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Quick up date from north of Houston Texas. We are doing well and not in any danger of flooding but the City of Houston and surrounding areas are getting hit real hard with rain like no one has ever seen before. Our house is on top of a hill and about 20 feet above the top of the local dam so if we get flooded there is over 200 feet of water in Houston. So far 1000s of water rescues by big trucks, boats and helicopters. Unfortunately there are still people who insist on driving into deep water and then calling for help when they find out their cars/trucks/SUV whatever can't swim.
Looks like most of the real storm damage was done down around Rockport and the Corpus Christi area with flooding causing much of the damage in the Houston area. Our thoughts and prayers going out for them and everyone in Texas faced with rising flood waters.
Tom
Quick up date from north of Houston Texas. We are doing well and not in any danger of flooding but the City of Houston and surrounding areas are getting hit real hard with rain like no one has ever seen before. Our house is on top of a hill and about 20 feet above the top of the local dam so if we get flooded there is over 200 feet of water in Houston. So far 1000s of water rescues by big trucks, boats and helicopters. Unfortunately there are still people who insist on driving into deep water and then calling for help when they find out their cars/trucks/SUV whatever can't swim.
Looks like most of the real storm damage was done down around Rockport and the Corpus Christi area with flooding causing much of the damage in the Houston area. Our thoughts and prayers going out for them and everyone in Texas faced with rising flood waters.
Tom
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Tom, thanks ever so much for your post, Glad to know you and family are OK, I imagine you'll be overwhelmed by the amount of work to be done, Keep us up-dated when you are able to, God Bless and STAY SAFE !!
Tom, thanks ever so much for your post, Glad to know you and family are OK, I imagine you'll be overwhelmed by the amount of work to be done, Keep us up-dated when you are able to, God Bless and STAY SAFE !!
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Probably doing mine .
Actually Doc I am as laid back as you can get while still drawing breath, but I do like to know what is going on and by that I don't mean what we see on the evening news.
It took a nasty robbery before what they tried to teach me in Psych to sink in, but when it did, it hit me like a freight train.
I did a B Sc so psyh was my choice for a compulsory humanities subject.
While I ( like everyone else ) firmly believed I was too smart to be manipulated by the media or duped by the government, I was proven totally wrong.
After the robbery, we did not replace the TV or any radios and we had long given up buying newspapers.
When I went to work, every one was treating me funny, smirking and dropping comments like "you get lucky last night" or "the Mrs roll over the wrong way " etc, etc, etc.
I was also teaching part time ( Trade School ) and the students were giving me similar vibes although a little more subtle than my workmates .
When one of them asked me if I got kicked out, because this was the 2nd time in 2 years that all of the asignments were handed back the following week and assesments were all up to date, I actually noticed things were different.
Having a few beers with some other teachers after class , one gave me the trigger, we have never seen you so happy and relaxed, what are you doing ?
When I told him about the robbery he went arrrh, yes, "the mind is most receptive to suggestion in a depressed or anxious state, the aim of the media is make you receptive to suggestion ( advertising ) and the best way to do that is to make you anxious or depressed."
All those psych tutes where I was not really listening came flooding back.
We never replaced the TV and until we moved to the Blue Mountains the only radio was in the van and we mostly rode motorcycles.
I was in an annalytical lab doing assay work when the "Lead Crisis" hit the media, now I knew the full effects of lead on people as part of the job was the biological monitoring of the 2000 workers at our lead smelter & battery factories.( Pb, Cd, Sb, Ca, Zn, Cu & Sn )
Zinc is a bigger problem to human health than lead will ever be but there is no "Zinc Crisis" except for a cursory mention to welders about metal fume fever which is ultimately fatal and not treatable.
The media made it sound like everyone was going to die tomorrow when in reality the effect of Pb is mainly to complex heomogloben so the adults become annemic , in children this is different because it also affects the developement of the nervious system and brain growth.
However anyone who had ever done chemistry would know that lead in fuel , having gone through massive chemical reactions at extreme temperatures & pressures was not going to be able to be broken down by you body, so the only people to benefit from Pb being removed was the petrol sniffers and the fuel companies. Enviromental lead is mostly from lead oxide paint which I should not have to tell sailors about, fillers in tyres comes a good second and complex lead carbo nitrates from tetra ethyl lead is way way way down the list.
Now days I have PNN ( parliament News Network ) on the radio most of the day and the difference to what was said to what gets reported is night to day.
We go to a lot of public lectures, one of which was by John Perkins, he was 1/3 the way through when a fire alarm caused the end of the lecture, he told me outside that this was very regular whenever he was speaking publically .
A year or so latter when all the anti Perkins media was out , his book became available in Australia.
Asbestos is another one of the media monsters, blown way out of proportion by a media that sung it's praised for 50 years and now is on a rentless deamonization campaign.
Just this month we passed new import laws requiring all used vehicles imported into OZ to be dissasembled and asbestos rated at a silly price before we can pick them up.
