Smartie's Bar & Grill #68

she just took a west turn to ft myers and into the gulf, not sure if it will build intensity like camille from the models

i remember from the 90's when they take that rare path irma did, they usually turn west as this did.

 

in the movie blood diamond, the enemy tracks you by smelling your poop.

 

Which ever way she goes, the Keys are going to feel her wrath. Those islands are very fragile and have been over built; this will not be good. Most of the islands are just a couple feet above sea level.
The reporter on the weather channel is saying we are in a TS watch and he also said no one knows where the storm is going.

 

I did not pay too much attention to the different options for the combat engineers. The hand dug slit trench seemed like the best option for a platoon in the field. There was emphasis on preventing an enemy from gaining accurate intelligence from examining waste left behind.

 

Is that a good film?

 

yes hollywood has taught me about war and life, and this is one of the films that influenced me.

 

Not the best way to learn but certainly the the most pain free way to learn. Will keep an eye out for Blood Diamond.

 

The issue is sanitation and prevention of cholera.

 

Yeah, yeah, I'm not getting older, Im getting better. Happy Birthday to me!

 

Very good.

 

Happy birthday!

 

The US military was drawing water downstream from where their livestock watered for decades after the microbe/disease link was suspected. Cholera was a problem even after the Civil War. The Army mule is not an honor student.

 

I forgot Smartie. Irma had me distracted.

 

We aren't leaving it looks like Irma isn't going to be as rough on us as everyone thought. We got a call from EM services Saturday and they said we were going to get Tropical Storm Winds and possible Hurricane force winds. Right now we are getting wind gusts of 34 miles per hour. The weather isn't too bad, yet. My husband said it isn't bad enough to leave. I am taking him at his word.
We were on the eastern side of Ivan and I never want to do that again.

 

Not one soul that was alive and aware of 9/11 will ever forget where or what they were doing when the World Trade center was attacked.

 

Florida has some of the strictest building codes in the US. In the Keys you have to build to code or you don't build. If the code hasn't changed most all electrical wires have to be in conduit. Other parts of Florida are a little more lenient but not much.
I was more worried about the winds and the tornadoes that hurricanes spawn. A lot of new buildings going up are having safe rooms built in their home.
When Irma started moving on a more westerly course I was praying she didn't get into the Gulf and refuel herself.

 

Irma had such a way about her; she took everyone's attention what an attention whore she was and is.

 

My wife and I were up and getting ready for work. We were watching TV and the video feed of the one tower that had been hit when the second tower was hit. At that moment all thought of the strike on the first tower being some sort of freak accident vanished, and I knew our nation was under attack.

Our son was 16 at the time. I had no inkling at the time what a profound effect this event would have upon my family. 3 years later he joined the Marines, and 2 years after joining he would be in combat. He did tours in Iraq and Afghanistan during his 4-year hitch as a Marine. After the Marines, he got his degree and became a regular federal employee working for the military, and he has done two deployments in that capacity. On 9/11/2001, I just had no inkling.

God bless all those who were lost that day. God bless our troops. And God bless the USA.

Seth

 

I remember being kind of in shock on 9/11 and thinking, how could this be happening in my safe country? It was then that I realized we are never REALLY safe. Our freedoms and our way of life have to be protected and defended.