have found them as far away as the neighbor’s corn field. I have lost garbage cans, went looking for them and never found them ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted April 13, 2020 Share #26 Posted April 13, 2020 I used to love wind, but I've had a big tree come down and miss my condo by a couple feet and that changed my view. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share #27 Posted April 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, Longjohn said: In the summertime after a storm I have to go round up all the pool floaties. I have found them as far away as the neighbor’s corn field. Speaking of pool furniture, my friends in FL throw the stuff in the pool when they expect a hurricane. It doesn't blow away from underwater. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #28 Posted April 13, 2020 I have seen trampolines blow away in a storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #29 Posted April 13, 2020 The wind just started here. It’s howling like crazy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share #30 Posted April 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, Longjohn said: The wind just started here. It’s howling like crazy. It looks like it will be 12 hours here from 8am to 8pm with predicted winds (steady state?) in the mid 30s and gusts much higher. One of our weather guessers thought we might see 70 near the coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share #31 Posted April 13, 2020 The rains have started. We need the ground to be soaking wet before the winds come so as to facilitate the destruction of trees and whatever they can fall on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted April 13, 2020 Share #32 Posted April 13, 2020 5 hours ago, maddmaxx said: It looks like it will be 12 hours here from 8am to 8pm with predicted winds (steady state?) in the mid 30s and gusts much higher. One of our weather guessers thought we might see 70 near the coast. I’m seeing peak wind force this morning, and again at 2 pm, lasting all night. We won’t get much where I live, 10-20 mph, but it will be howling in Erie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share #33 Posted April 13, 2020 It's fortunate that we don't have leaves on the trees yet. The one that worries me the most however is a large pine behind my property that has been hollowed out significantly by one or more Pileated Woodpeckers. That's the one that could take out my he shed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #34 Posted April 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: It's fortunate that we don't have leaves on the trees yet. The one that worries me the most however is a large pine behind my property that has been hollowed out significantly by one or more Pileated Woodpeckers. That's the one that could take out my he shed. One of our premier shed builders is laid off. Owl bet she could rebuild it for you and add a loft and a front porch. Travel would be the hardest part right now with the country shut down. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #35 Posted April 13, 2020 10 hours ago, maddmaxx said: Big storm finishes with some of you tomorrow and arrives here. Heavy rain and 60mph wind gusts will raise hell with the tent hospitals. CT is over 12,000 cases now with 500+ deaths and the overflow may not be able to be housed there. We have 10,411 cases and 511 deaths here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted April 13, 2020 Share #36 Posted April 13, 2020 We have 22,833 cases and 507 deaths, until noon today when it updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted April 13, 2020 Share #37 Posted April 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, Prophet Zacharia said: We have 22,833 cases and 507 deaths, until noon today when it updates. Apparently Hopkins knows more than my state website. 22,997 Pennsylvania (557) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #38 Posted April 13, 2020 10 hours ago, maddmaxx said: CT is over 12,000 cases now with 500+ deaths 6 minutes ago, Dottles said: We have 10,411 cases and 511 deaths here. 3 minutes ago, Prophet Zacharia said: We have 22,833 cases and 507 deaths, until noon today when it updates. Ugly. It looks like our death rate per positives is the worst so far. I hope the rest of you don't see the same slope -- though I'm more concerned about Prophet's potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #39 Posted April 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, Prophet Zacharia said: Apparently Hopkins knows more than my state website. 22,997 Pennsylvania (557) This site is reporting 22,920. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share #40 Posted April 13, 2020 The joys of having the greater metropolotan New York City just next door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #41 Posted April 13, 2020 7 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: The joys of having the greater metropolotan New York City just next door. I can't imagine. I read they think NY caught the bug from Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #42 Posted April 13, 2020 57 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: It's fortunate that we don't have leaves on the trees yet. The one that worries me the most however is a large pine behind my property that has been hollowed out significantly by one or more Pileated Woodpeckers. That's the one that could take out my he shed. Not the he shed!!! Fingers crossed for its survival. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share #43 Posted April 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, smudge said: Not the he shed!!! Fingers crossed for its survival. I wouldn't mind having the shed replaced by insurance but my almost new John Deere is in there along with the snow blower and several other tools. I purchased the Deere late last year and it only has 8 hours run time. In fact, the next chore is the breakin oil change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #44 Posted April 13, 2020 HoSmudge is looking at an LS tractor of some sort. Camp will never be the same if he actually gets one. 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted April 13, 2020 Share #45 Posted April 13, 2020 11 hours ago, BuffJim said: I’m predicting 73 mph gusts in my county Niagara and 68 In Monroe County NY. Had a long talk about contingency plans for my parents in St Lawrence County. They may hit 70 mph, too. My Dad’s on oxygen (electric powered) and doesn’t have a generator. He has a 24 hour hour supply of cylinders and a rechargeable portable oxygen generator. The Electric company knows he is high risk. He should be Ok. Update: Take 10 mph off these numbers. Damn models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share #46 Posted April 13, 2020 Speaking of wind, shouldn't @onbike1939 be helping out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted April 13, 2020 Share #47 Posted April 13, 2020 Winds will only be in the mid 20s here, predicted around noon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted April 13, 2020 Share #48 Posted April 13, 2020 We are getting some steady rain now, with heavier rain and strong winds predicted for later today. I'm worried for my dead leaf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted April 13, 2020 Share #49 Posted April 13, 2020 The St. Louis area had strong winds with gusts into the 50 mph range. Woke me up last night as a west wind causes my gutters to bang around some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted April 13, 2020 Share #50 Posted April 13, 2020 Uh oh, power just flickered on and off, and the wind is really blowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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