The Coffee House

[davidharmier60]

Good golly Miss Molly. The floor machine was talking to me but I couldn't hear it.
I forgot to put down the squeegee.
On top of that I forgot to put the box of pennies in the truck. I think I needed at least another mug of coffee.

Anyhow 5 hours and 5 minutes today with 9.50 for the week so far.

Post Office and then the box at the front of the neighborhood and then home.

Will bring pennies tomorrow.

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[snowbear135 66]

This rain needs to move on, and we need to dry out.

Looks like Hurricane Florence is projected to make landfall in North Carolina. Not sure what it's going to do then, but I really really hope it doesn't move north into PA. We have enough water around here right now. Remnants of a hurricane will likely cause major widespread flooding, since many rivers and streams are already projected to be in flood stages (or darn near flooding) through the rest of the week (if they're not already flooding).

They do have a tendency to hook back around so NE could see some rain out of it.

The "cone of uncertainty", which is where it will likely go 60% - 70% of the time, hits just below the Virginia-Maryland border, so DC will certainly be within the storm's influence. Considering rotation is counter-clockwise, we will get the winds off of the Atlantic.

The GIS boss will be the first into the Emergency Operations Center, if activated, followed by the other three County GIS people. My fellow contractor and I will not be asked to report to the EOC due to the contortions with getting permission from corporate and process to approve overtime, but we may need to provide support, if during normal work hours.

 

[snowbear135 66]

Different subject: MLW saw something on FB about a sky festival in Jasper, Alberta; one highlight being the Aurora. She want's to go one year. Works for me!

 

[waday]

This rain needs to move on, and we need to dry out.

Looks like Hurricane Florence is projected to make landfall in North Carolina. Not sure what it's going to do then, but I really really hope it doesn't move north into PA. We have enough water around here right now. Remnants of a hurricane will likely cause major widespread flooding, since many rivers and streams are already projected to be in flood stages (or darn near flooding) through the rest of the week (if they're not already flooding).

They do have a tendency to hook back around so NE could see some rain out of it.

The "cone of uncertainty", which is where it will likely go 60% - 70% of the time, hits just below the Virginia-Maryland border, so DC will certainly be within the storm's influence. Considering rotation is counter-clockwise, we will get the winds off of the Atlantic.

The GIS boss will be the first into the Emergency Operations Center, if activated, followed by the other three County GIS people. My fellow contractor and I will not be asked to report to the EOC due to the contortions with getting permission from corporate and process to approve overtime, but we may need to provide support, if during normal work hours.

Really hoping we don't get too much. Do you mean the center of the cone or the outer edges? Most spaghetti models have it going directly into North Carolina coast, and then the models are pretty confused after that. Some are showing it going into Ohio or even Indiana and moving up through NE. Others have it going straight up to MD and PA.

Good luck and thanks for your help during times of crisis! One of my former coworkers helped out with 24-hour reporting of flooding/storms. I helped out with logging peak floods with GPS equipment in conjunction with USGS (so they could update their records).

 

[davidharmier60]

Sad day in History. THANKS first responders!
Now back to reading WEB Griffin - Top Secret

 

[otherprof107 9]

On my way to Cataract Surgery this morning for the 2nd eye!!! Will be so glad to have equal vision again.

Good luck and a quick recovery. I just scheduled myself for cataract surgery in November.

 

[snowbear135 66]

My cataract surgery went very well. I opted to have my dominant (left) eye done first, so the results were pretty much immediate.

Really hoping we don't get too much. Do you mean the center of the cone or the outer edges? Most spaghetti models have it going directly into North Carolina coast, and then the models are pretty confused after that. Some are showing it going into Ohio or even Indiana and moving up through NE. Others have it going straight up to MD and PA.

Good luck and thanks for your help during times of crisis! One of my former coworkers helped out with 24-hour reporting of flooding/storms. I helped out with logging peak floods with GPS equipment in conjunction with USGS (so they could update their records).

The "cone" I'm referring to is the white area around the predicted location points ("M"). It's supposed to represent where the storm will likely track 60% to 70% of the time, based on five-years historic data.

For us, worst case is if this ***** comes right up the Chesapeake.

