Hurricane
Irma isn’t just impacting the southeastern U.S. The hurricane
prompted the postponement of a planned rocket launch from Santa Barbara
County. The United Launch Alliance delayed its planned Thursday
launch of an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The rocket
was set to carry a classified military payload into orbit. ULA
officials say some key members of the launch team are from Florida, and
they wanted them to be able to be with their families. Some team members
also helped secure the company’s launch facilities at Cape Canaveral in
Florida in advance of the hurricane.
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We live in an increasingly connected world. Almost all for the good. 
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None of the webcams are up:
http://www.beachlive.com/beach-weather-cams/beach/honeymoon-island_98425
Why would that be? You mean in Florida?
106F today with light wind. No need to blow dry my balding head.🤡
The grassy dog part of yesterday, is the pond of dogs. Watet At least a foot deep, maybe 3 feet tall. It was ok to go for a walk. Target closed and some local restaurants closed.
How is Dawg's mom?
Everyone survive Irma alright?
I did. Just don't want to go back until we have water again.
Mom's "stuff" is sadly intact. My brother was granted police powers in the trailer park and says only a half dozen car ports were damaged
Dilbert. Don't be a stranger. We are laid back and comfortable here.
Dilbert thinks physical violence against Trump supporters is "understandable"...just saying
I run hot and cold.
Tuck runs hot and cold.
Dilbert is not only welcome but well within the lines.
Good time to get teeth.
http://www.fossilguy.com/sites/venice/index.htm
really..you welcome Antifa in here??
Antifa "sympathizers" I should say..
and just a reminder of what he said..it was right after the Trump rally in San Jose...that was the one where many rally attendees were physically attacked upon leaving the rally..Dilbert's comment was (paraphrasing)
well that's too bad..but understandable given the candidate they are supporting
Not really.
Adopting
Nazi
Tactics
Instead of
First
Amendment.
The interesting daughter is headed for Tenn from Georgia as the friends lease is up. Not sure that is heading in the right direction. As she is pregnant staying near good hospitals is muy importante. At least Tenn is mostly on the left side, the better side of the cone. Seems Tampa St. Pete dodged a bullet. I guess she and the menagerie will be wanderers for a bit more.
Some of my friends have some power. Boil water order. Going down for free breakfast.
The Englewood bunker dome never lost power.
Someone I was speaking with had a friend or relative with property in Key Largo, and was hoping for total destruction. Apparently you're not allowed to do tear downs there, and have to leave the property "as is" with maintenance. They were waiting for the trailer to be blown away so that they could put up something nice. Apparently the gubmint it trying to preserve "old Florida"...
:thumbs up:
Hope she starts away from Memphis. Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville should be fine...
Part of the reason is that they want to lessen the population down there. It can't really be evacuated. The supply lines are fragile. Water depends on one pipe.
Has she matured any?
I'm more worried about water. The water pipes on Merritt Island are showing their age. Housekeeping staff told me they lost cable and went to sleep early.
We are all turning into Borg.
Latest I phone will cost 1000$. I don't mind if they last 10 years. My present smart phone lasted 3 years so far. Maybe the price will come down. I hope it will have a really big screen.
If a structure is damaged beyond 50% of it's value, you have to rebuild ABOVE the 100yr floodplain elevation to get FEMA/insurance funds for the rebuild. This is very much at odds with many historical building regulations and causes the owners to be stuck between two layers of regulations. being unable to rebuild means the structure remains damaged and just rots. Nobody wins.
Stilts?
For a normal homeowner, that means stilts or on fill or over the garage. You can't put a historic structure on stilts and maintain the architecture.
Normal homeowners are screwed. If you are rich and connected there are ways.
Good Morning!
You will never buy retail once you buy wholesale!
Times like these I am glad we chose the simple life. Cheap fun is still fun.
Re: Houses on stilts
The NYT had a series of articles on a family building a new house down Floridoh! way. The bottom was a garage with doors to open to let the storm surge through. The garage was the stilt.
When we were thinking of adding a second story to our Palo Africa home I investigated the building code and found that we would have to raise the house about 3 feet to get permits. The house was on the levee of San Francisquito Creek and the last flood would have by passed the house if I had kicked in a fence to let the water flow around the house. The reason for the flood is the Chaucer/Pope St dam, AKA bridge. This bridge will never be fixed as at least 20 public agencies have to give permission.
Flood insurance is a joke.
Is it legal to dig a pond and use the dirt for a hill to build your house on?
The whole lot has to be raised.
> a pond and use the dirt for a hill
You mean a gator basin and turtle mound? ;)
Lol! I didn't think of gators.
If you built a mound, you'd probably be required to pay put in a retention pond... In fact, you probably need to put in retention pond anyway, especially for larger developments and commercial buildings...
also, if the water doesn't flow then you have a nice mosquito breeding ground and the stagnant water will smell terrible as the anaerobic bacteria take hold.
Totally legal to dig a hole, but you can't increase flow or concentrate what was sheet flow across the property line.
New post. Nice link.
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