Alabama thread!

Y’all. @Brian422 has a story to tell lol

 

I was an advisor to a TWSS, wonder if the recipient has received his gift yet.

 

It will get told in the morning lol. Me and @Thunder Fist pulled off a crap shoot of a recovery tonight

 

Should have called, I've been bored all day!

 

Nice!

 

So of course the pics don’t show you how bad it was. So I’m at the gym and buddy calls me. Really nice guy, he helped me move this weekend. But unfortunately he’s been struggling with substance abuse for a while. He and his friend thought it would be a great idea to go out to lakeshore after it had rained in a 2wd with no gas by themselves width no phone battery. Luckily he sent me his location score his phone died. Guy who called me was passed out the whole time in the passenger seat and the guy he was with was out of it completely.

Anyway they were stuck on the frame and we had to dig the dirt out from around the front to get to the the tie dow. Point to yank them. It took my truck double locked with 4 EXTREMELY hard yanks to get them out of the ditch. David drove their truck back to the road and we tried to get them to ride with me back because they were so messed up but wouldn’t.

So there was a gas station right by the trail and they pulled in there to get gas and cop pulls up but luckily nothing happens. Although I had. To take David back to his truck on the trail. So I waited for cop to leave because of course there were no trespassing signs posted,

all and all we got them out and everyone made it home safe. But I just feel some type of way towards my buddy because he was just telling me the other day he had been sober for 3 weeks.

Truck performed great and bumper is solid. Most yanking I’ve done on it and was super happy with the strength of it.

 

Mornin fellas

 

@whitedlite
I got to thinking the other day. You may do well with gun signs too. I don't know how hard it would be to get certain models, but most are pretty good fan boys of "their" brand. Maybe a Glock and 1911 to try it out?

 

Nice work man, always a good feeling recovering someone. Sorry to hear about his struggle, def sucks to hear one thing and see another

 

If they were too messed up to drive, maybe the police should have gotten involved. Especially when they didn’t agree to not drive home. Lots of other people on the road.

Addicts lie, don’t be shocked about that. I can’t tell you how many times I lied about clean time...I didn’t bother telling anyone until I was past six months when I got clean 7/13/12. My family and friends had heard it all before. I knew it was different, but I didn’t feel the need to shout it from the mountain top. It took consequences to pile up to help push me to make a change. Some of it was sitting in jail after driving under the influence and some was watching a “buddy” OD and die next to me not unlike those two guys...best not to enable if you can help it. You have a good heart to be willing to go out of your way for others. It’s not easy to make that judgment call and “rat” on someone, but it may save their or someone else’s life.

 

i sold a few second amendment ARs when starting out. These were ugly cuts though. First starting out and cutting them with bad settings.

 

From AlabamaWX

NICE WARM-UP TODAY: While temperatures are mostly in the 30s across Alabama early this morning, we expect a high in the low 60s today with a strong December sun. Tomorrow will be another dry, pleasant day but clouds will increase during the day ahead of a strong cold front. That front will bring rain into the state tomorrow night, and SPC has expanded the “marginal risk” (level 1/5) of severe thunderstorms to include much of the state.



Models still show no surface based instability over most of the state; the main issue will come not from thunderstorms, but from pressure gradient winds. Ahead of the cold front, winds will gust to 30/35 mph late tomorrow night as the rain moves through. The higher winds will come from midnight tomorrow night until 6:00 a.m. Thursday. Rain amounts of 1/2 to 1 inch are likely.

MUCH COLDER THURSDAY: As the rain ends Thursday morning, much colder air will rush into the state. Temperatures will fall from the 40s into the 30s by afternoon with a cold northwest wind of 15-25 mph. And, as the cold air arrives, some light snow, or snow flurries will be possible over the northern half of the state. But, the deeper moisture will be well to the east, and we still expect no meaningful accumulation or impact. A few grassy areas across high terrain of Northeast Alabama could become white briefly, but even there temperatures will be above freezing and no travel impact is forecast.

The sky will clear Thursday night, and by daybreak Friday we project temperatures in the 15-25 degree range over North/Central Alabama. Icy travel won’t be an issue as the roads will be dry by then. Then, Christmas Day will be sunny and cold with a high around 40 degrees. If Birmingham stays below 40 degrees, it will be only the 12th time since 1900 that has happened on December 25.

THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: Saturday morning will be very cold, again temperatures will be somewhere between 15 and 25 degrees as the day begins. Then, with a sunny sky, we warm into the low 50s by afternoon. Sunday will be dry with a high in the upper 50s, but clouds will increase by afternoon as the next weather system approaches. Rain will likely move through late Sunday night; moisture will be limited and rain amounts should be under 1/2 inch.

NEXT WEEK: Rain ends early Monday, followed by a clearing sky with a high around 50. Global models suggest the next chance of rain comes Wednesday or Thursday, followed by a surge of much colder air. See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.



ON THIS DATE IN 1989: Between December 22 and December 24, 1989, deepening low pressure pulled a frigid arctic air mass into the southeastern United States. The high in Birmingham on December 22, 1989 was 15 degrees; temperatures dropped to 1 degree the following morning, on December 23. This sequence of events produced a historic snowstorm and a rare white Christmas east of Alabama. At Charleston, South Carolina, the storm deposited 8 inches of snow – the greatest snowfall in modern history. At Savannah, Georgia, the storm total accumulation of 3.6 inches tied the greatest snowfall in modern history.

 

Thanks Clay, He actually lives right down the road from where i moved in. I want to be able to help him get on the right tract. Like if i can get him to hang out with me more and less with the ppl that enable him. I do agree though that sometimes police do need to be involved. It just wasn't a good situation for them at all last night.

 

I will add that we had to use what is commonly called the tie down point on the recovered truck and Brian yanked on that point HARD. It may not be the preferred place to pull from, but it will definitely work.
And I’m definitely adding a shovel to my recovery gear.

 

Cool

 

Good God, so i just got a call from Eric at state 48 overland which the company i bought my hangers through and he said hes shipping them out today. Archives website says 40 day lead time! Looks like they had them in stock.

 

You’re a good friend to help out. I hope he and his buddy can find some peace. Just watch out for the tornado active addiction can create. I’m here if you need anything!

 

I can tell you from experience, just be cautious until he's ready to change. I bought a dirt bike years ago from a great friend. It ended up being stolen after talking to another buddy. I returned the bike to the owner but never saw the money. This guy's family has more money than most people can imagine. He went through a few years of shit before he was ready to change. He's been good for over 10yrs now. At the time, I didn't know he was using. I had never really seen it before.

 

Dang this thread was today

 

Finally got email saying there was a reply! Its been a few days