Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>^^^ How much good is it during an ice storm like we had last December. Five days for us with no power. Had to charge my cell phone in the car. And we were lucky. Happy Haunt's kids missed 15 days of school and how long were you without power? The ice is what scares me. There must be some part of the country that doesn't have weather reasons not to live there. <<< Yeah, that's the part that scares me, too. But I'd deal with it. LOL. NC, however, does look like it has lovely weather.
Originally Posted By MPierce We need CDD to chime in here with a review of his summer so far this year.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt EE, we had a once in a lifetime ice storm. No power for 2 hours short of a week. We have a large wood. The house was 80 & I cooked our meals on it. We have a well, no power no water/toilet. DH got a generator from work so we ran it at night for laundry. Hung the clothes by the stove to dry & filled the bath tubs so we could flush during the day. Granted it was beyond horrible but, we survived. It was a hundred year storm. Don't let 'em scare you!!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 they are on there for the game at wrigley -- they flash a large E or H for hit or error on questionable plays, then at the bottom of the scoreboard they have errors per team...
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^ this entry was put into a thread on community - how the heck did it get here ?
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>EE, we had a once in a lifetime ice storm. No power for 2 hours short of a week. We have a large wood. The house was 80 & I cooked our meals on it. We have a well, no power no water/toilet. DH got a generator from work so we ran it at night for laundry. Hung the clothes by the stove to dry & filled the bath tubs so we could flush during the day. Granted it was beyond horrible but, we survived. It was a hundred year storm. Don't let 'em scare you!!<<< So it was a Hurricane, followed by cold. Yeah, I'd live. :LOL:
Originally Posted By MPierce >> EE, we had a once in a lifetime ice storm. No power for 2 hours short of a week. We have a large wood. The house was 80 & I cooked our meals on it. We have a well, no power no water/toilet. DH got a generator from work so we ran it at night for laundry. Hung the clothes by the stove to dry & filled the bath tubs so we could flush during the day. Granted it was beyond horrible but, we survived. It was a hundred year storm. Don't let 'em scare you!! << I call your 7 days, and raise you 2 days with hurricane Ike. That was the third major hurrican to hit here in my lifetime. I couldn't even begin to count the number of smaller Huricanes, and tropical storms.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> they are on there for the game at wrigley -- they flash a large E or H for hit or error on questionable plays, then at the bottom of the scoreboard they have errors per team... << I never noticed the team errors being posted during the game. That's why I was asking.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> ^^^ this entry was put into a thread on community - how the heck did it get here ? << Do you think the Ghost of Harry Carey could be responsible! Which reminds me our announcer, Mio Hamilton, a former Cubs announcer is celebrating 65 years in broadcasting this year.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Milo and Harry did not get along you know -- and that carried over to Steve Stone also at the time.... With 3-4 restaurants in the area that wie Dutchie oversees..I think Harry's ghost may indeed be wandering ( with a Bud in one hand and a microphone in the other )
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Milo and Harry did not get along you know -- and that carried over to Steve Stone also at the time.... << Milo made that perfectly clear. He was fond of saying once Harry's head entered the broadcasting booth there wasn't room for anything else in there.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>I call your 7 days, and raise you 2 days with hurricane Ike. That was the third major hurrican to hit here in my lifetime. I couldn't even begin to count the number of smaller Huricanes, and tropical storms.<<< I have a week and 5 days with Wilma. Hell on earth. I never want to experience that again. Heat, damage to the roof, everything without power. It was horrid.
Originally Posted By MPierce The one thing that shocked me was how courteous drivers were here. All the traffic lights were out, and everybody was treating them like stop signs. I never saw any problems, and I'm talking some major interchanges. I wish all the drivers were that courteous everyday.
