What if it Snows?

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  1. MACK E-6

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    Indeed. The best crab anything originates right here on the Chesapeake Bay and I will not entertain any thoughts to the contrary. :cool:

    The territory west of Frederick identifies more with West Virginia, and the delmarva peninsula has tried to become its own state on more than one occasion. @x1Heavy may have still been here last time that was tried.
     
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    I was talking to a lady at the local WM the other day. Said they allow 5 people in the store for every 1000 sq ft of store space. She said that the store here is 149,000 sq ft. So they will allow 1745 people in the store at one time. Had an employees at both the Grocery and Pharmacy entrance with a electronic pad. They hit one button when people go in and another when someone leaves.
     
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    The one here in Newport Ar was last week, making you stand 6 ft apart outside, was like 5 per 1000 sqft allowed inside.

    Was one of two counties in AR without any coronavirus confirmed.
    (It’s a fluke, our hospital runs everyone off if they have a fever. Healthcare at its finest.)
     
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    I did that too, then ran it back to the machine, threw it in, still came out one short. :(
     
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    It’s not the washer, it’s the dryer.
    Some sort of worm hole thing develops in there and sucks out a sock.

    The washer just turns everything inside out.
     
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    Hey... I was at Home Depot today.... only a couple people in front of me in line...
    Bought a ####roach bait killer.... let's see how that works... they didn't have that other one... forgot the long name...
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    Ours in White County at Searcy are pretty tough, probably due to too many babies. Er People who think they are sick. We almost never go there unless the situation is impossible to manage at home. The last time we went they took good care of us, however it was a minimum of care. Relatively speaking. They did use some tactics that I have not experienced since the 70's such as a very cold IV line to fight fever. I cannot believe you could get that cold of a liquid into the body IV like that. That little bitty bit chilled me off 103.1 down to a acceptable 101 or so. Burned the rest off by morning.
     
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    The main thing with Tornados in Arkansas, we have had approximately 770 of them in the state during the last 20 years. I lost count of how many came near my home. After a while you don't worry about them too much. But on really bad days if you live you help out others who are hurting bad.

    In 1999, it was a outbreak day. I was in Kansas City on phone with spouse unaware until she said it was getting violent. I heard it pass by less than a mile over that phone. Then the phone system failed. I was at the counter talking to the Arkansas Red Cross to determine the actual track of the storm within the hour. The local Lawmen as busy as they were informed me that they got hit really bad there.

    I would spend almost a year driving a ready mix truck locally rebuilding the area. And so I made it a home. Dowdy had me in town less than overnight. We had a load I think west but they essentially sent a driver to take it west and let me run south. We spent some fuel that day. But its one of the few good things he did for us.

    Ive been chased in a truck by some myself, I don't like that too much, Say I-35 SW of Kansas CIty or Salinas KS west. UGH. However to me Dodge City west towards Liberal is what strikes fear into my heart when I see TWO miles apart rolling over the land. Its flat crazy.

    In the end Ive learned to live with them. But I do depend on awareness and early warning. When they do show up everyone here with a cell phones knows exactly what street, route or town it's currently in. So if you needed a shelter you had one.

    We spent today resting and taking care of loose ends. Now we are taking watch in the night. Showtime is around 3 am or so for Texarkarna and east. Give or take. The worst of it will be after lunch later on Sunday. You hope for the best, keep a good morale and take care of those who show issues with it.

    Where I was raised in Baltimore I think we had only two little ones. But the doomsday programming on their local DC etc make it much more than what they were really. After anything in life, if you are around it long enough you don't worry about yourself. Then anything becomes possible in the worst of times should it destroy your area.
     
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    Marathon Texas to Roswell NM and 60 miles on either side will be high wind warned through the night.

    Midland Texas has a line, they expect three inch hail to open the show.

    Oklahoma south of Pauls Valley eastward has a small group but that one is not expected to be a problem once it reaches Arkansas for the time being.

    Midland/Odessa
     
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    Round one is organizing nicely in Texas. The line is organizing into one by daybreak and moving east with some violence. Thats not a bad thing. Just wet and noisy in lines. Its when storms are by themselves that are a problem.

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