 

[waday]

The "cone" I'm referring to is the white area around the predicted location points ("M"). It's supposed to represent where the storm will likely track 60% to 70% of the time, based on five-years historic data.

For us, worst case is if this ***** comes right up the Chesapeake.

Gotcha. Yes, right up the Chesapeake would be bad news. Don't want to think about that...

Models have it going further west than earlier today... but it could hook right back around.

Source: FLORENCE Spaghetti Models | Cyclocane

 

[CherylL1]

On my way to Cataract Surgery this morning for the 2nd eye!!! Will be so glad to have equal vision again.

Good luck on the surgery! Coloring with my 2yo grand daughter today and she picked up a crayon and said red. It was red. Thought of you. Then the next dozen crayons she picked up and said red.

 

[snowbear135 66]

The other bad scenario is if it decides to stall after it makes landfall, as Harvey did last year. it may weaken from a hurricane to a tropical storm, but that is still a lot of water getting dumped.

Speaking of water, how much is in one inch of rain? If it rains one inch, uniformly, over the entire DC Metro area (5,564 square miles, a little over 6.1 million people) would be a bit more than 17,000,000 gallons.

 

[waday]

I have a fear of centipedes. I hate them. I don't know if it's the legs, their wiggles as they walk, or the fact that one fell on me when I was a kid and decided to crawl across my shoulder. LOL--it's funny now. But, I hate them. I mean, I can typically gather courage to plop a cup around them and take them outside, but I'm not going to cuddle up next to one.

That said, yesterday, I went to take the dog outside the back door through the "rec room" (which is just a small room that we're using as storage). I turn the lights on and see a centipede on the ceiling a couple feet away from me. I immediately freeze, and I'm just staring at it. Okay, okay, I may have let out a yelp, which caused the dog to be on alert and my wife to call down to me. So, as I'm staring at it, my wife asks me what's up. My eyes are locked onto it, and as I start to respond to her, out of nowhere it just falls from the ceiling. Just like that. One second it's on the ceiling, the next second it's raining fear, daggers, and legs.

Thanks for making me feel like I'm alive centipede.

 

[snowbear135 66]

I have a fear of centipedes. I hate them. I don't know if it's the legs, their wiggles as they walk, or the fact that one fell on me when I was a kid and decided to crawl across my shoulder. LOL--it's funny now. But, I hate them. I mean, I can typically gather courage to plop a cup around them and take them outside, but I'm not going to cuddle up next to one.

That said, yesterday, I went to take the dog outside the back door through the "rec room" (which is just a small room that we're using as storage). I turn the lights on and see a centipede on the ceiling a couple feet away from me. I immediately freeze, and I'm just staring at it. Okay, okay, I may have let out a yelp, which caused the dog to be on alert and my wife to call down to me. So, as I'm staring at it, my wife asks me what's up. My eyes are locked onto it, and as I start to respond to her, out of nowhere it just falls from the ceiling. Just like that. One second it's on the ceiling, the next second it's raining fear, daggers, and legs.

Thanks for making me feel like I'm alive centipede.

Ouch. No judgement from me. Centipedes are OK - at least they have legs. My phobia is snakes. I know many are beneficial but I don't care. I can go to the zoo and see them behind the glass, and I'm OK, but any of them that free range and I'm history.

Oh, silverfish and cockroaches, though not a fear, just loathing. If I see one, I grab a hockey stick and try my best slap shot.

 

[waday]

Speaking of water, how much is in one inch of rain? If it rains one inch, uniformly, over the entire DC Metro area (5,564 square miles, a little over 6.1 million people) would be a bit more than 17,000,000 gallons.

Isn't it more than that? That doesn't seem like that much for 5564 square miles?

 

[snowbear135 66]

Wow - way off. I'm trying to do too many things and going between two computers.
4 billion square inches in a square mile, so it's about 22 trillion square miles in the region. 231 cubic inches in a gallon, so that makes 95 trillion gallons.

I wonder if I can get a boat in the next day or two?

 

[waday]

Wow - way off. I'm trying to do too many things and going between two computers.
4 billion square inches in a square mile, so it's about 22 trillion square miles in the region. 231 cubic inches in a gallon, so that makes 95 trillion gallons.

I wonder if I can get a boat in the next day or two?

So much water!