Man it's really raining - The Firearms Forum

Pabooger · 09-08-2004, 09:01 PM

Been raining here all day due to the remnants of the hurricane! Supposed to rain clear thru till Friday! Ma just called from work, the roads are starting to wash out in places! Tomorrow might not be a good day if the cricks keep rising! Glad this didn't come this past weekend!

Sure feel for you guys down south that got 12 inches plus! We are only supposed to get 6 to 8 inches!
Pa who is wearing his hip waders and looking for his rubber ducky's!!!

HappyNanoq · 09-08-2004, 09:04 PM

In case Rheagan can't swim.. would you please hold her head above water???

Hmmm - you could probably have a back-yard pool-gettogether.

Pabooger · 09-08-2004, 09:08 PM

Springers can swim they have webbed feet, but I do worry about here going near the crick when the water is this high! I will keep a close eye on her the next couple of days!!!

groundhogdevastation · 09-08-2004, 10:15 PM

Tim, It rained here today like the proverbial "cow pissin on a flat rock"!!! I've had over 8 " since yesterday and this AM it rained over 1" in 30 minutes!!! The fields are bare and the combination of the wind and the water had them wavering like looking at a field of wheat or grass looks with the wind blowing it! Wish I'd had a video to take pics of it! My driveway has 1' gulleys in it!! There is probably 3-4 tons of gravel that washed out at the mailbox that is all the way across the state road to have to be scraped back! It will take me all day tomorrow to get the driveway back to "drivable" again!! (The driveway is over 1/4 mile long!!!!) We missed the big wind(so far) that was predicted!!! BUT WE GOT THE WATER!!! I saw water in places today that it hasn't been since 1985!!!! 1985 was the "Big One" for us!!! Hope y'all don't get it!!! Later!!! Charlie (GHD)

Icon-oclast · 09-08-2004, 10:29 PM

Guess I'd better check the weather reports for the rest of the week. Normally I stick to looking at the sky. If it's coming down at me, I figure I'd best put on a hat.

Pabooger · 09-09-2004, 04:16 AM

GHd I sure hope all the rain didn't ruin your sugar Pea crop!!!!

njretcop · 09-09-2004, 04:55 AM

We sure lucked out with the weather we had for the "big" weekend.

Been pouring here as well, since we got home!

woodsrunner · 09-09-2004, 09:56 AM

Been sitting here over an hour and the sump pump hasn't shut off yet. Looks like the week following labor day will bring what the week prior to memorial day did. A flooded basement!I may take a partial day off and go get a spare sump pump to be safe.

358 winchester · 09-09-2004, 10:22 AM

sunshine and blue skys is all I have here at the present
but then we do have another storm on the way
Ron

woodsrunner · 09-09-2004, 10:59 AM

Hey Pa,
Keep you eyes peeled for land on top of hills. No more valleys or flatlands for me. I'll take water running down hill and wind in my hair any day.

Just sign me;
Woods the 3 sump pump man!

TrinityScrimshaw · 09-09-2004, 11:00 AM

It has been raining up here for the last 24 hours straight.

Trinity +++

njretcop · 09-09-2004, 11:05 AM

Well, at least it's giving me a chance to finish cleaning these guns. Can't get out to the jacuzzi, so I'm working on the last one now.

Redneck · 09-09-2004, 11:15 AM

All the schools here closed at 12:00 noon due to flooding. I'm moving to Texas.

njretcop · 09-09-2004, 11:33 AM

Well Lonnie,

If'n ya ever git outta the third grade, ya wouldn't have to fret about school

Redneck · 09-09-2004, 11:44 AM

And just what makes ya think I made it to the third grade? Besides, with my education I should fit right in down in Texas

ken w. · 09-09-2004, 07:48 PM

It's flooding pretty good up this way.I've never seen the creeks around here get so hi so fast since 1976,the year we moved here.I drove around town this afternoon and along with overflowing creeks,there was a major watermain break just before rush hour.
Just my observation,but do only stupid people come outside during floods and stand next to creeks with torrents of water rushing past them.I like to look too,but every year some one drowns in these same creeks during snowmelt.
I'm afraid to drive out to our gun club and see how much water leaked into the building.We have been slowly digging out a drainage ditch to get the water away from the building.i have a feeling it will be wet.

