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Scuba Forum / General / September 2008Grummy Check
Grummy - Just checking to see if all is OK. You too Dillon. Let us know when you get back on line. ____________________________________________ Regards, Arnold > Grummy - Just checking to see if all is OK. You too Dillon. Let us know > when you get back on line. Just got back online a couple of hours ago... It's been a busy few days... They were talking about us possibly being without power for up to 4 weeks... I bought a generator, so I was doing fine, but ComCRAP figures that if your neighborhood doesn't have power, then you don't need internet either... Obviously they are WRONG!  SignatureSee NNTP header field "X-Real-Email-Address" to reply by email. >> Grummy - Just checking to see if all is OK. You too Dillon. Let us know >> when you get back on line. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > that if your neighborhood doesn't have power, then you don't need internet > either... Obviously they are WRONG! Glad to see you're doing well. Dennis I'm going to have to learn to watch where storms go after they make landfall. It turns out that Ike headed for Kentucky. While it was not nearly the magnatude there, that it was when it hit Texas, apparently it was bad enough. Word has it that power is out, traffic lights are out and trees are down all over the place. The Natrional Guard is directing traffic. I'll be the presence of a person in uniform with a pistol on their side and an M-16 over their shoulder cuts down on the number of people that run red lights. On top of it all, most of the power workers needed to restore things there are helping out in Texas. Rick Simms checked in. He and his family are safe, but not comfortable. It turns out his emergency generator wasn't quite as adequate as advertised. Hope he doesn't go out and buy a supplemental one. Then we'll have to listen to how he's a whore too. Lee > I'm going to have to learn to watch where storms go after they make > landfall. It turns out that Ike headed for Kentucky. While it was > not nearly the magnatude there, that it was when it hit Texas, > apparently it was bad enough. Here's one of the funnier photos of what happened with Ike... http://images.chron.com/photos/2008/09/15/13040340/600xPopupGallery.jpg And some not so funny photos of the damage to Galveston's seawall area... http://images.chron.com/photos/2008/09/15/13037975/600xPopupGallery.jpg And others... http://www.chron.com/news/photogallery/In_Hurricane_Ikes_Aftermath.html SignatureSee NNTP header field "X-Real-Email-Address" to reply by email. > Rick Simms checked in. He and his family are safe, but not comfortable. It > turns out his emergency generator wasn't quite as adequate as advertised. > Hope he doesn't go out and buy a supplemental one. Then we'll have to > listen to how he's a whore too. Rick has more money than you, I'm pretty sure of that. He'll be $1,000 poorer after the next election, but still able to feed his family without having to visit the soup kitchen. Why do you think he'll be a whore and be waiting in line at the soup kitchen behind you when he can afford to buy his own soup? >> Grummy - Just checking to see if all is OK. You too Dillon. Let us know >> when you get back on line. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >that if your neighborhood doesn't have power, then you don't need internet >either... Obviously they are WRONG! Yeah, you'd think they'd want to keep that going to let people communicate their condition/whereabouts etc. to others/family etc. Sheesh! Glad to know you're OK!!! ____________________________________________ Regards, Arnold > Yeah, you'd think they'd want to keep that going to let people > communicate their condition/whereabouts etc. to others/family etc. > Sheesh! Cell phone service was virtually non-existant since the hurricane... Text messaging tended to work quite a bit better, but there were still cases where the phone just said "searching for network" in areas where it had worked prior to the hurricane (my house for example)... Of course since my landline is in fact a VOIP system, it didn't work since it relied on internet connectivity... Since ComCRAP is also the cable TV company, I have to wonder if their TV service was also down during this time... I have DishNetwork and it was still working after the hurricane... The antenna didn't even get knocked out of alignment even with the winds that split one of my trees in half... One of the things that I noticed though is that before the hurricane, the local TV channels were saying to use a small battery powered TV to keep up to date on the status of things after the hurricane if you lose power... With the mandatory switchover to digital TV, I see a slight problem with this... I have yet to see any small battery operated handheld digital TVs in the stores... I suspect that some are being made, but they're unlikely to be as cheap as the handheld analog TVs have been over the years... Of course if someone is even slightly resourceful, they can power the digital-to-analog converter box from an inverter and have the signal from the inverter box going into a small TV, but that is nowhere close to as portable as one that actually ran on batteries... SignatureSee NNTP header field "X-Real-Email-Address" to reply by email. [Default] Thus spake "Grumman-581" <grumman581+usenet-2008@gmail.com>: >> Grummy - Just checking to see if all is OK. You too Dillon. Let us know >> when you get back on line. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >that if your neighborhood doesn't have power, then you don't need internet >either... Obviously they are WRONG! Well, Ike was a total, absolute non-event here. It didn't so much as spit, the winds were mild and it hit 99 here on Saturday. Carol's folks are still without juice. They say the power crews are in the neighborhood, but Joe (a power EE of the old school) should know that that may still be a week or more. They were supposed to come up today, but decided to wait. Now they'll wait "another day or two". But Irene has sleep apnea and uses a CPAP, which isn't working right now. > Carol's folks are still without juice. They say the power crews are > in the neighborhood, but Joe (a power EE of the old school) should > know that that may still be a week or more. They were supposed to > come up today, but decided to wait. Now they'll wait "another day or > two". But Irene has sleep apnea and uses a CPAP, which isn't working > right now. Nothing you can do to persuade them to spend a few days visiting? There's not much sense in suffering if there's such an easy alternative. Lee > > Carol's folks are still without juice. They say the power crews are > > in the neighborhood, but Joe (a power EE of the old school) should [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Nothing you can do to persuade them to spend a few days visiting? > There's not much sense in suffering if there's such an easy alternative. Or they could try to get FEMA money for a generator but there's probably nothing left due to all those rich folk sucking on the teat. Doesn't that suck? I mean, can't even use the CPAP, yet some bastards get second generators at taxpayer expense to fund their f.cking ice cubes. Their oughta be a law! >>> Carol's folks are still without juice. They say the power crews are >>> in the neighborhood, but Joe (a power EE of the old school) should [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > generators at taxpayer expense to fund their f.cking ice cubes. Their > oughta be a law! There is a law, but it's easy to get around if you know how to scam the system. Signaturejer email reply - I am not a 'ten' >> Or they could try to get FEMA money for a generator but there's >> probably nothing left due to all those rich folk sucking on the teat. >> Doesn't that suck? Which rick folk are you talking about? Have you sent a check yet? >> I mean, can't even use the CPAP, yet some bastards get second >> generators at taxpayer expense to fund their f.cking ice cubes. Their >> oughta be a law! There is, and I was in complete compliance with it. > There is a law, but it's easy to get around if you know how to scam the > system. That's the second time you've suggested a criminal act. I'm keeping copies. Lee > >> Or they could try to get FEMA money for a generator but there's > >> probably nothing left due to all those rich folk sucking on the teat. > >> Doesn't that suck? > > Which rick folk are you talking about? Rich, as in owning 6 or 7 boats, living on a lake, and sucking the government teat. > >> I mean, can't even use the CPAP, yet some bastards get second > >> generators at taxpayer expense to fund their f.cking ice cubes. Their [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > That's the second time you've suggested a criminal act. I'm keeping copies. My Hero! >>> Or they could try to get FEMA money for a generator but there's >>> probably nothing left due to all those rich folk sucking on the teat. >>> Doesn't that suck? > > Which rick folk are you talking about? Dunno, ask Greg. > Have you sent a check yet? > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Lee Wow! You got my opinion shaking in it's boots. Signaturejer email reply - I am not a 'ten' |
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