The Miracle Tank

[najer]

Hey Simon, Thanks for thinking about us, but rest assured that we are not being affected by this storm. We are on the southwest portion of the state, only 30 miles from the Texas line. The storm is making landfall on the southeast side of the state, close to New Orleans. We will have little to no exposure to this storm. 10-20mph winds and 1"- 2" of rain are all that is expected here today. Hurricane season runs until the end of November. Hoping this one is the only storm to pop up in the Gulf this year, but it likely won't be.

I did google your location earlier and looked at the storm track, my thoughts are with everyone in danger.

 

[Fin]

I did google your location earlier and looked at the storm track, my thoughts are with everyone in danger.

It will be a life-changing event for many in the affected area. I have a close friend that is in harm's way big time, but he did not leave. I have many other friends that live over there and I believe most of them have gotten out of the way.

Wow, so sorry to hear about the flooding! Hopefully your neighbors get their roofs replaced soon.

There are still blue tarps on roofs on many houses here from Laura that was a direct hit last August 26th. Lots of people are just now getting back in their houses from Laura. Many people still living in RVs parked in their driveways or in other temporary housing. The news never follows up after large natural disasters and people on the outside don't realize how long it takes to recover from them. Many businesses here were damaged and have not reopened yet and many will never reopen. The lack of contractors in the area has forced people to use workers from other states that flood the area and you have no idea if they are reputable or not. There is about to be another big mess in Louisiana. I really feel for those people in Ida's crosshairs.

 

[sfin52]

Hey guys, been a while. Just checking in. I don’t even remember if I mentioned it here, but our house flooded in May. We have been back in it about a month after some pretty significant repairs.

I was considering setting my tank back up and boom - in a hurricane track cone again. So waiting to see how that goes. We are at least on the far west side of the cone, which is good for us. Not so good for the center and SE part of the state and further east.

My nano has been running outside in 90°+ heat on my carport since June. Only thing alive in it is snails, chaeto and hopefully denitrifying bacteria to seed the 125 someday.

Anyway, just wanted to say hello. I checked and saw that Katrina hasn’t logged on since the end of January. I was hoping she had popped in, but guess not.

Hope you guys are safe. Been watching it and thinking about you folks

 

[Fin]

Hope you guys are safe. Been watching it and thinking about you folks

We are fine. Only cloudy here right now. We are on the west side of the storm, so we are in a really good place - this time at least.

 

[Just John]

We are fine. Only cloudy here right now. We are on the west side of the storm, so we are in a really good place - this time at least.

I looked on the live cams for your area earlier to see how things might be for you. It was good to see that it looked like life was going on as normal with cars and people on the street, Etc

 

[Just John]

Wow, I'm sorry about all that. The good news that being in the cone now virtually guarantees you won't get hit. What hurricane did you get hit by last? Was it Laura?

see Fin, nothing to worry about ;)

 

[najer]

 

[Fin]

I looked on the live cams for your area earlier to see how things might be for you. It was good to see that it looked like life was going on as normal with cars and people on the street, Etc

Yeah, just cloudy here. No rain or wind. Just a normal day.

 

[vetteguy53081]

What’s the difference between a literalist and a kleptomaniac?​

A literalist takes things literally.
A kleptomaniac takes things, literally.

 

[najer]

Sunglasses on! :cool:

 

[Fin]

Sunglasses on! :cool:

Sweet! Love gorgs.

 

[najer]

Sweet! Love gorgs.

I am getting into them more and more, I have a purple ribbon waiting for me at my lfs.
The purple polyp is behind the white polyp. :)

 

[Fin]

I am getting into them more and more, I have a purple ribbon waiting for me at my lfs.
The purple polyp is behind the white polyp. :)

I had a nice collection of gorg frags going before the hurricanes and flood. All gone now. I prefer the ones with brown polyps as these are usually photosynthetic. The ones with white polyps are usually non-photosynthetic and more difficult to keep alive long term.

 

[vetteguy53081]

1998: “Don’t get in a car with strangers!”

2008: “Don’t meet people from the internet alone!”

2019: UBER: Order yourself a stranger from the internet to go get into a car with alone!

 

[vetteguy53081]

 

[vetteguy53081]

Back to school celebration

 

[najer]

:)

 

[vetteguy53081]

What did the police officer say to his belly?
You’re under a vest!!!

 

[fishguy242]

need a third arm...:rolleyes::)

 

[vetteguy53081]

I had a terrible dancing addiction. My addiction was so bad I couldn’t do anything else in my life – I dropped out of school, lost my job, my girlfriend… So I started going to DA meetings, Dancing Anonymous. On my first day, I introduced myself, “Hello, my name is Paul and I was addicted to the Hokey Pokey but I turned myself around.”