Irma
September 7th, 2017, 11:59 AM
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Sitting in LGA right now waiting for a plane to head down south. Going down with the FEMA task force to assist with the aftermath. Hope everyone out there can stay safe & have minimal issues but we are on our way just in case.
September 8th, 2017, 09:36 AM
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Made my preparations yesterday . See post #1586....
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...-today-40.html
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...-today-40.html
September 8th, 2017, 10:00 AM
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Made my preparations yesterday . See post #1586....
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...-today-40.html
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...-today-40.html
September 11th, 2017, 10:18 AM
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Was originally headed directly for us as a tropical storm in N GA but as she turned west our forecast has now dropped to more of a heavy rain high wind (top gust of 60 mph) kind of thing. The rain won't be any issue but we are surrounded on three sides by 70 foot tall trees. I have some real concerns about both my house and my shop. We will almost certainly lose power - always do in a heavy storm - but I have a generator that can run pretty much the whole hose.
Ironic thing is that Irma was my late, tiny, sweet Grandmothers name. She would be horrified to know that this storm has her name.
Ironic thing is that Irma was my late, tiny, sweet Grandmothers name. She would be horrified to know that this storm has her name.
September 11th, 2017, 10:51 AM
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September 12th, 2017, 04:00 AM
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She insulted his work ethic, joked about "feigning compromise" just so she wouldn't get in an argument because she didn't care about his passion, then insulted him at the end of the article.
Women like this are why I'm not married.
September 14th, 2017, 04:39 AM
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Back from deployment early due to my father passing away. Last 5 years he was wheelchair bound and, IMO, to "drugged up". Although it wasn't a real shock, you can't fully prepare yourself for these days. Ironically, his first car was a 51' Super 88 convertible in green. He had no pictures of it though. My grandmother sold it when he was deployed to Korea. Never did get a chance to put him in the Cutlass. I didn't think he was interested until I heard my brothers talking about my oldest fixing up his 56 Belle air & how my Dad would have loved to take a ride in it, just before I was deployed. Had I known I would have gotten him in the Olds.
Anyway, they flew us (NY Task Force 1) to Atlanta, GA to meet up with the team that was coming back from Harvey, then we drove to an Air force base about 2-1/2 hours south. There I was bumped from the team the next day with 11 other members due to space available on the plane and they found 6 of us a spot working with the top command (IST) in PR. They flew us 6 down on a C17 with about 70 other workers from the VA Task Force 1. Smoothest flight I've ever been on. NYTF-1 was on the next C17. My crew went to logistics to handle the moving of personnel and equipment. I was all over the north side of the island and in about 2 days no longer needed a GPS. Aside from power losses PR weathered the storm well and the people there are a resilient group. They used PR as the dispatch point for St. John's and St. Thomas & some of the PR Islands. Never went to either St. John's or St. Thomas but everyone that came back said they were devastated. There where K-9 teams from all over the country sent out as well. I think NYTF-1 is heading home soon. Not sure when the rest of the teams will demobilize. I'm not sure who covered FLA but once in PR we were not going back. Other teams could be there in less than 1/2 the time it would have taken us to get there. Losing a home in Sandy and working continuously through that storm drove me to give 120% at all times with this storm. Keep these people in your thoughts, it takes years to bounce back from this type of devastation.
These are a few pictures of NYTF-1 assembled on the beach for a 9/11 ceremony. The team is made up of NYPD and FDNY EMS & Fire.
Anyway, they flew us (NY Task Force 1) to Atlanta, GA to meet up with the team that was coming back from Harvey, then we drove to an Air force base about 2-1/2 hours south. There I was bumped from the team the next day with 11 other members due to space available on the plane and they found 6 of us a spot working with the top command (IST) in PR. They flew us 6 down on a C17 with about 70 other workers from the VA Task Force 1. Smoothest flight I've ever been on. NYTF-1 was on the next C17. My crew went to logistics to handle the moving of personnel and equipment. I was all over the north side of the island and in about 2 days no longer needed a GPS. Aside from power losses PR weathered the storm well and the people there are a resilient group. They used PR as the dispatch point for St. John's and St. Thomas & some of the PR Islands. Never went to either St. John's or St. Thomas but everyone that came back said they were devastated. There where K-9 teams from all over the country sent out as well. I think NYTF-1 is heading home soon. Not sure when the rest of the teams will demobilize. I'm not sure who covered FLA but once in PR we were not going back. Other teams could be there in less than 1/2 the time it would have taken us to get there. Losing a home in Sandy and working continuously through that storm drove me to give 120% at all times with this storm. Keep these people in your thoughts, it takes years to bounce back from this type of devastation.