The asbestos coming out of engine room vents never gets a mention and would pose a greater source of asbestos fibres than the brake shoes or clutch plates on a 60 year old motorcycle.
And again sailors, particularly submarinors who spent a lot of time breathing asbestos laden recycled air, wrapping pipes in asbestos lagging tape and probably painting with high temp paints containing both lead & asbestos should know all about the problems with asbestos fibres, but we want to buy cheap stuff that we don't need and that won't last from China and China does not have asbestos regulations so Chinese ships, chockers with asbestos are welcomed into our ports.
Probably doing mine .
Actually Doc I am as laid back as you can get while still drawing breath, but I do like to know what is going on and by that I don't mean what we see on the evening news.
It took a nasty robbery before what they tried to teach me in Psych to sink in, but when it did, it hit me like a freight train.
I did a B Sc so psyh was my choice for a compulsory humanities subject.
While I ( like everyone else ) firmly believed I was too smart to be manipulated by the media or duped by the government, I was proven totally wrong.
After the robbery, we did not replace the TV or any radios and we had long given up buying newspapers.
When I went to work, every one was treating me funny, smirking and dropping comments like "you get lucky last night" or "the Mrs roll over the wrong way " etc, etc, etc.
I was also teaching part time ( Trade School ) and the students were giving me similar vibes although a little more subtle than my workmates .
When one of them asked me if I got kicked out, because this was the 2nd time in 2 years that all of the asignments were handed back the following week and assesments were all up to date, I actually noticed things were different.
Having a few beers with some other teachers after class , one gave me the trigger, we have never seen you so happy and relaxed, what are you doing ?
When I told him about the robbery he went arrrh, yes, "the mind is most receptive to suggestion in a depressed or anxious state, the aim of the media is make you receptive to suggestion ( advertising ) and the best way to do that is to make you anxious or depressed."
All those psych tutes where I was not really listening came flooding back.
We never replaced the TV and until we moved to the Blue Mountains the only radio was in the van and we mostly rode motorcycles.
I was in an annalytical lab doing assay work when the "Lead Crisis" hit the media, now I knew the full effects of lead on people as part of the job was the biological monitoring of the 2000 workers at our lead smelter & battery factories.( Pb, Cd, Sb, Ca, Zn, Cu & Sn )
Zinc is a bigger problem to human health than lead will ever be but there is no "Zinc Crisis" except for a cursory mention to welders about metal fume fever which is ultimately fatal and not treatable.
The media made it sound like everyone was going to die tomorrow when in reality the effect of Pb is mainly to complex heomogloben so the adults become annemic , in children this is different because it also affects the developement of the nervious system and brain growth.
However anyone who had ever done chemistry would know that lead in fuel , having gone through massive chemical reactions at extreme temperatures & pressures was not going to be able to be broken down by you body, so the only people to benefit from Pb being removed was the petrol sniffers and the fuel companies. Enviromental lead is mostly from lead oxide paint which I should not have to tell sailors about, fillers in tyres comes a good second and complex lead carbo nitrates from tetra ethyl lead is way way way down the list.
Now days I have PNN ( parliament News Network ) on the radio most of the day and the difference to what was said to what gets reported is night to day.
We go to a lot of public lectures, one of which was by John Perkins, he was 1/3 the way through when a fire alarm caused the end of the lecture, he told me outside that this was very regular whenever he was speaking publically .
A year or so latter when all the anti Perkins media was out , his book became available in Australia.
Asbestos is another one of the media monsters, blown way out of proportion by a media that sung it's praised for 50 years and now is on a rentless deamonization campaign.
Just this month we passed new import laws requiring all used vehicles imported into OZ to be dissasembled and asbestos rated at a silly price before we can pick them up.
The asbestos coming out of engine room vents never gets a mention and would pose a greater source of asbestos fibres than the brake shoes or clutch plates on a 60 year old motorcycle.
And again sailors, particularly submarinors who spent a lot of time breathing asbestos laden recycled air, wrapping pipes in asbestos lagging tape and probably painting with high temp paints containing both lead & asbestos should know all about the problems with asbestos fibres, but we want to buy cheap stuff that we don't need and that won't last from China and China does not have asbestos regulations so Chinese ships, chockers with asbestos are welcomed into our ports.
Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild
One thing I have figured out with all the rain we are getting, we will NOT be able to mow for about a week till the ground dries out. I do figure there will be yard crews mowing tomorrow morning after 9 AM. Normal days are Mondays, Wednesday and any day I want/need to sleep late.
Tom
One thing I have figured out with all the rain we are getting, we will NOT be able to mow for about a week till the ground dries out. I do figure there will be yard crews mowing tomorrow morning after 9 AM. Normal days are Mondays, Wednesday and any day I want/need to sleep late.
Tom
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Thanks for the update, good to hear you are OK .
The heart goes out to those under water, a regular occurence down here.
