Worldwide Beekeeping
General Discussion => Any and Every Thing => Topic started by: Wandering Man on August 24, 2017, 09:16:51 pm
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Is coming for a visit.
He's windy, sloppy, and will leave a huge mess.
Very temperamental, Harvey is likely to throw a fit, ripping out wires and tossing my electronics around.
I am expecting him to arrive in the middle of the night tomorrow night. When he gets here, I'll probably be off line for one to three days.
We've been to the store and stocked a few extra supplies to help us get through his visit. Tomorrow, I'll board up some windows, just so the neighbors don't stare.
Actually, some of our neighbors have heard about Uncle Harvey's visit, and decided they didn't want to put up with his blow-hard ways, so they've left town.
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Don't feel bad, every family has a Uncle Harvey! :laugh:
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wm,
keep us posted, you and 3reds, stay safe....tuck in, buckle in or whatever to keep yourselves protected. just make sure you pop back in to let us know that you and 3 reds are alright when you can!
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Jokes aside, what RB said. I grew up in New Orleans and we tended to take hurricanes in stride but they can be deadly.
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Sending safety mojo your way Wman and 3 reds! Standing by for your checking back in.
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Bee safe. Let us know at your earliest convenience that you are all OK down there.
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The rains have started (3/4" in the last 8 hours), and the winds are hanging in there at around 10 to 15 mph.
The ditch in the front hasn't filled yet, and so far, just like a regular tropical storm.
I've got the windows in the front boarded up and everything in the back battened down. Now we watch the weather on TV (no cable in our house), and wait for the electricity to fail.
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Jeannie and I will be praying for you all, WM. Looks like a lot of water coming your way.
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ditto what neil said wm!
thank you for the pix, and thanks for the pix of the hives, bricks on top, and strapped down!
btw, beautiful home!
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Thanks all. It wasn't until after I posted the pics and took a second look that I realized my bird / bee bath needed to be taken apart and laid down.
News says winds around 20 mph now. We've got a bit over 1" of rain. Expected landfall in my old hometown of Aransas Pass as Category 3 hurricane with peak wind close to my hous expected to be around 90 ... better than the earlier predictions of 120.
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Winds have picked up a bit more, but the shocking news is 3 feet, 36 inches, of rain between now and Tuesday evening!
And 40" South of us.
Wish I'd got my kayak back from my son.
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and you are equipped with waders wm?........... ;D............. :D
just kidding, just making light of a not so good situation for you and 3 reds. thanks for keeping us posted!
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Rain boots go up past my shins. I need silts!
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Look at POLYGAL. Window coverings for uncle Harvey and all his kin. Found it this week at a NC Museum on the waterfront. They use a aluminum channel and slide it in place and screw endcap on each window takes 30 seconds to make ready.
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"Rain boots go up past my shins. I need silts!"
wm..........you mean STILTS ? ......... :D
ya need waders not silts or stilts........ :D
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I looked at a lot of things when we lived in Aransas Pass, and for my office in Rockport. Anything beyond plywood was out of our price range. Plywood isn't a bad choice, as long as you have your window coverings made up in advance.
The house we owned in AP had 52 windows, was built in 1920 from lumber recycled after the 1919 storm. I made about four window covering for that house, and gave up. Just no way to effectively do that job by myself, not just because of the number of windows, but because of the way the windows were made.
I hadn't mad coverings for our current home, simply because I didn't think we'd get hurricane force winds this far inland. One of the previous owners must have made window coverings, because I found the holes in the brick. But a later owner must have mistaken the window coverings for scrap lumber. I suspect he built himself a deer blind.
After this storm, I'll make better coverings at my leisure and label each one so I'll know where to put it. I'll also go from screws in brick to spring clips, and I'll even cut a few peep holes in the plywood. For now, I think we are as safe as we can be. The neighbors are really good at keeping debris picked up. The only flying objects 3Reds is worried about are the two Port-A-Potties on the property behind our house. A new home is going up where we used to watch deer and horses.
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"Rain boots go up past my shins. I need silts!"
wm..........you mean STILTS ? ......... :D
ya need waders not silts or stilts........ :D
Yes, stilts. I'm pretty sure the water would just pour in over the tops of my waders, once all the raining is done.
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wm, watched some news coverage this morning, and a little later today. had some coverage of victoria and rockport...........
thoughts and prayers are with you, know you probably don't have internet...when you are up and running please check in and let us know you and 3 reds/family are alright!
we have family in corpus christi and good friends on galveston island. all are alright. just know thinking about you!
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I'm still waiting for "real" electricity, but I've got a generator, and now have my computer hooked up.
Here's a video I shot while Uncle Harvey was visiting us, Round 1:
https://youtu.be/13cut8LgBxk
And a little later in the day, from the garage:
https://youtu.be/5pNHuH6A-Hw
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Remember the Before Pics?
Here's After:
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I guess, I should say "After the First Day."
We still have gusty winds, and showers. But nothing like Saturday. I got over 23" of rain through my Accurite Weather Station. I don't know if was really Accu - right, but someone else told me Victoria airport collected 15". So, close enough to be believable.
We are lucky that we haven't had any flooding.
The hives survived, and I've seen the bees flying in and out between showers.
Lots of dead birds in our yard.
