Comments on: The Real Plan

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 03:14:18 +0000

In reply to hipparchia. Your reality wasn't exactly nice for an extended period today, Hipparchia. That mess that you have been putting up with all afternoon finally got here just before 6PM. Overall I had minimal problems, although the bayou is higher than normal, and if some moron goes boating tomorrow he will probably push water into the condos along the shore that are too close to the bayou with no elevation [assuming they aren't already underwater from the surge].

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:55:11 +0000

ted nugent has always been scarier than reality.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:01:48 +0000

My house is up off the ground and the water never pools in the yard no matter how hard it rains, and when the ‘storm runoff system fails on the main road, the water just heads down the road to the boat launch and the bayou.

He is probably going to see that kind of water again closer to the coast if this thing doesn’t speed up some.

Well, delusions have always been scarier reality.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:49:00 +0000

He lives in a 100 year old 1-room schoolhouse (divided into rooms and with many additions) so he’s well above ground level, he didn’t get water into the house even with Ivan which put 12 feet of water into his company’s offices in Intracoastal City. The water usually doesn’t hang around for more than a day or two before it drains back out the Vermillion Bayou.

I, too, am happy not to be down at the Imperial Valley. Even the sympathetic vibrations are somewhat disconcerting.

Given how easily Ted Nugent is frightened by things like, say, universal healthcare or a black President, I don’t think it would take too many weapons in the ZASK to frighten Ted Nugent :twisted:.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:47:02 +0000

It’s tougher going in South Louisiana because it doesn’t drain like the sand over here, so you know you are going to be using a jon boat more than your truck for a while.

I’m more worried about all of the oil in the sediments that is going to be stirred up, but maybe the farmers inland will benefit. There are always trade offs.

Speaking of trade offs, I’m happy not to be in SoCal for another round of the Imperial Valley cluster quakes. I did some work for a farm equipment dealer out there and was present for an episode. If one quake is unsettling, that really gets to you. We re-scheduled because the equipment kept moving, and he said they would probably continue for a while. I wasn’t exactly thrilled to be driving over the mountains knowing that the earth was shaking.

I assume a ZASK probably involves armored vehicles and weapons that would scare Ted Nugent. 😉

By: Badtux

Badtux — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:21:34 +0000

BTW, Bro down in Louisiana is ready. Says he: “60+ gallons of bottled water. 25 gallons of gas for the generator, tanked up car, and enough canned tuna, bread and chips for a couple of weeks. Yes I think I am prepared enough for the little bit we will get. Only thing I am missing is the “Zombie Apocalypse” survival kit. I don’t think it applies in this situation.”

Given his definition of preparation for “a little bit”, I don’t even want to know what his notion of the “Zombie Apocalypse survival kit” is :).

By: Badtux

Badtux — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:17:46 +0000

And how did Obama manage to do this marvelous bit of weather control? And if he has that kind of god-like power, why hasn’t Obama imposed the socialist dictatorship yet that World Nut Daily is claiming Obama intends to impose if re-elected? Oh wait, I forgot, I’m talking logic again, and Repugs don’t need no steenkin’ logic. None of this makes any sense, but it doesn’t have to make sense if you’re a Republican.