As for the stranded brain dead, the local rescue chief got fed up with them years ago so it they are not in danger of being drowned by rising water he drops them an emergency pack and leaves them there for long enough to ponder their own stupidity.
If there is a film crew there he won't do anything till they leave.
Sort of goes back to the "superman" conversation, if I can not get through, some one will save me.
Dad had a 12 man pulling boat which was commendeered by the local police & I was asked to man the tiller when I was 10.
You never forget being in a tow line of a dozen boats plucking people off their roofs.
Fifty years on and the same farm lands are suburbs full of houses lower than the roofs we were pulling people off and I dread to think what would happen if we got hit with the same volume of water Texas is getting now.
Thanks for the update, good to hear you are OK .
The heart goes out to those under water, a regular occurence down here.
As for the stranded brain dead, the local rescue chief got fed up with them years ago so it they are not in danger of being drowned by rising water he drops them an emergency pack and leaves them there for long enough to ponder their own stupidity.
If there is a film crew there he won't do anything till they leave.
Sort of goes back to the "superman" conversation, if I can not get through, some one will save me.
Dad had a 12 man pulling boat which was commendeered by the local police & I was asked to man the tiller when I was 10.
You never forget being in a tow line of a dozen boats plucking people off their roofs.
Fifty years on and the same farm lands are suburbs full of houses lower than the roofs we were pulling people off and I dread to think what would happen if we got hit with the same volume of water Texas is getting now.
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I thought you lived in Montgomery , N.W. of Houston..??? Everything on TV weather shows you guys need an ARK ! looks like they're asking everybody with boats and high trucks to assist in rescuing folks, asking neighbors to help neighbors because they can't reach many area's except by chopper. Looks like you guy's will get pounded for a few more days, One thing for sure, there will be a lot of work available in the Houston area, clean-up, re-building, infrastructure, etc. I foresee a population gain there much like we had in Dade County Fl. after Hurricane Andrew in 92, as people moved back and into the county during and after they started to rebuild everything. As I said previously, STAY SAFE , and thanks for the up-date Tom, give our regards to the family, keep us up-dated .
I thought you lived in Montgomery , N.W. of Houston..??? Everything on TV weather shows you guys need an ARK ! looks like they're asking everybody with boats and high trucks to assist in rescuing folks, asking neighbors to help neighbors because they can't reach many area's except by chopper. Looks like you guy's will get pounded for a few more days, One thing for sure, there will be a lot of work available in the Houston area, clean-up, re-building, infrastructure, etc. I foresee a population gain there much like we had in Dade County Fl. after Hurricane Andrew in 92, as people moved back and into the county during and after they started to rebuild everything. As I said previously, STAY SAFE , and thanks for the up-date Tom, give our regards to the family, keep us up-dated .
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Quite a day, if I must say so.
Glad to hear Tom and family are safe and sound. We're still waiting to hear if the condo in Rockport we had reserved for the coming winter has survived.. As it is right on the water, we have our doubts.
Bert, Psych - huh? I never met a Psychiatrist that wasn't crazier than a schitt-house-rat! As an aside, I never watch the news, haven't had a newspaper delivered in decades and the only one I read is the "Fisherman's Voice" which is a local for commercial fishermen. I do however enjoy some of the cable TV channels, no 'news' ones though.
Doc, The flag pole looks great! I like all your flags. I wondered if you have ever watched "Sheldon's Fun with Flags"... Amy helps him sometimes..
I got another email from my old shipmate in Conroe, TX and he and his family are alright.
Nothing from the Rockport condo owner yet, she lives in Sugarland and she may be flooded as well..
We're off to Conway, NH this AM, got to meet up with a buddy I served with in the Sub Service..
Adios for now and remember! After you're through playing - Put your toys away! Boo-Boo - You've got the Watch...
Roger
Quite a day, if I must say so.
Glad to hear Tom and family are safe and sound. We're still waiting to hear if the condo in Rockport we had reserved for the coming winter has survived.. As it is right on the water, we have our doubts.
Bert, Psych - huh? I never met a Psychiatrist that wasn't crazier than a schitt-house-rat! As an aside, I never watch the news, haven't had a newspaper delivered in decades and the only one I read is the "Fisherman's Voice" which is a local for commercial fishermen. I do however enjoy some of the cable TV channels, no 'news' ones though.
Doc, The flag pole looks great! I like all your flags. I wondered if you have ever watched "Sheldon's Fun with Flags"... Amy helps him sometimes..
I got another email from my old shipmate in Conroe, TX and he and his family are alright.
Nothing from the Rockport condo owner yet, she lives in Sugarland and she may be flooded as well..
We're off to Conway, NH this AM, got to meet up with a buddy I served with in the Sub Service..
Adios for now and remember! After you're through playing - Put your toys away! Boo-Boo - You've got the Watch...
Roger
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I've lost the boatswains whistle,and someone stole the ships bell,...am I in DEEP doo-doo ..????
I've lost the boatswains whistle,and someone stole the ships bell,...am I in DEEP doo-doo ..????