The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!
• Fourteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
• Fifteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
• Sixteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...
• Seventeenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...
• Eighteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...
• Nineteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...
• Twentieth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...
• Twenty-first Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXI - ...Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
• Twenty-second Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe
• Twenty-third Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass! Hill and water under sky, Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though we pass them by today, Tomorrow we may come this way And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun. Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe, Let them go! Let them go! Sand and stone and pool and dell, Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We’ll wander back to home and bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade! Fire and lamp, and meat and bread, And then to bed! And then to bed!

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[RosieCotton]

Fox was just saying they're telling people to get to the third floor of a building. That may get them thru the storm, but what about the aftermath?

What with storm surge, surely third floor wouldn't be nearly high enough, would it? And much higher than that...I'd thing you'd risk being in a building that gets knocked down.

And being trapped somewhere after a hurricane, with no water or power or food...that sounds like one of the worst nightmares imaginable.

Seems like the flooding is what's really going to be horrible. How exactly will water recede from a place like that? It doesn't!

[Lil'freeper]

Special prayers for all those folks in harm's way.

[Corin Stormhands]

This city never should have been built.

You do have to wonder what they were thinking.

Then again they ~were~ French, but ~we~ bought it for them...

If nothing else it will give us month's of distraction watching all the FR debates over whether or not it should be rebuilt.

[Corin Stormhands]

Fox is talking about that now. Telling people if they are in the higher buildings to stay away from the windows.

Reporter interviewed a couple of the street. They're from Cincinatti. Delta cancelled their flight and they can't get a rental car. They're stuck.

[Peanut Gallery]

If nothing else it will give us month's of distraction watching all the FR debates over whether or not it should be rebuilt.

Hey, now there's an idea. Abandon the location!

[RosieCotton]

Live thread said something about the hotels being declared exempt from the mandatory evacuation because all flights out have been canceled, and there are lots of tourists who are unable to leave - as you said, they can't get cars.

Not to make light of the situation...but talk about a vacation from hell - yipe!

[HairOfTheDog]

Do it while everyone is out anyway.

I'm worried about some friends from the saddle club thread. Many are talking about this as a Lousiana problem, but my friends are in northern Alabama. They're gonna get hit pretty hard too. No word from them, they may be very busy.

[Corin Stormhands]

Yeah, Louisiana is gonna get the worst of it. But Alabama and Mississippi, and maybe even parts of Florida, aren't gonna get off easy.

[Peanut Gallery]

Mississippi is gonna get hit badly as well. The whoe state is covered by storms in every computer simulation of the hurricane's path.

[JenB]

Wow, what a nightmare.

[RosieCotton]

Even for those who miss the worst of the winds, this thing is going to dump tremendous amounts of rain, isn't it?

Really large area will be impacted.

[Overtaxed]

Was watching streaming video from one of the NO TV stations earlier this morning. Those dumba$$ politicians shoulda been doing this yesterday!

[Overtaxed]

this thing is going to dump tremendous amounts of rain, isn't it?

And a lot of it is going to drain into the Mississippi...and back into NO.

[Corin Stormhands]

Yeah, there's gonna be plenty of blame going around. And the airlines aren't gonna get off easy. They cancelled flights because they didn't want to fly empty planes into New Orleans.

[Corin Stormhands]

And a lot of it is going to drain into the Mississippi...and back into NO.

Exactly. And she's not gonna stop dumping rain when she heads inland. Water is going to KEEP flowing into the river. For days.

[Professional Engineer]

If nothing else it will give us month's of distraction watching all the FR debates over whether or not it should be rebuilt.

That thought occured to me last night. Could be an interesting debate.

[Corin Stormhands]

Fox is talking to an Oceanographer that said water in some places in the city could be 30-35 feet.

It boggles the mind.

[JenB]

There's no way they'll be able to get everyone who's stranded in a flooded building out... not if the city stays flooded.

[Overtaxed]

I'm going to have to stop monitoring the hurricane thread. Don't think I can handle too many reports of nursing homes with only 1 nurse left to take care of residents.

[Corin Stormhands]

I want to stop watching, but I can't.