17 responses to “Storm Watch”

1. 

   fish

   09 December 2014

   Great…more muddy dog feet!

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2. 

   Russ Steele

   09 December 2014

   We had a dead tree taken down that could fall on the house last week. Will test the generator after lunch, and put all the devices on to charge. Might get one more five gallon can of diesel this afternoon.
   Remember when the broadband network goes out, many smartphone can become WiFi modems, using the cellphone network for Internet access.
   Youbnet does a good job of keeping residence posted on storm damage and weather maps here: http://yubanet.com/regional/Weather-Maps.php
   PG&E Outages can be found here: http://www.pge.com/en/myhome/outages/index.page
   Channel 3 and 13 have Cellphone Apps for tracking the storm.

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3. 

   Bill Tozer

   09 December 2014

   Hey, I live in my van down by the River. Coleman light, wind up radio, and the cig lighter charges the electronic devises. Sterno cans for heating the beans. I will feel no pain. However, I cannot say the same for you softies. Our forefathers were of a tougher stock that you manginas and had no generators, read by candlelight or whale blubber, and ate only organic food. And they drank whiskey, not foo-foo girlyman wine. But, then again, their life expectancy was shorter. Hmmmm. . Much to comteplate.

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   Walt

   09 December 2014

   Count on the cable going South as well. ( Comcast Internet) There is one stand-by solution.
   As long as the batt. hold up, some smartphones are your hot spot to the net when all else fails.
   One thing is a given. I will need to rent the boss’s skip loader to reclaim my driveway when this is all over. It will be in a big pile at the bottom of the hill. That’s what happened a few years ago when we had a foot of rain in one day. I expect this to be no different.
   My only hope is not to fry all the electricals with this stone age generator. It’s oldy
   and the voltage regulation is a little questionable.

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5. 

   Walt

   09 December 2014

   Which river Bill? I may want to get you on film shooting the rapids in that thing.

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6. 

   Russ Steele

   09 December 2014

   Had to put a new battery in the generator. It was a six year battery going on eight years. Now It is running like a top.

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7. 

   Bob Hobert

   10 December 2014

   When the kids were still home in the 80’s (1980’s Russ)we would use these winter storm opportunities to gather around the wood stove to tell stories, read by candle light and cook. We are finding that difficult to do now with just a fireplace – maybe hot dogs on a stick. No need even today for electronic entertainment other than the trusty battery powered radio. When I was a kid we would sit around the Crosley on Saturday nights to listen to radio shows. Bring it on.

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8. 

   George Rebane

   10 December 2014

   BobH 707am – Great memories shared Bob. During most of the 1950s the Rebanes lived in Indiana, and being isolated (‘stuck’) at home was more common. Any decent snowstorm would put a foot or two on the ground. In rural areas, where we lived, almost no one had 4-wheel drive vehicles and it took a while for the county plow to come around. The roadside ditches were filled with brave souls who ventured out with chains on their tires. The radio was the only contact with the outside world – weather, news, entertainment.

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9. 

   Barry Pruett

   10 December 2014

   We prepared by leaving! Have fun during the flood.

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10. 

    Walt

    10 December 2014

    OH you Coward Barry!! Off to Vegas an nice weather??
    This is a nice little test exercise for us “preppers”.

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11. 

    Stu

    11 December 2014

    Over here on the other side of Hwy 20 about 6 inches since last night one of the trees split and and was leaning on the south side of the house, road to town is flooded – so far power an cable are still working (dang, still have to work…)

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12. 

    Walt

    11 December 2014

    Uh,, which side of 20? The R&R side? or the PV side? At least on the PV side, in my neck of the sticks we have fared well. The gofers have yet to get class three rapids down the hill.

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13. 

    Russ Steele

    11 December 2014

    Walt@11:06AM
    Stu lives in Mendocino. It is that end of SR-20.

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14. 

    Walt

    11 December 2014

    Well that explains things. Thanks Russ.
    Still nothing of note here.

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15. 

    Bill Tozer

    11 December 2014

    Walt, my van made it over Englebright Dam and down to the confluence with some other river. Don’t rightly know where I am, but the steno is still heating my dinner and the cig lighter is still charging this internet gizmo just fine. Don’t know if I will end up in the Delta or the Bay, but having a great time, wish you were here. Here is something you might enjoy trying to stay dry. I gave up on staying dry hours ago. 🙂
    http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-12-11/one-last-indignity-for-wendy-davis?cmpid=yhoo

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16. 

    Walt

    11 December 2014

    LOL Bill! How fitting. It reminds me of my Daddy’s Letter head. ( Which the good doc. now has a copy of in a PDF that I sent him) ” A little Bull from the pen of …” With a cartoon of a little bull in a pen.
    Take lots of pictures on your SS Minnow cruse through the delta. How many oil drums are holding that van above water? ( an electric fan as a motor?)
    Damn… Where is Crabb when we need him? Time to sharpen that pencil RL..
    Our manger seen up on the hill has stayed intact. Bricks in the bottom of the plastic figures worked good. Now Baby Jesus on the other hand is wake boarding in his cradle.
    The only thing keeping him up there is the power cord.

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17. 

    Bill Tozer

    13 December 2014

    Much ado about nothing. High winds never materialized, no massive power outages, no thousands of trees crushing homes and blocking roads. I was looking forward to carnage and mayhem, but nooooooooo. :).

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