tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post589084705314354126..comments2024-03-17T20:56:22.962-04:00Comments on Hoe and Shovel: Hurricanes and Tropical StormsMeemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-22981739078842465032008-08-20T14:37:00.000-04:002008-08-20T14:37:00.000-04:00What Anna, said we need the rains to reach TN...i...What Anna, said we need the rains to reach TN...it is totally selfish, for rain to reach us it would mean devastation on the coasts or the gulf. So rains fall gently here for a week or so and leave those people alone!<BR/><BR/>gailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-41018104396039019202008-08-20T14:03:00.000-04:002008-08-20T14:03:00.000-04:00Meems & Marmee ~ just for your memories sake, ...Meems & Marmee ~ just for your memories sake, the facts as I recall. Marmee, you couldn't possibly remember Donna, as that hit us just a few days before your birth in Sept., 1960. I had to stay at the hospital a couple of days with early labor pains because of the barometric pressure, before they would let me go home - where we rode out the storm with your grandparents as company. You Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-41973324408114030752008-08-19T16:59:00.000-04:002008-08-19T16:59:00.000-04:00Hi Meems.....thinking of you all and hope that thi...Hi Meems.....thinking of you all and hope that things calm down soon.....Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802468583972118464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-5228124047433256422008-08-19T15:42:00.000-04:002008-08-19T15:42:00.000-04:00Marmee: Yes, I remember being in Cape Canaveral wh...Marmee: Yes, I remember being in Cape Canaveral when a hurricane hit (maybe it was Donna- not sure). We were visiting one of mom's relatives... not Aunt Rosie... although she may have been with us.. I don't have memory of the tin roof... I do have vivid memories of cleaning up the yard debris afterwards. It was back when we just hunkered down and road out the storm with very little warning of Meemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-90621254933011345712008-08-19T15:35:00.000-04:002008-08-19T15:35:00.000-04:00Thank you to everyone who left kind comments about...Thank you to everyone who left kind comments about Tropical Storm Fay. I've learned that watching the national news is somewhat different than local news pertaining to these types of incidents. Just so you all know what is happening now I've updated the post with the latest. <BR/><BR/>I've been working in my garden all day without any rain. The cloud cover and wind were a relief from the usual Meemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-64655514895019959352008-08-19T13:41:00.000-04:002008-08-19T13:41:00.000-04:00i am not a news watcher so i didn't know about "fa...i am not a news watcher so i didn't know about "fay". i will have to call and see if ya'll have faired well. remember when we had hurricane "elena" in the eighties. we wore t-shirts saying "we survived hurrincane elena" that is funny to think about! gigi, i still remember "donna" in the sixties(i think), at aunt rosey's house with the tin roof. do you have a memory of that meems?marmeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00622899170079254810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-79784773726869366552008-08-19T13:35:00.000-04:002008-08-19T13:35:00.000-04:00I still have an eye on it because Katrina hit Flor...I still have an eye on it because Katrina hit Florida first too and then got out in the Gulf and built up. We thought we were safe there for a while. I don't feel really safe until it is on shore.Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10525022534268765494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-67348417102622533692008-08-19T13:23:00.000-04:002008-08-19T13:23:00.000-04:00Meems, I read about Fay this morning in my local p...Meems, I read about Fay this morning in my local paper and immediately thought of you. I hope everything turns out for the best - I'm keeping my fingers crossed!<BR/>/KatarinaKatarinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06622903367597082775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-83777554185568062812008-08-19T12:40:00.000-04:002008-08-19T12:40:00.000-04:00I've been reading and watching the weather reports...I've been reading and watching the weather reports about Fay.I do hope all you are getting is a good rain, Meems. We don't have to worry about hurricanes in the Midwest, but we do have tornadoes, which can also cause tremendous damage. As you say, in both cases being prepared and using common sense is important, rather than panicking. At least we have a basement we can "hide out" in.<BR/><BR/>Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-11828239088539957222008-08-19T12:27:00.000-04:002008-08-19T12:27:00.000-04:00Hi Meems- Glad you're OK! After we lost everything...Hi Meems- <BR/><BR/>Glad you're OK! After we lost everything with Hurricane Andrew--I know how scary it can be watching these storms to see what they'll do next.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad this seems like it will just be a rainmaker though and not cause too much damage.<BR/><BR/>It's just the price we pay for living in paradise ;) <BR/><BR/>SusieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-18526800131634862202008-08-19T12:26:00.000-04:002008-08-19T12:26:00.000-04:00Just checking in and hoping all is well, Meems. Th...Just checking in and hoping all is well, Meems. Thinking of you :)joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569378877717221045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-73788489534254998112008-08-19T08:58:00.000-04:002008-08-19T08:58:00.000-04:00Hi Meems, I was just watching the news. I was gla...Hi Meems, I was just watching the news. I was glad to see Fay wasn't in the headlines, just part of the national weather forecast this morning. Hopefully a good, soaking rain will be all she brings. <BR/><BR/>Although tornadoes develop more quickly and less predictably, I can definitely relate to what you said about not being alarmed too early on. We experience far more dire warnings than garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-44013013568310695392008-08-19T08:27:00.000-04:002008-08-19T08:27:00.000-04:00I've been watching Fay with great interest (I'm mu...I've been watching Fay with great interest (I'm much more interested in tropical storm news since we just were hit with one). I'll hope to hear you have had very little damage - and that you don't lose those modern conveniences we are all so accustomed to - like electricity and air conditioning.<BR/>Mary BethMary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03888999648897092221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-76192213585080402492008-08-19T05:25:00.000-04:002008-08-19T05:25:00.000-04:00Meems, the weather forecasters are doing the same ...Meems, the weather forecasters are doing the same here trying to warn us of bad weather, floods or hight winds, I am just glad we get more warnings than actual "happenings". Because we are an island they can't follow the course of a storm in the same way they can for you. I hope this stays just a possibility for you and blows itself out before it does any damage. Do let us know.<BR/><BR/>Good Sylvia (England)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658826538568918452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-71877415644258937692008-08-19T02:43:00.000-04:002008-08-19T02:43:00.000-04:00Meems, I wish it will break up and not cause troub...Meems, I wish it will break up and not cause trouble.<BR/>We also have extraordinary change in weather - twisters were not common in Poland. Last Friday they hit and half of the country suffered in one or other way, nearly 800 houses damaged. Poland is not used to deal with it. We have no procedures, no warning systems, no experience and knowledge how to react - everything is spontaneous. Help Ewahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460827662984311538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-48900152507599579062008-08-19T02:35:00.000-04:002008-08-19T02:35:00.000-04:00We are actually praying that some of that storm co...We are actually praying that some of that storm comes our way up here in mid NC. We need that rain so badly. I hope you are fine and it doesn't hurt anyone or your plants. We too have our eyes glued toward the storm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-62499142642652974082008-08-19T01:43:00.000-04:002008-08-19T01:43:00.000-04:00All my patio plants are safely removed to the insi...All my patio plants are safely removed to the inside at the back of my family room, so that they cannot be blown over or harmed by the high winds (if that should be the case). Since I cannot physically move many of them, I imposed on my sweet husband to get them in tonight, just in case. His company was ordered by the county emergency officials to evacuate their business tomorrow, as they are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com