NuclearMeltdown · 09-10-2004, 08:47 PM

I'm in southcentral PA also. Lots of basements filled and roads washed out. Today was beautiful though...

ken w. · 09-10-2004, 09:47 PM

As I was saying about people getting too near the edge of the creek when it floods.A toddler up here was washed away and they found him a few miles up stream.It's unfotunate that these thing happen every year.Water is very underestimated as what it can do.

09-08-2004, 09:01 PM	#1
Pabooger Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Northwestern, Penna. Posts: 1,940	Man it's really raining Been raining here all day due to the remnants of the hurricane! Supposed to rain clear thru till Friday! Ma just called from work, the roads are starting to wash out in places! Tomorrow might not be a good day if the cricks keep rising! Glad this didn't come this past weekend! Sure feel for you guys down south that got 12 inches plus! We are only supposed to get 6 to 8 inches! Pa who is wearing his hip waders and looking for his rubber ducky's!!! __________________ Springer Spaniels leave footprints in your heart! Forum Admin at www.homeattherange.com -->

09-08-2004, 09:04 PM	#2
HappyNanoq V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lives in the northern Jutland, which is where I grew up. Jutland is a part of Denmark. Posts: 329	Re: Man it's really raining In case Rheagan can't swim.. would you please hold her head above water??? Hmmm - you could probably have a back-yard pool-gettogether. __________________ Now.. don't do anything I've allready done - that would just be plain stoopid. I learned the hard way. Only way to get stoned.??? - Whisky on the rocks.

09-08-2004, 09:08 PM	#3
Pabooger Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Northwestern, Penna. Posts: 1,940	Re: Man it's really raining Springers can swim they have webbed feet, but I do worry about here going near the crick when the water is this high! I will keep a close eye on her the next couple of days!!! __________________ Springer Spaniels leave footprints in your heart! Forum Admin at www.homeattherange.com

09-08-2004, 10:15 PM	#4
groundhogdevastation V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Southwest, VA Posts: 322	Re: Man it's really raining Tim, It rained here today like the proverbial "cow pissin on a flat rock"!!! I've had over 8 " since yesterday and this AM it rained over 1" in 30 minutes!!! The fields are bare and the combination of the wind and the water had them wavering like looking at a field of wheat or grass looks with the wind blowing it! Wish I'd had a video to take pics of it! My driveway has 1' gulleys in it!! There is probably 3-4 tons of gravel that washed out at the mailbox that is all the way across the state road to have to be scraped back! It will take me all day tomorrow to get the driveway back to "drivable" again!! (The driveway is over 1/4 mile long!!!!) We missed the big wind(so far) that was predicted!!! BUT WE GOT THE WATER!!! I saw water in places today that it hasn't been since 1985!!!! 1985 was the "Big One" for us!!! Hope y'all don't get it!!! Later!!! Charlie (GHD) __________________ 1/2" at 100yards is easy! 2" at 500 is somewhat more difficult!!!

09-08-2004, 10:29 PM	#5
Icon-oclast V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 173	Re: Man it's really raining Guess I'd better check the weather reports for the rest of the week. Normally I stick to looking at the sky. If it's coming down at me, I figure I'd best put on a hat.

