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Post by SUVFan on Oct 15, 2024 20:53:21 GMT -5
It's truly unimaginable.
Not unlike you, I live on high ground that's unlikely to flood. The last time it did, as Wilfred Brimley's great line in Absence of Malice goes, "Noah built hisself a boat:
Supposed to walk 18 today but the guesser blew the forecast. It rained on and off all day. So I went to Top Golf instead.
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 16, 2024 21:01:24 GMT -5
In my case the elevation is 1500' so water has to rise more than ¼ mi until it gets to my house. Or an invisible dam ½ mi above me has to break to get a flood.
There's a better chance the roads will washout. Now doubtful w/their french drains.
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Post by SUVFan on Oct 17, 2024 9:17:03 GMT -5
Heading out to walk 9 in a bit. Plan to play 2 balls and get 2.5 miles or a little more in.
I found this news report about the aftermath of Milton that covers Siesta Key, City Island and St. Armands Circle, just off the coast of Sarasota. It's bad, but as noted in the report by a resident business owner, the storm surge was not close to the weatherguesser's overguess of 15 feet. So the buildings remain, despite wind and water damage.
I've been to The Columbia on St. Armands' Circle a number of times. I saw it in the background a couple of times in the report. It's a great restaurant. I have the recipe for their 1905 Salad and make it several times each summer.
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 17, 2024 23:48:31 GMT -5
Not so sure
it is wise
to rebuild
in a hurricane
prone area,
only to have
more damage
in the future.
Or in an area
that gets fire,
floods, mudslides
or earthquakes.
Why rebuild, if
destruction is
to happen again?
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Post by SUVFan on Oct 18, 2024 6:49:21 GMT -5
It really makes no sense. The definition of insanity fits here. Rebuilding in those areas is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.
Playiing 18 today but will be taking a cart. Should still get between 2 and 3 miles in.
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 18, 2024 19:45:58 GMT -5
Sure do agree w/
you. Build, it
gets clobbered.
Rebuild, it gets
damaged again.
To me it is nuts
to keep rebuilding.
Better to move to
a safer location
and start over.
Sure spent lots
of time prepping
the land and
constructing my
house. Would not
want to rebuild
only to have the
damage happen again.
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Post by SUVFan on Oct 19, 2024 20:01:59 GMT -5
Of course the government offers flood insurance in flood plains and flood zones. Not sure what sense that makes? Totally inefficient use of resources.
I mowed Thursday. Looks like maybe 4 more mows. The blade will probably go to 5 inches, then 4.5, then 4 and end on 3.5. I'll also have to do some leaf mulching once they start dropping.
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 19, 2024 21:00:24 GMT -5
Good morning!
Early mornings
are getting cold.
Often below
freezing these
mornings so the
lawn is barely
growing. Like not
having to mow and
I hope this remains
for the rest of
the year. Getting
lazy and seldom
liked to mow no
matter what the year.
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Post by SUVFan on Oct 20, 2024 9:31:18 GMT -5
We had frost 3 days in a row with a fairly hard freeze Thursday. I have 2 trees that hold their leaves into at least mid November most years. With the days getting shorter and temps getting colder, the growth will slow down here, too. That's why I think I can get by with no more than 4 mows before I'm done, maybe just 3 if it gets cold faster but that would also probably impact golf adversely. I'll file that in, "Be careful what you wish for!"
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 20, 2024 22:06:57 GMT -5
Had frost here
the past three
mornings. Covered
the outdoor water
hand pump with a
few plastic and
paper bags. It
worked well to
insulate the
pump from being
cracked. Will
remove the pitcher
pump in about a
week. Can remember
when hard frost
arrived in Sept.
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Post by SUVFan on Oct 21, 2024 18:05:19 GMT -5
We were very close to frost at least two weeks ago and I think there was once in September that also was fairly close. The other day, they were talking about a record hot temp from the late 1800s. In over 125 years, the odds are good that the vast majority of those records would fall.
I walked 18 holes today on a flat course. It was 4.75 miles. My quads were not pleased.
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 21, 2024 20:40:20 GMT -5
Had at least 3
frosts as well.
Think they were
3 days in a rows.
Come Nov the
frosts will be
daily. That used
to be in Sept.
Don't mind it
warming up in
this area as
long as the
leaves still
change to
good autumn
colors. Do you
use a pedometer?
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Post by SUVFan on Oct 22, 2024 20:17:42 GMT -5
I don't use a pedometer. I use the course yardages and note how much back and forth I do to get a good estimate of how far I walk. I'm not into counting steps and all that b/s.
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 22, 2024 21:04:41 GMT -5
I tried a pedometer
a few times when I
used to hike daily.
Didn't like it. Used
a gps to more accurately
walk my miles per day.
It also gave me mph.
Used to hike 2.4 to
2.8 mph depending
on the elevation gain.
Around here the mtns
have some steep gain
depending on the
trail one takes. e.g.
1,000' gain in ½ mi
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Post by SUVFan on Oct 23, 2024 20:06:52 GMT -5
When I jogged, I would track my routes on Google maps and had various loops I could add if I still had something left in the tank as I got close to home.
With golf, it's about golf but I try to get the walking in, too. I can't be focused on exactly how far without affecting my play, which is bad enough without that distraction! But I remember my shots, know how long the holes are and how far it is between them and know if I walked an extra 400 or more yards looking for one, which happens at least several times a round with a 4some.
Today I played 18 with a cart but walked less than normal, only 1.5 miles. Sometimes I get extra walking b/c I play gold tees and the other guy in the cart plays something else. So I usually walk to my tee while he puts his club away and drives up. That can be 500 to 1,000 yards, total. Not today -- we all played golds.
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