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Craig
Peace,
Paul
If there's anything I can do, let me know.
-Dave
Cheers Pat.
Cheers Pat.
Bob
Craig
The good news is it's minimal hurricane at this point, and her apartment is not on the ground level, so I'm not too concerned about flooding. Now if the roof blows off, then she's in trouble.
Since she's a nurse at the local hospital in Wilmington, she's required to show up if the hurricane does come ashore, even if she's not scheduled to work. In a sense that's good, as she'll be away from beach, and she'll have a safe, dry place to be. She works a 7 – 7, 12-hour shift three days a week, and recently went on nights. She actually likes that shift, but she's having a tough time sleeping days. She's been told it takes about a month for your body to adjust, and she's been at it about 3 weeks now.
Bob
Serge, Susan, and Michael
Steve
-Brian
Jim
-Dan-
~Colin
Know my thoughts are with your mother and you.
I can't say much about buying lottery tickets, though. One of the biggest, if the the biggest, Powerball payouts came on a ticket bough at a convenience store about 5 miles from here. I was struck by lightning as a child and typically after I tell people that, they tell me I should play the lottery. Still I almost never do.
Ed
Sorry.....
Bob
Though I am proud to see the Subaru Crew quickly and actively offering up support for our members in tough times. Makes me feel like part of an extended family.
Bob - looks like Ophelia is waffling around in circles, hopefully it'll slow down before she makes landfall and the damage will be minimized.
-juice
We just had a phone call from Rita's brother in Ireland, his sister in law has just died suddenly. She had surgery last week to replace some heart valves and was making a good recovery. Apparently her heart burst the morning and she was dead in seconds. I hope this is the last of our bad news.
Cheers Pat.
-juice
Bob
-Dennis
I was reminderd of Setright's review of the Subaru 3.0R the other day, on reading of his death. He liked it. He had a thing about solutions engineered from the ground up rather than rectified after fault finding.
http://motoring.independent.co.uk/comment/article33460.ece
"How fortunate the Japanese industry is not beset by the conventions of other peoples: many a pure-minded Japanese engineer, who would view an apple dumpling with the gravest suspicions, can set about the design of some everyday thing with every hope of creating a thing that will be ideal for its purpose and correct first time.
How else to explain the purist philosophy expressed in the new Subaru Legacy 3.0 R saloon? Where else might you find a manufacturer so mindful of the supremely important role of tyres that every car in the catalogue is graced with permanent four-wheel drive? Where else might one seek a manufacturer so sensitive to the inherent flaws of all conventional engine formats as to concentrate entirely, and despite the expense and difficulties involved, on engines with horizontally opposed cylinders, a configuration encouraging a low centre of gravity (essential for stability), while ensuring the most perfect balance attainable in piston engines?"
Have a look at the original article. He was hard to understand on first reading but improved with familiarity.
Cheers
Graham
Sorry to hear of your double loss. As Juice said, enough is enough.
My thanks to the crew. As Juice put it "Makes me feel like part of an extended family." It's nice to see such a diverse group from all around the world reaching out to each other in bad times and in good. As we were saying today,
"Only good things from now on!"
Mark
Cheers Pat.
On a somewhat humorous note, I've noticed that in two Setright obituaries, they have had trouble spelling his name correctly. They've spelled his name both "Setwright," in the title, and "Setright" in the text.
http://www.thecarconnection.com/Auto_News/Daily_Edition/Daily_Edition_Sep_9_2005.S173.A921- 2.html
http://www.u-ka.cn/en/00/80160.html
Talk about supreme irony, for this "man of words." He must be chuckling in his grave...
Bob
I was watching Ophelia on the news last night, she seems to be slow moving, hope she doesn't pick up any steam.
-juice
Bob
The storm is so slow moving that they're expecting a great deal of flooding and power outages. I just hope her apartment will weather the storm without too much damage. I'm sure the roads will be flooded where she lives, as she's so close to the beach. I expect more damage from water than winds, frankly.
Tomorrow will be very interesting...
Bob
She mentioned that all but one of the nurses there last night were NEW nurses with very little experience. There was only one experienced nurse on staff. As luck would have it, this experienced nurse just happened to be making rounds when one patient "coded." I think that's the word she used, which meant the patient almost died. Fortunately they were able to revive him.
She just happened to look out the window, and has never seen rain and wind like what's now occurring. I think she'll be fine. Just hope she can get some sleep, and that her apartment doesn't get too battered.
Bob
Craig
I remember how close to sea level the highway was down in the OBX, so I'm sure that's under water right now.
-juice
-juice
Craig
This link here is a "png" file. What do I open it with on my MAC?
Bob
Craig
Craig
I'm a committed weather nut so wonder what site that is coming from. Looks like an interesting feed.
I've passed up a request to go to New Orleans to deal with Katrina claims with about 400 of my colleagues. Professionally I'd love to do it, but family issues make it a major problem to be away for a lengthy period. I suspect that it will be a very difficult job. When I visisted New Olreams about fifteen years ago, I was horrified at the division between rich and poor, probably the most dramatic I have seen anywhere in the world. Arriving back at our Youth Hostel to find Police and Ambulance sorting out a multiple murder didn't do much to cheer, either.
Cheers
Graham
Bob
That's a screenshot of a small program I wrote that gets all sorts of free data from the US national weather service and other US gov organizations. They distribute a ton of data in different formats. Right now I am using XML data. The app will track current conditions, alerts, forecasts, radar, etc... for all kinds of locations across the US. What I like about it is the local aspect -- at work I can track weather at the Air Force base 1 mile away. At home, I can track weather at a small airport about 4 miles away. So it's nice to be able to tune into local data.
I have gotten tons of requests to make the software work outside the US, but unfortunately it's hard finding equivalent data sources in foreign countries. The only real international standard is aviation/METAR data at airports, but it's a limited subset of what I want to access.
Craig
Sounds like your daughter will be OK. Here's hoping her apartment fairs well.
Keeping our fingers crossed.
Mark
Craig
Bob