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« Reply #520 on: September 27, 2024, 05:15:28 PM » |
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Of all days , I have been dealing with 10" of rain in 48h..
Yesterday was 5" in the rain gauge.. And today another 5".
The power went out at 10:30am. So I have been running on genny power .
The water at the base of my mountain has my bridge flooded.
My shop flooded. Thank goodness every thing is up on pallets or blocks and NO cords on the ground
The water is receding . They power co. is thinking tomorrow evening the power will be fixed.
The roads look like a war zone , trees down power poles .
I heard 4 trees crack and snap on the mountain.
It's been to windy for me to get up on the mountain.
It has been a year since Don crossed over.
There have been good days and bad.. This week was the worst.
I miss him so much . It hasn't gotten any easier .
Hugs
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« Reply #521 on: September 27, 2024, 05:41:52 PM » |
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WOW!!!! That is some rainfall. I checked our rainfall for the last two days and it was greater than 5" total. Just half of what you collected. And the other thing is we had a trip planned which we took this week. So we got sort of trapped in VA for two days. While we were gone, lots of rain and wind resulted in many falling trees and loss of power in our county. For the first time (at least to my knowledge) in our county a Curfew was declared between 8PM and 6AM. We won't know the real damage to our property until we get home tomorrow. Also, we have a standby generator and it's been running for since 3 AM this morning. I think that is the longest run time we have had since we had it installed. Anyway, the places we have been through in NC so far are not too damaged. I know you are hurting and while I cannot say I understand, I know that the parting is only temporary. You will be together again. In the meantime, stay on message, enjoy the life no matter what it brings.  |
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« Reply #522 on: September 28, 2024, 07:00:28 AM » |
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Thank God it stopped yesterday around 3pm..
They closed the town down yesterday
ALL stores !
I have been running on the Genny, I shut it down around 10 pm last night.
Started her back up at 4am.. Been through 5 gal. of fuel not too bad..
The bridge was flooded over yesterday, Jason had to use his excavator
To divert the water as ALL his dogs were standing on top of their doggy houses!
The water was rushing off the mountain in all the arroyos. It was crazy !
The shop flooded at 2 pm. I had never seen water like that in 20 yrs.
Jason lived her his whole life , he said he never saw waters like that before.
Both days I had to start a fire as the clean out of the wood stove was filling up with water, I did my best to bail it out of the tiny hole. So I thought a small fire would at least steam some before it got down.. It helped.
Right now I'm still running on genny power. it's almost 24h of no power.
I'm hanging in there...
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« Reply #523 on: September 28, 2024, 08:29:59 AM » |
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I went and got some stuff at the store the day the rain started. Our power went out for a few hours that day, but came on during the night, before the bad winds even started. There's power out all around us, almost nothing in town is open. The power company outage map shows us in a little area of no outage, with outages all around us. There's a tree blocking us from getting out (I can get the truck out) but no other damage, just a million sticks and stuff to clean up. I met the tree man down at the corner a few years ago when another hurricane pushed some big pine trees over around the house. He's coming back to remove the whole big copse of trees that is blocking the road. Punisher says "you can't hide money"... he's wrong... it will be hidden well when it is in the tree man's pocket  ... -Mike "a man's gotta know his limitations..." |
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« Reply #524 on: September 28, 2024, 01:44:29 PM » |
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Still on genny... Called the Power co.
And they said might get power by 11 pm on the 30th..
Oh well....
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« Reply #525 on: September 28, 2024, 06:03:50 PM » |
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We are still in generator power here. Some things I planned for backup have not worked (antenna TV when internet goes down). Will work on that tomorrow PM.
Lots of gas stations have long lines here in SC.
Prayers for the linemen and women working to correct the issues the storm has caused. And I will take special interest in preparation for it not happening again (ie. power line right of way maintenance).
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« Reply #526 on: September 28, 2024, 06:19:09 PM » |
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My new(er) Honda engine generator has an electric start (little battery always on a battery tender).
You know how much fun it is to fix a broken pull rope in the dark? (out in the shed, with thunder and lightning, wind and torrential downpour with big tree limbs coming down)
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« Reply #527 on: September 29, 2024, 03:59:10 AM » |
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Still under Genny.. Gone thru 10 gal. of fuel... I hope I can find some today or tomorrow... And of course that means the big truck.. Or I can just siphon some from TheBeast.. |
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« Reply #528 on: September 29, 2024, 07:15:18 PM » |
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We got power back about two hours ago. Still lots of folks in the rural areas without power.
