Chit Chat Thread for the week of August 18, 2008

I do think we got a lots and lots of rain coming my way.

Last week Sparky was playing around with some vanishing cream........

Well, you can see the results, until he got cleaned up!

This one is great, love it.

Miss POI

Sparky is so cool.....

Yeah, it looks like just a big rainmaker right now.

Be nice to have some rain in So Cal. Only rains here in January, through March- if we are lucky! It is rare to have rain other months. Most of the rain goes back to the ocean anyway.

That's why it's the Golden State. And it can't handle much rain without landslides taking out the hills and houses. I lived there for 27 years, always exciting, now I'm beginning to miss it.

We're heading to Lancaster, PA this coming Saturday through Monday.

All summer long my 5.5 year old daughter has asked to go and has now instructed her near 3 year old younger brother to beg as well.

She has tried to boycott camp, etc. in order to clear her schedule for a trip to Lancaster.

I decided that we would pack the camper while they sleep. I'll wake her up very very early in the morning...tell her that I dreamed we went to Lancaster and ask her if she wants us to make my dream come true.

Prior to having kids, my wife and I used to go to the area a few times a year to visit, relax, eat and shop. The kids really enjoy it too. It is one of those trips that seemingly leave indelible memories for them.

I know the area well, but a few months ago a fellow member put together some Lancaster POI's and posted them here. Once there, I'll have more fun toying with the GPSr while comparing his POIs to our own favorite places.

That sounds great, I can't wait to see what fun locations you visited. I love that area and I really miss being able to visit any time I wanted.

Miss POI

Have a great time, and watch out for the horse and buggies!

I put those together and used them which did work well. I Hope you have a great time and EAT WELL!

Hope everyone is ready for tonight and tomorrow as isn't that when they said Fay was comming in?

More or less, Suppose to come into the main part of florida around tampa/st.pete area and then come up the middle of the state, to the west of Jacksonville and then up into GA.

Check out the new forecast track:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/145241.sh...

At least it's just a TS and not a cane !

Hadnt looked at that for a while, Guess i Better get out the umbrella and goulashes. (Boots)

Just got off the phone with my daughter. She said that it raining very hard and starting to get very windy. She lives in Plantation, West of Fort Lauderdale. She is a school teacher and has no school today or tomorrow. The local news said they will have up to 50 MPH winds tonight and early AM

... only 128 Days, 19 Hours, 35 Minutes, shopping days till Christmas!!!!!

Looks like we may miss the worst of TS Fay. So far this morning, partly cloudy skies, light wind out of the east and no rain... yet.

That thing is doing some strange things, I bet they never thought it would do what it is doing.

http://www.noaawatch.gov/2008/fay.php

team USA!

And you can all use it down in the south, it will help you get out of drought. especially when she passes through the state then into the open ocean then hooks back into Florida at Jacksonville, and spews rain all over Georgia and the south.

Its really hard to get CA out of a persons blood! For some reason it just really sets in. You can move away, go on a trip, see some mighty beautiful country, but good ole California will always remain. The central valley isnt the prettiest place to live, I will admit, but it would be mighty hard to leave this state!!

HURRAH for California!!!!!!!!

It is a bit of a haul, especially the return trip. The GPSr says it is about 3.5 hours, but getting through New Jersey usually means the trip home is between 5-6 hours.

We have some standard stops. We stay in a little hotel off of the beaten path, but still minutes from everything. The kids (and the grown-ups!) like to look out of the window and walk out of the door to be greeted by cows and cornstalks.

The kids are looking forward to a day at Dutch Wonderland Amusement Park.

Thanks!
We plan to get the kids on another buggy ride this time around!

Bob, thanks in advance.
I'm always playing with the GPSr, the ham radios and XM receiver. I probably don't NEED your POIs to find my way around and have a good time, but armed with the extra information I feel assured that we WILL uncover and discover some new stuff! Thanks for stoking the fire and adding more value to the Garmin 660 we will be traveling with.

If I think you missed any of our favorite sites, I'll let you know and we can enhance your current offerings!

With much anticipation,
Rob - Long Beach, NY

We just had three days of rain in the Denver area. It was nice, but it is also nice to have the sun back.

Alan

Yup. Did you see the sunset the last couple of days?

I get to play a grandparent.

My oldest is dating a very nice young woman, who is a single mother of two well-behaved children. He's enjoying step-parenting, and he hassles me about step-grandparenting.

I'll continue my role as long as those two are together.

Please send some of that rain to Atlanta!

Need rain in VA too.

Spoke to my mom in Boynton Beach, FL yesterday morning. By then they already had 8" of rainfall. I am sure that they would have loved to share some of it with you and the other member in VA!

hey all. the southeast really needs that rain. i hope all of our friends and relatives get what they need. in va here, we are 5 inches short of normal right now.

good luck to us all. and... thanks for stopping by!

Go Cubbies!

(I'm under the table, have on my bullet prof vest my old army bucket(helment)) Go Yankee's

After 4 days of clouds,3 days of rain and wind, one bad case of cabin fever, finally made it out of the house...... FAY is on its way.... outta here ..Only had about 14 inches of rain...

Yeah, but at what, 4mph? We had off & on rain from the outer bands for the last 2 days. Pretty windy last night, too.

So did you guys made out ok in the storm? Whats the status on Fay now?

Right now the center is a little north of Cedar Key, on the northern Gulf Coast. The center of Fay is expected to continue crossing the northern Florida peninsula tonight. Then move near or over the Florida panhandle on Saturday heading towards Pensacola - at a whopping 6mph. Which is why there has been so much flooding.

Which means that by the time its over, this storm will have just about followed the entire shape of Florida. From Key West, north over the entire peninsula to Jacksonville, then turning west towards the panhandle, over Tallahassee and on to Pensacola which is right at the Florida-Alabama state line.

In the 30 years I've lived here, I've never seen a storm follow that path.

Here's a link to the path:

http://www.tampabays10.com/weather/interactive.aspx

That path looks crazy....maybe Fay wanted to do some sight seeing over Florida...lol...Maybe shes thinking of retiring there.But yea...moving soooo slow there's going to be alot of flooding,and half of Florida is swamp and marshes already.

Not much of a sign of rain here in Phoenix lately either! But people out here can't drive in it well, so maybe it's not all bad news.

Couldn't believe it. Left Houston on July 31 and it was 102 degrees at 4:00pm, arrived in Seattle at 10:30pm and it was raining and 54 degrees, almost cut in half. Then the second week there it was 89 degrees in Houston and 97 degrees in Seattle. Go figure!! Came back to Houston last night and it was raining and 79 degrees, left Seattle when it was 70 degrees. This weather is really hard to figure out.

Redskin football tonight.I see a sparkle of hope.

are you turning blue yet?

Well, as Fay moves West, the outer bands are reaching up into Georgia, and giving us a good soaking (nothing like Florida has experienced). We can use the rain, but North Georgia is really in need of it, and I doubt that they will see more than 1/2 inch. Looks like she plans to soak us through the weekend.

Joel

We here in Florida like to share with our friends in Georgia.

I know i will share. we had around 20 inches.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could get the Chatahoochie to run backwards (North) to take some of that water from Florida and give it to the areas that really need it? Odd that it always falls where it isn't really needed, or in such volume that it simply causes folks grief! I guess we shouldn't question Mother Nature..........

Joel