jdmidwest

Jackson and Cape Girardeau both fired up the tornado sirens. I have family working in both towns and the phone was hot for a few minutes. The actual storm being tracked was near Marble Hill in Bollinger County and not even going to go close to either town. I still have not heard of any damage. Like I said, we were drinking Friday beverages at the office. I had been watching the storm track and making plans for the later weekend after the fact. It all popped up fast and was over in a matter of about 20 minutes. NWS showed a brief warning. Funny thing, now we have all of the tech available, sirens with early warning, cell phone apps, internet, TV, radio. Everyone is a weather expert and panic spreads fast. I had one car flashing lights trying to pass me on a 4 lane road. People were flying down the road, trying to beat the storm home. We are getting another shower now. The ground is soaking it up like a sponge.

Ok, I give up. Why would you crawl thru a cave during a rain event? During a rain, it drains off into sinkholes which are a part of any cave system.

Nope, it was still "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly". Did you see the hair? Looks like the lap dance back stage roughed him up a little......... But he still carried the crowd.

I would have thought the peak of the caving season was during dry hot weather. Less chance of flash flooding due to storms dumping into the karst system. Nice cool getaway from the heat. I was young and thought that caving looked like fun. Now as I age, crawling around damp tight places have lost their interest. I do still enjoy the show caves that you can walk thru standing up and dry.

We were sitting around work drinking Friday beverages when the sirens started blasting in town. Mass pandamonium, tornado warning with one spotted tracking out towards the house. One wreck on the way home, little mustang took out the corner of a commercial building. Others driving like crazy into the path of the storm. False alarm, nothing spotted. Did get a little 1/2 inch burst out of the system as it moved thru. First shower of the day at dry ridge ranch.

I thought you could use one of them things called a "fillet knife" to do the job.

Chief Grey Bear, on 30 August 2012 - 08:53 PM, said: but hell, I say repeal it and let everyone carry anywhere and anytime! On the hip on in the coat. jdmidwest, on 30 August 2012 - 09:46 PM, said: So do you have a problem with Constitutional Carry? I am confused by the question. I was puzzled by the statement, are you for or against Constitutional Carry? You made the statement in a sarcastic way. I am all for the training portion for anyone to carry any type of firearm. Hunter Ed and the courses for CCW are great training. Since society has changed and fathers don't always show their offspring the basics of firearms handling, we have to rely on others to show them.

You mentioned doing away with the testing and licensing and let everyone carry openly. Are you advocating Constitutional Carry?

But we all know the female snakes are bigger. But when you call it a granny, it does sound less menacing.

So do you have a problem with Constitutional Carry?

The idea of self protection starts with your brain. First, you have to realize, no matter how safe you feel, there may be some a hole come along and ruin it. It can happen in your bedroom, your favorite fishing hole, getting out of your car. The simple fact is, there are persons that are out there that will do you harm with no personal vendetta against you. You may be a innocent bystander, or you may be a target because you have something that someone else wants. A gun is a great responsibility, it is deadly force, you will have to use your brain to make a decision to end another life. A knife, pepper spray, squealing like a little girl may make a difference. But if an armed criminal wants to do me harm, I want equal force or superior force. I want to prevent someone else from doing me harm, end of story. It is that simple, cut and dry.

just pickin on the details

If you have not taken the course, how do you know what is in it?

That grandpa cottonmouth, did you really get close enough to sex it? I have a hard time sexing snakes up close looking between the bottom scales. You have me stumped on the location of this one.

Flyflinger, on 30 August 2012 - 06:12 PM, said: In all seriousness. Question: How do you stop a bad guy using a deadly weapon intent on doing you harm? You use whatever means available at the time to stop the threat.

The good thing about CCW, it is elective and a choice. If you don't want to or don't feel comfortable doing it, you don't have to. For those that want to, they can. CCW backers are not out "forcing" anyone to carry if they don't want to. Violent Crime is on the decrease since more citizens have armed themselves, legally, thru a popular vote in an election process. There have not been any shootouts on the streets that I am aware of by armed citizens trying to solve a point like the old west. Nobody in their right mind "dreams" of a massacre like the theater incident, it is a nightmare to most civilized people. Most CCW certified individuals do not really carry on a daily basis. But they have been thru a training course and certified, so they are more educated on firearms than they were before. They are certainly more educated than the ones that have not. The world is not a nice place, and bad guys don't always lurk around after midnight in dark alleys. Most major violent crime in the past few years has taken place in broad daylight or a public place that has been deemed safe enough that they prohibit the personal carry of self defense weapons. Schools, theaters, colleges, political gatherings, and even a military base.

Wind and lightening are my main concerns when I am outdoors. A gust of wind can flip a boat, a widow maker could do damage to a boat or a tent. There is a lake wind advisory posted for the entire region this weekend. Flash flood would be my least concern in this storm, it looks to be petering out moisture wise. When it hits our dry air, it will probably evaporate.

I bet it goes around us. I will still water the garden as usual till I see it fall. 16 INCH shortage at local airport for the year so far. We would need several of these events to break even for the year.

Looking at the latest storm track, it will still be packing 30mph winds when it goes thru the Ozarks Sat. That would concern me more than the rain and flooding. Wind blowing limbs and trees down. Paddling into the wind will be an issue all day too. It would be tough on a lake Sat.

Nice. Looks like a good weekend to get some in, calling for rain all weekend.

If the ground is already prepped, I would plant and cover with straw. Water heavy to pack the soil and get some hay or straw bales to divert the water flow on the up side of the hill. If the rain comes hard this weekend, you are going to lose your prepped soil if you don't do something.

Are there any signs of the human that was carrying the peaches when the bear attacked him?

Have you ever seen a dog size critter poop peach seeds? It came from a herbivore or an omnivore, not a carnivore.

You might want to go to a tire shop and get a better rated tire. Most stores only carry light load rated trailer tires, a tire shop can order some that have heavier load rating and better tread wear. Look at the load range rating on the tire, should be B, C, D, E or something like that. Make sure you keep them properly inflated per the poundage on the tire.

More patterns on that blog too. Nice.