Our Place

Hi, All- Doing good here. We finally got some rain after a long drought in the mid-Atlantic. 'Debby' came up the east coast. Keeping busy with my radio projects and doing some gardening out on our large deck. This year I put in 6 tomato plants, all of them are the smaller ones like grape tomatoes. They do OK considering how shady my yard is in summer.

Do keep in touch, guys. Now that Gas Buddy forums are long gone, this is the only place where we can find each other. Even if the posts are not frequent, I do like to read them and catch up. I have a tab I can click on. This helps me since I don't have to remember all the details of how to find this thread on GBO.

Interesting times we are all living through. I think I'm doing well in seeing the good side of things- and yes, there is always a 'silver lining'. This is actually quite an interesting era. Change is hard but good can come out of it. I do think people are waking up. Yay!

VanKY

Right now, 9/25/2024, I'm keeping watch on Hurricane Helene off the coast of west Florida. While it is not supposed to make a direct hit in my area there will be high winds. But the main issue around here is the storm surge of water. The ground is already saturated, so this additional water will create flooding. Sections of my development flood including the main road into/out of the development. The country does place pumps to remove the water in some areas, but I have never seen a pump on the main road. I just hope I don't lose power like I have twice this year for around 9-hours both times. 9-hours and the food in the refrigerator is on the borderline of having to be dumped. Freezer is OK for around 48 hours if fully packed, which it is as I packed ice cubes into freezer bags to fill any gaps.

Those poor folks in the southern Appalachians got beat up in the extreme. Historic flooding.