09-09-2004, 04:16 AM	#6
Pabooger Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Northwestern, Penna. Posts: 1,940	Re: Man it's really raining GHd I sure hope all the rain didn't ruin your sugar Pea crop!!!! __________________ Springer Spaniels leave footprints in your heart! Forum Admin at www.homeattherange.com

09-09-2004, 04:55 AM	#7
njretcop Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 1,537	Re: Man it's really raining We sure lucked out with the weather we had for the "big" weekend. Been pouring here as well, since we got home! __________________ Charlie

09-09-2004, 09:56 AM	#8
woodsrunner V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Hamlin, NY Posts: 276	Re: Man it's really raining Been sitting here over an hour and the sump pump hasn't shut off yet. Looks like the week following labor day will bring what the week prior to memorial day did. A flooded basement!I may take a partial day off and go get a spare sump pump to be safe. __________________ woods

09-09-2004, 10:22 AM	#9
358 winchester TFF Admin Staff Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pensacola Fl. area Posts: 7,335	Re: Man it's really raining sunshine and blue skys is all I have here at the present but then we do have another storm on the way Ron __________________ Administrator & Owner RangeDay.com Proud, White, Heterosexual, Gun Owning, Southern American, Christian. Any question about where I stand? Last edited by 358 winchester; 09-09-2004 at 10:24 AM..

09-09-2004, 10:59 AM	#10
woodsrunner V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Hamlin, NY Posts: 276	Re: Man it's really raining Hey Pa, Keep you eyes peeled for land on top of hills. No more valleys or flatlands for me. I'll take water running down hill and wind in my hair any day. Just sign me; Woods the 3 sump pump man! __________________ woods

09-09-2004, 11:00 AM	#11
TrinityScrimshaw V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Up state NY (Way up) Posts: 127	Re: Man it's really raining It has been raining up here for the last 24 hours straight. Trinity +++ __________________ He came to die on a cross of wood, yet he built the hill on which it stood +++

09-09-2004, 11:05 AM	#12
njretcop Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 1,537	Re: Man it's really raining Well, at least it's giving me a chance to finish cleaning these guns. Can't get out to the jacuzzi, so I'm working on the last one now. __________________ Charlie

09-09-2004, 11:15 AM	#13
Redneck V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: South central PA (gods country) Posts: 188	Re: Man it's really raining All the schools here closed at 12:00 noon due to flooding. I'm moving to Texas. __________________ I'm not apologizing, I am what I am There is no compromising, I don't give a damn Ozzy Osbourne - Lightning Strikes

09-09-2004, 11:33 AM	#14
njretcop Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 1,537	Re: Man it's really raining Well Lonnie, If'n ya ever git outta the third grade, ya wouldn't have to fret about school __________________ Charlie

09-09-2004, 11:44 AM	#15
Redneck V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: South central PA (gods country) Posts: 188	Re: Man it's really raining And just what makes ya think I made it to the third grade? Besides, with my education I should fit right in down in Texas __________________ I'm not apologizing, I am what I am There is no compromising, I don't give a damn Ozzy Osbourne - Lightning Strikes

09-09-2004, 07:48 PM	#16
ken w. V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Buffalo,New York Posts: 216	Re: Man it's really raining It's flooding pretty good up this way.I've never seen the creeks around here get so hi so fast since 1976,the year we moved here.I drove around town this afternoon and along with overflowing creeks,there was a major watermain break just before rush hour. Just my observation,but do only stupid people come outside during floods and stand next to creeks with torrents of water rushing past them.I like to look too,but every year some one drowns in these same creeks during snowmelt. I'm afraid to drive out to our gun club and see how much water leaked into the building.We have been slowly digging out a drainage ditch to get the water away from the building.i have a feeling it will be wet.

09-10-2004, 08:47 PM	#17
NuclearMeltdown V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: PA Posts: 117	Re: Man it's really raining I'm in southcentral PA also. Lots of basements filled and roads washed out. Today was beautiful though... __________________ 1995 American Standard Stratocaster

09-10-2004, 09:47 PM	#18
ken w. V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Buffalo,New York Posts: 216	Re: Man it's really raining As I was saying about people getting too near the edge of the creek when it floods.A toddler up here was washed away and they found him a few miles up stream.It's unfotunate that these thing happen every year.Water is very underestimated as what it can do.