These are a few pictures of NYTF-1 assembled on the beach for a 9/11 ceremony. The team is made up of NYPD and FDNY EMS & Fire.
September 14th, 2017, 04:50 AM
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I can count at least three times in that article where that wife was disrespectful to the husband. Perhaps this country would not be in the state it is in if more men would not allow that sort of disrespect in their homes.
She insulted his work ethic, joked about "feigning compromise" just so she wouldn't get in an argument because she didn't care about his passion, then insulted him at the end of the article.
Women like this are why I'm not married.
She insulted his work ethic, joked about "feigning compromise" just so she wouldn't get in an argument because she didn't care about his passion, then insulted him at the end of the article.
Women like this are why I'm not married.
For Mai-Lee, it was the perfect plan. She’d get some points for feigning “compromise,” a skill the local couple, married since 2012, have been working on since stints on reality TV shows “Bridezilla” and “Marriage Bootcamp” on We TV.
Pretty sure I'd have drowned her and blamed the hurricane.
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September 14th, 2017, 10:25 PM
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Back from deployment early due to my father passing away. Last 5 years he was wheelchair bound and, IMO, to "drugged up". Although it wasn't a real shock, you can't fully prepare yourself for these days. Ironically, his first car was a 51' Super 88 convertible in green. He had no pictures of it though. My grandmother sold it when he was deployed to Korea. Never did get a chance to put him in the Cutlass. I didn't think he was interested until I heard my brothers talking about my oldest fixing up his 56 Belle air & how my Dad would have loved to take a ride in it, just before I was deployed. Had I known I would have gotten him in the Olds.
Anyway, they flew us (NY Task Force 1) to Atlanta, GA to meet up with the team that was coming back from Harvey, then we drove to an Air force base about 2-1/2 hours south. There I was bumped from the team the next day with 11 other members due to space available on the plane and they found 6 of us a spot working with the top command (IST) in PR. They flew us 6 down on a C17 with about 70 other workers from the VA Task Force 1. Smoothest flight I've ever been on. NYTF-1 was on the next C17. My crew went to logistics to handle the moving of personnel and equipment. I was all over the north side of the island and in about 2 days no longer needed a GPS. Aside from power losses PR weathered the storm well and the people there are a resilient group. They used PR as the dispatch point for St. John's and St. Thomas & some of the PR Islands. Never went to either St. John's or St. Thomas but everyone that came back said they were devastated. There where K-9 teams from all over the country sent out as well. I think NYTF-1 is heading home soon. Not sure when the rest of the teams will demobilize. I'm not sure who covered FLA but once in PR we were not going back. Other teams could be there in less than 1/2 the time it would have taken us to get there. Losing a home in Sandy and working continuously through that storm drove me to give 120% at all times with this storm. Keep these people in your thoughts, it takes years to bounce back from this type of devastation.
These are a few pictures of NYTF-1 assembled on the beach for a 9/11 ceremony. The team is made up of NYPD and FDNY EMS & Fire.
Anyway, they flew us (NY Task Force 1) to Atlanta, GA to meet up with the team that was coming back from Harvey, then we drove to an Air force base about 2-1/2 hours south. There I was bumped from the team the next day with 11 other members due to space available on the plane and they found 6 of us a spot working with the top command (IST) in PR. They flew us 6 down on a C17 with about 70 other workers from the VA Task Force 1. Smoothest flight I've ever been on. NYTF-1 was on the next C17. My crew went to logistics to handle the moving of personnel and equipment. I was all over the north side of the island and in about 2 days no longer needed a GPS. Aside from power losses PR weathered the storm well and the people there are a resilient group. They used PR as the dispatch point for St. John's and St. Thomas & some of the PR Islands. Never went to either St. John's or St. Thomas but everyone that came back said they were devastated. There where K-9 teams from all over the country sent out as well. I think NYTF-1 is heading home soon. Not sure when the rest of the teams will demobilize. I'm not sure who covered FLA but once in PR we were not going back. Other teams could be there in less than 1/2 the time it would have taken us to get there. Losing a home in Sandy and working continuously through that storm drove me to give 120% at all times with this storm. Keep these people in your thoughts, it takes years to bounce back from this type of devastation.
These are a few pictures of NYTF-1 assembled on the beach for a 9/11 ceremony. The team is made up of NYPD and FDNY EMS & Fire.
September 17th, 2017, 07:06 AM
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