Had some small birds enter via the doggy door. Like an evil landlord my dachshunds and I chased them out through the front door and back into the storm.
Still no electricity. We've got a trickle of water. We are not on city water. There's a guy who owns the wells and sells water to all of us in our little subdivision. He's maintained a generator running one pump, thus, the trickle. No one knows if it is drinkable, so everyone out here is drinking bottled water.
Only two gas stations were available yesterday, and they ran out before I could refill my gas cans for the generator. Today, there are more gas stations. The local grocery store is open, but nothing is available that requires refrigeration. They should have that restocked tomorrow. The city of Victoria is on a Boil Water advisory, so no baked goods, fresh meats, or anything else that requires sanitation in preparation.
The low lying areas close to the Guadalupe river are in for deluge, probably starting tomorrow, as the river rises well above flood stage.
3Reds are getting by, trying to bring back what comforts of home we can. I've been wet for three days, and I'm ready to be dry. The TV antenna is gone, and we haven't had cable or satellite for several years. So, information has been hard to come by.
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Wandering Man, so glad to hear you and 3reds are doing well. We understand that it isn't over yet. On the national news they were talking about the Brazos River but you are watching the Guadalupe. I see standing water behind your hive. Stay high and dry. :photos:
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So glad to hear that you and 3reds are okay. Your home looks like it held up well. When I saw the images of all the flooding I became very concerned. The rains not over by a long shot but Harvey is bound to run out of fight, hopefully very soon. Stay dry brother!
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We still have rain forecast through Labor Day. But we should be permanently on the dry side of Harvey. Houston is now his target, and I feel sorry for them. Houston floods every Spring with some kind of storm, even back in the 1970's when 3Reds and I lived there.
I can't imagine the devestation we'll see when Harvey finally leaves.
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Glad to see you have survived this phase of Harvey. Hopefully, you will not get the degree of flooding that is occurring in Houston. My heart aches for those families as I watch them being rescued from their homes. We had Irene and Sandy hit this area a few years back and we were fortunate to be unscathed, although the mountain towns were completely flooded. Stay safe.
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Harvey the destructor will not take out Wandering Man and 3Reds, I just won't have it!
So far so good Wman, hang in there ~Hugs~
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Harvey the destructor will not take out Wandering Man and 3Reds, I just won't have it!
So far so good Wman, hang in there ~Hugs~
3Reds fending off Harvey:
https://youtu.be/VBWYdA59yqc
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Good news. We have electric power!
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Love A Woman With Gumption! And Wman? is that you beside her taking the tally?
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WM,
Our thoughts and prayer's for everyone in Tx.
We've had hurricanes here with 20 days without power (with generators) but it's a blessing to get power back .
But it's still water, ice ,food and gas. That's the problem if you're not prepared. I just feel for Houston .
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Love A Woman With Gumption! And Wman? is that you beside her taking the tally?
Nope. This is Wandering Man:
https://youtu.be/neboqudVKfk
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WM,
Our thoughts and prayer's for everyone in Tx.
We've had hurricanes here with 20 days without power (with generators) but it's a blessing to get power back .
But it's still water, ice ,food and gas. That's the problem if you're not prepared. I just feel for Houston .
Mikey,
It is a blessing to get electricity back. And now the water. Apparently our water plant was able to keep a positive flow going, thanks to his generator. So no "boil water notice." Victoria is still under a boil water noitce, but should get back soon.
More gas stations are opening everyday. Today, we are blessed to have sunshine, and just a mild wind. I've been out helping a neighbor cut up a tree. Got my antenna back up, and discovered the reason it wasn't working was my own stupidity.
The cable runs from the antenna to our TiVo, not the television. Once I turned on the TiVo and set the input from antenna to reciever, all was fine! :eusa_wall: :eusa_wall: :eusa_wall:
Now it is catch-up time for my work and around the house.
The bees likely have nothing to forage, so I've put a couple frame feeders filled with sugar syrup in a nuc and set it off to the side. I hope I can feed all three hives (yes, and the neighbor's hives) without setting off a robbing frenzy.
A neighbor said his hive was full of yellow jackets. Robbing screens go on tonight or before sunrise.
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Well aren't you two just cuter than ever! ;) 8)
So glad to hear that things are looking up over your way. Whew! sometimes mother nature... Geez
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I knew their was a reason I like 3Red & WM. That's me at a TWAW 22 shoot!
Glad to hear you are back with light and water. I know the bees will appreciate the syrup.
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Mikey,
Do your bees need to be fed after a hurricane? I'm just assuming that most blossoms are gone, but I have seed a few flowers. I think Goldenrod is supposed to be the next flow. But I'm not sure what impact Harvey may have had on those plants.
Wasps seem to be a big problem right now. 3Reds and I will try to strap on robber screens in the morning.
I made a failed attempt this evening. Went out with my string and screen, but couldn't get the screen to sit on the porch while tying the screen in place. Bees got upset with me, and one girl followed me into the house. She must have been exhausted from a long day's work, however. She's now sleeping peacefully on the ceiling in the hallway.
I hope to escort her back outside in the morning.
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"She must have been exhausted from a long day's work, however. She's now sleeping peacefully on the ceiling in the hallway.
I hope to escort her back outside in the morning."
Wman, that's the nicest thing I've heard or a while now ~Hugs~