Posted on 08/11/2004 12:16:14 AM PDT by Mama_Bear
If it didn't frag us, it won't frag you.
I'm an optimist..........I'm looking forward to being in DC in January!
I know so many more FReepers now than I did in January 2001.
It's not supposed to rain in the summer on the Eastern Shore of Virginia either - but the very last thing on earth I want right now is more rain - and they are calling for more starting Friday......actually we were under a severe storm warning until about an hour ago - but luckily nothing happened.
ALRIGHT! :o)
It was sure fun to watch but I was never comfortable driving out on the ice to get there. I was never THAT native! More than one ice fisher's pick-up landed on the bottom of the lake 'cause it crossed a patch of thin ice. And to add insult to injury the owner was responsible for getting it back out again and paying fines for polluting!
Oh, and along with da Packers ya gotta showcase da best quarterback of all time--Bret Favre. That, and we *never* mention that state to the west of us that starts with an M....
LOL! (Note to self: never stand next to LadyX in a thunderstorm...)
I was born and raised in a small town in south Louisiana. My family had a bomb shelter and we spent many nights there. I can remember in 1964 we were 4 generations. My grandmother was 79 and my niece was 5 days old.
It looks like the two storms out there now will miss Louisiana. I pray it won't be severe, wherever it goes.
**LadyX has truly scary thought - could we be related, Darks?!!"*
What most here do not realize is that there were *many* TRUE BOMB SHELTERS in America in the early 60's because of the Cold War and the threat of Atomic Warfare with Russia.
Our children literally held *routine* practices at their schools like those for fire drills, with "bomb drills."
They had to get to the most protected spot near them, usually under desks and tables.
They otherwise were used for storms and tornados or any threatening weather situation - or for invasion by hostile persons of any variety.
Wouldn't one in South Louisiana be subject to flooding, though - or was it very heavily reinforced above ground?
It's possible.
I have relatives who have no idea I exist.
*chuckle*
I'm not even going to comment.......................
My old Middle School had abomb shelter in it's basement.
The doors to it were extremely thick, and had been welded shut at some point mid-80's.
Speaking of storms.
Last night a cracker of a lightning storm stomped teh snot out of my area.
Struck a gas main switching station [above ground kind] and made it leak, and zapped a telephone pole or three thus making the pole mini-transformers leak oil.
This was at 2:47 this morning.
The leak was found and fixed quickly, it's a two foot wide main I am told, and the transformer blew up around 11:18, half hour after the leak was fixed on the gas main.
I don't expect that to be in the paper, the local paper doesn't report any actual news.
I was one of those kids who had to go through those silly drills of duck under desk and cover. As young as I was during the Cuban Missile crisis & subsequent Cold War I knew that if Houston were hit by an atomic bomb those drills would be pretty much useless. It made the teachers feel better,tho. :-)
"level swamp" .....same here - but only because of all the rain that is not being handled by the ditches and creeks. The highest points around here are the railroad beds - and an awful lot of that got washed away last week because of the rain.
My husband used to live in Houston and so I have heard the stories about what happens with the weather there. He worked construction at the time and has some VERY interestig pictures of the aftermath of Hurricane Alicia.
G'night all. Must leave early in the morning for a dr.s appt. in Atlanta. "See" ya'll when I get back tomorrow.
You know, I had thought about that. Photos of glaciers and snowy vistas probably would have a cooling effect. I think I am going to do Colorado next, then maybe Alaska.
Maggie, you have such wonderful stories and recollections of your time there. I would love to have your input and suggestions on what to cover in my Alaska presentation. Hint, hint. ;-)
I remember the bomb shelters in the schools in NYC - and the weekly air raid drills we had.
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