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« Reply #529 on: September 30, 2024, 06:50:23 AM » |
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Our little bridge is insignificant compared to all the other disasters .. At least it's still intact and usable ! If Jason didn't relieve the water gate during the storm, that might have been a different story. This video was 3h after the water started to recede.. On Friday early evening https://youtu.be/Cn9CWha184M?t=4 |
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« Reply #530 on: October 01, 2024, 05:27:08 AM » |
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Power is out again...  I got the Genny is going... All the lines layer down again... |
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« Reply #531 on: October 02, 2024, 09:02:25 AM » |
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That is a lot of water. And having the generator available is good. Thinking positive thoughts for you. |
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« Reply #532 on: October 05, 2024, 04:46:51 AM » |
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Still dealing with after math of flooding.
Power still flickers off and back on in an hour..
Too many battles for 1 person.
I just trudge along. Wearing out .
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« Reply #533 on: October 05, 2024, 07:07:11 AM » |
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I can't say I can feel your pain. I have not been there. What I can say is that you are a strong women and you will succeed in your "journey". While I can't directly help, I can offer you a prayer and say that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. May God be with you always. |
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« Reply #534 on: October 05, 2024, 10:29:09 AM » |
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Keep putting one foot in front of the other Tracy. Keep moving forward.
Prayers for you and your farm.
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« Reply #535 on: October 15, 2024, 05:17:40 AM » |
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I'm alive , just stuck in a 15 d war...
That is at the precipice of Victory .
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« Reply #536 on: October 15, 2024, 06:03:14 PM » |
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Good to hear. I was beginning to worry and did not have a real course of action. |
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« Reply #537 on: October 16, 2024, 05:00:02 AM » |
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Ya'll have no idea what I have been at WAR with..
I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy !
And that's saying a lot !
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« Reply #538 on: October 16, 2024, 05:50:35 AM » |
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Glad to see you back posting.
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« Reply #539 on: October 16, 2024, 08:56:22 AM » |
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Ya'll have no idea what I have been at WAR with..
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« Reply #540 on: October 18, 2024, 02:45:15 AM » |
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« Reply #541 on: October 21, 2024, 05:43:28 PM » |
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A very sad day on the farm.. With a very heavy heart we say see ya on the other side to my beloved Poncho. He was one of our 3 first Longhorns (Corriente) The only one left of the original 3 is Lefty. The names of the first 3 were Poncho, Lefty, Cisco. Tory is Cisco's first calf born here on the farm, back in '06... Poncho was 22yrs. old.. I heard a mournful moo around midnight last night. While I was looking for meteors. As soon as I heard it I knew , what it was and meant . Deep down I was hoping I was wrong. Later this morning I confirmed it... He is now buried not far from his friend Cisco.. Lefty is very up set as is Tory along with the rest of the herd. The farm is going to miss Poncho very much.. He was such a good boy . Always kept his family safe. God Speed Poncho ! RIP ...  [MEDIA=youtube]UoKvUYbGu7A:4[/MEDIA] |
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« Reply #542 on: October 22, 2024, 08:03:40 AM » |
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God Speed Poncho ! RIP Sorry for your loss.  |
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« Reply #543 on: October 22, 2024, 04:11:22 PM » |
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Thank You..
It was an off day...
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« Reply #544 on: October 23, 2024, 02:09:00 AM » |
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RIP Poncho
Always sad losing a farm friend.
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« Reply #545 on: October 27, 2024, 04:09:37 PM » |
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I'm still kicking.. Toasting tonight ... To all we have lost.. It sure hasn't gotten any easier... |
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« Reply #546 on: October 30, 2024, 04:24:40 PM » |
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I had to start cutting firewood.. It's going to take me at least 1.5 months to get 6 cords in.. I hope ! All good just a lot of walking back and forth, I needed the tractor to bring the splitter, and pull a tree down that was hung up. I didn't want to cut with trees hung up from the storm.. SO that had to be done before I could even start. 1.5 batteries used. I stuck them both on the chargers for the night. I cleaned the saws. So they will be ready for in the morning. I only got 1 load, split and stacked, and of course I had to walk back as I can't drive 2 things at once. I'll have to do it again tomorrow. I think I better take some IB and ty to night. It did feel good to cut.. I love my GW saws..  It is so liberating for me.. Oh the splitter started up on the first pull  |
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« Reply #547 on: October 30, 2024, 04:29:37 PM » |
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I had to start cutting firewood.. It's going to take me at least 1.5 months to get 6 cords in.. I hope ! All good just a lot of walking back and forth, I needed the tractor to bring the splitter, and pull a tree down that was hung up. I didn't want to cut with trees hung up from the storm.. SO that had to be done before I could even start. 1.5 batteries used. I stuck them both on the chargers for the night. I cleaned the saws. So they will be ready for in the morning. I only got 1 load, split and stacked, and of course I had to walk back as I can't drive 2 things at once. I'll have to do it again tomorrow. I think I better take some IB and ty to night. It did feel good to cut.. I love my GW saws.. It is so liberating for me.. Oh the splitter started up on the first pull That is very impressive work. Very impressive. I have considered a log splitter in the past but since the only fire "place" we have is a "fire pit" I never got one. We decided to have a natural gas powered indoor fireplace. Same energy source powers our standby generator. I am very impressed. |
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« Reply #548 on: October 31, 2024, 01:59:58 AM » |
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Keep at it Tracy, be safe.
