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Good morning everybody. Have a great Friday!

While I am an “older” fart, I was too young to remember when Camille hit. I do remember going over to the Gulfport, MS area with my family months after the storm, there was destruction everywhere. I distinctly remember a tug boat that had been washed several hundred yards inland to the north side of US 90 which runs along the coast. It was later stabilized and turned into a tourist attraction for the area. When I started drilling over there in the reserves in the late 90s it was still there. When Katrina hit the building that was beside it was destroyed and the boat was actually shifted on its foundations. They finally removed it in 2008 because it was damaged and deteriorating, that was a sad day.


Heres an old picture of it back in its heyday.

 

Good Friday folks. Breaking camp today and headed to Smithville Lake north of Kansas City. Be there a few days and on to Springfield to see some family.
Y'all be safe out there.
Zim

 

unbelievable. a few weeks later we rode over there for dad to take food n supplys for some that worked under him at the furniture plant. i was 5yr old. and still can see the things i saw. that county is the foothills on the east side of the Blueridge. its rural and not heavily populated in the hollows where the worst was at. you can goggle it to read and see tons of pics

 

Good Morning

 

Morning all

 

I wonder what the warning was like in 69. I remember when Hugo hit our area and we had warning but we all falsely believed we were fare enough inland it wouldn’t do anything where we lived. Now we know better!!

 

Good morning everyone!

 

Ive read many books on it.there were no warnings. just that the storm would pass through our area bringing rain and phone lines were downed so basically they were on their own. with no idea it would stall.

 

Well,

8 work days and a wake up for the Wifey at work, 37 Years with the Clerk's office.... She slept about two hours last night, NOW she's freakin out, "what am I gonna do??" She's been working since she was 17, my suggestion of "get another job" didn't go over that well, imagine that..

She decided today, of all days, to ask for Letter's of Recommendation from her primary bosses .... She called me crying when three of them said "why of course"....

Dealing with a basket case spouse has never been my forte...

RJ

 

I remember Hurricane Camille, devastating, no warning until it was to late.

 

August of 69, I remember that, we were stationed in Buenos Aires Argentina from 69-72, I remember watching the news on Black and White TV Mom and Dad had Cousin in the Storm's Path!!

RJ

 

Encourage her to find a fun hobby that she enjoys. Something that takes up loads of time, and hopefully little money.

 

Good Morning

 

Yea. well.... She's a "scrapbooker".... She should have married a freakin lottery winner!! Not a broke ass tired redneck!!

RJ

 

I'm sure it was all that BAH money that made her think she was marrying a lottery winner...

 

whats happening

 

Weeeeeeeeeeesssssssssa

 

House burgers, with tater tots and yes, ketchup..

 

Got to have ketchup with tater tots.

 

She's out playing hookey. Said she'd be back on Sunday....