We left work early on Tuesday due to the hurricane force winds that were approaching the area. Most of the bridges were shut down as of Tuesday morning and state police were stationed at all major intersections along Hwy. 17 headed out of Wilmington. On the way home from work I was having a little trouble driving the speed limit in Katie's Montero Sport.
Since then we really haven't noticed any extreme wind gusts or sustained winds of any magnitude. The neighbors don't seem to be to scared since they were letting their kids ride around the neighborhood all afternoon.
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So the so called hurricane Ophelia was downgraded to a tropical storm at 11am today. Katie and I were getting worried that we might actually have to experience a hurricane, and with hurricane Katrina still on everybody's mind it didn't make it any better.
I finally ordered some stuff for the Jeep. I got an overhead console unit, not sure who makes it, but once I get it I will put more information up. Also won a 11,000 lbs. tow rope on ebay.
The fishtank light conversion from bulb to LED didn't go so well. I think I might have flunked my electricity quiz. I tried wiring up to series [Read More]
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I would like to first say that no words can be used to describe the amount of...sorrow for the events in the gulf coast area. It is extremely hard to wrap my brain around the idea of lossing everything, your home, your church, your business's building, your dentist's office, everything.
Now, I have to say that I am extremely unproud of some of the happenings in the devistated areas over the past week. Rarely has there even been a time in my life that I have a hard time being proud of being an American. But it's not only the looters and vandals that make me aggrivated. I have read numerous news articles that [Read More]
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