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« Reply #549 on: October 31, 2024, 04:24:51 AM » |
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That was on my line fence , I was so glad , that they fell my way..
And NOT on the fence. That small tree in the fore ground ,
is what I worked on and a few pole that were down.
Today it hit that big tree in the back, that is the top of the tree.
It would take my whole to wrap my arms around it, Yeah it's a biggen.
Should get a nice chunk of wood out of it.. Maybe 6 pieces from each around the base.
I must remember my back brace today ! LOL
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« Reply #550 on: October 31, 2024, 05:33:11 PM » |
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Sorry about Poncho, but you are pretty awesome You also have way to much to keep you busy. Have you ever considered writing or making a blog about your adventures? |
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« Reply #551 on: October 31, 2024, 05:56:38 PM » |
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Who has the time.. LOL to set up the tri pod and the camera..
I do not own a cell phone.. Like I like ...
Ran 2 loads 1 load of Squaw wood, and 1 load of split wood..
Still have 32' of tree left But it's all cut in to size just need to split it all..
I ran out of day light and steam..LOL
32' of tree ,I went threw 4 batteries cutting up that length of tree !
But it took every bit of that 18" bar and then some .. So yeah it's a big tree !
The saw really did great ! Really put a battery saw to a test!
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« Reply #552 on: November 01, 2024, 06:00:14 AM » |
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Love hearing about your adventures, you could rival Bob Villa, Much easier on the eyes also. LIFE ON THE FARM? title. As for the chain saw, I dunno, just couldn't get into electric. My ex son in law had a electric chain saw and a palm tree out in front that it took 3 batteries that just about made it. The palms are very fibrous but still I get nervous thinking I may not complete the job have to wait to finish. I like to start and hopefully finish in one go. Some of the influencers make big money, we could use a few more like you influencing with real gifts and talents on the female side of things. Who knows you could start a whole new trend. Martha Stewart did it  You probably don't hear this enough as of late and I don't know you that well but, "I AM PROUD OF YOU". You have stayed true to yourself and memories in the face of some things that would overwhelm many, that takes grit, and speaks to Character. |
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« Reply #553 on: November 01, 2024, 01:25:08 PM » |
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 Thank You Robert.. Well it took 2 loads to get that tree out today. I even had to tilt the splitter as I just couldn't lift them big ass logs. So I split in 1/2 all 34 of them . Then set the splitter the other way . And lifted the big halves up and split. They average 8 - 10 pieces. Per log. Yeah they are that big.. The battery saw. Is nice I just can pull my saw anymore. It had been rebuilt 3x and just kept getting harder n harder for me to start. Don would start it for me . And it was fine . I have 2 batteries for each saw. So it works out well.. By the time the battery is ready for a swap . I'm ready for a break.
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love your "how we met" story You knew way back when you were gonna rope that cowboy  One of my favorite couples and how I loved watching you two ride side by side leaning into each other while talkin on the cb's RIP Don |
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« Reply #557 on: November 02, 2024, 05:02:39 AM » |
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Thanks all.. I drank a great deal last night . Old Smugglers .. Good thing there was only 5 shots in the bottle . And I didn't feel like getting on a step stool to fetch a fresh bottle. Have a dear friend coming for the weekend to help on the farm.. He is very mechanical so can get a few things done as well as maybe scrapping or fire wood.. Yes Evan, I can never replace my Cowboy.. I have so many other stories of our dates and what knots..  I truly miss him so.. I know why people die of broken hearts.. Thank goodness for Buddy... He helps a lot |
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Nice PICS! Important dates such as Anniversaries. birthdays and such are hard when you've lost someone. Sounds like you're keeping yourself very busy and that's a good thing. It was probably a good thing that you opted not to climb up on that stool for a second bottle. After 5 shots that might not have ended very well.  |
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« Reply #559 on: November 05, 2024, 02:36:59 AM » |
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With my dear friend here, since Saturday , we got almost ALL of my fire wood in !
And fixed a gate, and swapped my winch to the Yella quad.
I'm so body sore, from my hands to my feet and everything in between.
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Life is what you make of it~If it don't fit make alterations...
One does not speak unless one knows.
Never underestimate the power of a woman !
It's a Poor Craftsman who blames their Tools !
This is the way
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