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#170,701
MCF said:
I was thinking how we wold get through something like that. Fortunately we’re pretty well prepared for a major quake with at least about three weeks of food. We also have lots of warm ski gear and 0 degree rated down sleeping bags. Something to think about in this world of unpredictable weather.
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Oh, And that reminds me to make sure we have plenty of fuel for the backpacking stoves.
 
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#170,703
Eddie LeBlanc said:
It's not the cold in Dallas, even though it has gotten to single digits and remained there. It is no power for multiple hours and even days all across Texas. So far over 30 people have died due to it. And many more deaths are expected, once they can be discovered. My brother in Dallas was sleeping in his bedroom which was in low 40s inside. He is in his late 60s and has a heart condition. No power, no heat, no cooking for 2 days. Remember probably 75% of all homes, condos, and apartments are all electric in Texas.

Also no water, since all the pipes are breaking. My keys player in Lumberton, TX right out side of Beaumont, had pipes in walls and ceiling break while he was working nights. Water ran into his home for over 10 hrs. Ruining ceilings and walls and lots of other things. Some folks had temperatures inside there homes drop to below freezing for hours, some even days. Lots of folks are having real hard times in Texas.
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Yes. Cold and no means of heating (electricity) is a recipe for death. More people are killed annually by cold than by heat.
 
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PillO said:
Yes. Cold and no means of heating (electricity) is a recipe for death. More people are killed annually by cold than by heat.
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We have portable generators here on the Gulf Coast, with Hurricane issues. So many here in our area have options. Just a lot of trouble to set up for a short outage. But much of Texas has never had to even deal with issues like this. Hope the weather men are right and things warm up this weekend.
 
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Eddie LeBlanc said:
It's not the cold in Dallas, even though it has gotten to single digits and remained there. It is no power for multiple hours and even days all across Texas. So far over 30 people have died due to it. And many more deaths are expected, once they can be discovered. My brother in Dallas was sleeping in his bedroom which was in low 40s inside. He is in his late 60s and has a heart condition. No power, no heat, no cooking for 2 days. Remember probably 75% of all homes, condos, and apartments are all electric in Texas.

Also no water, since all the pipes are breaking. My keys player in Lumberton, TX right out side of Beaumont, had pipes in walls and ceiling break while he was working nights. Water ran into his home for over 10 hrs. Ruining ceilings and walls and lots of other things. Some folks had temperatures inside there homes drop to below freezing for hours, some even days. Lots of folks are having real hard times in Texas.
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Just to be clear, my understanding is that the cold weather so far south precipitated a failure in the power grid that then cascaded.
 
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Eddie LeBlanc said:
It's not the cold in Dallas, even though it has gotten to single digits and remained there. It is no power for multiple hours and even days all across Texas. So far over 30 people have died due to it. And many more deaths are expected, once they can be discovered. My brother in Dallas was sleeping in his bedroom which was in low 40s inside. He is in his late 60s and has a heart condition. No power, no heat, no cooking for 2 days. Remember probably 75% of all homes, condos, and apartments are all electric in Texas.

Also no water, since all the pipes are breaking. My keys player in Lumberton, TX right out side of Beaumont, had pipes in walls and ceiling break while he was working nights. Water ran into his home for over 10 hrs. Ruining ceilings and walls and lots of other things. Some folks had temperatures inside there homes drop to below freezing for hours, some even days. Lots of folks are having real hard times in Texas.
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So wish we could help. Y'all are in our prayers.
 
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#170,709
MCF said:
+3? Pretty solid. I’d be +23 (or a lot more). Haven’t played Alisal since I was a kid. I’m a lousy golfer.
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I play the Alisal Ranch course (As opposed to the River course) about once a month with one of my golf buddies who is a member there. Beautiful course' not incredibly hard like Pebble Beach or Spy Glass but some tricky greens. I'm normally around +10 on the course, with the exception of one hole where everything that could have gone wrong did, I had a very good round. I've worked my wife into playing golf also, she's probably more addicted than I am. The down side, Golf can be an incredibly expensive and time consuming sport to play. The one outing for the two of us ran well north of $300 for just greens fees and food (not including equipment, consumables, transportation, lessons...).

I figure I could probably buy a spanking new Gibson Thunderbird every month with what I spend on golf. Gibson will be swimming in money if I ever give up the sport. ;)

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I was out in my storage area looking through my record collection with my son and found autographed copy of Waysted Save Your Prayers. Pete and the band came through town in early '86 for a show at the Rochester War Memorial. Prior to the show they did a instore at the House of Guitars. We spent the afternoon talking gear and swapping stories, Pete invited us all to the show, it was a great time we arrived early and left late. Pete and the band were a lot of fun. R.I.P. Pete. View attachment 4173582
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Very Cool!
I love music related memorabilia. When I finished the basement of my last house off i did it in a Hard Rock Cafe type theme and had these hanging on the walls...
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(Alice in Chains, Eagles, ZZTop, AC/DC, Ozzy)
I wanted to get some signed LPs and CDs up as well but my collection is lacking in that area. I also want to get an autographed Thunderbird in the mix.

Where I've been living for the last 10 years doesn't have anywhere to display anything like this so I figured my next house will be where it all goes back on display. Unfortunately, we've lost so many great performers in just the last 10 years, I wish I hadn't put it off.

Eddie LeBlanc said:
It's not the cold in Dallas, even though it has gotten to single digits and remained there. It is no power for multiple hours and even days all across Texas. So far over 30 people have died due to it. And many more deaths are expected, once they can be discovered. My brother in Dallas was sleeping in his bedroom which was in low 40s inside. He is in his late 60s and has a heart condition. No power, no heat, no cooking for 2 days. Remember probably 75% of all homes, condos, and apartments are all electric in Texas.

Also no water, since all the pipes are breaking. My keys player in Lumberton, TX right out side of Beaumont, had pipes in walls and ceiling break while he was working nights. Water ran into his home for over 10 hrs. Ruining ceilings and walls and lots of other things. Some folks had temperatures inside there homes drop to below freezing for hours, some even days. Lots of folks are having real hard times in Texas.
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So true, so unfortunate, and so unnecessary.

PillO said:
Just to be clear, my understanding is that the cold weather so far south precipitated a failure in the power grid that then cascaded.
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Or said another way, the power generation choices made by those responsible, completely failed to take into account the potential impact of a once in a hundred year winter storm (something normally done for flood planning). Too many eggs were in one basket and the basket was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Lives have been lost, homes destroyed and dollars wasted all with some folks already at their most vulnerable from a financial or health standpoint because of COVID impacts. I have close friends and family in this mess and they're barely hanging on.

As I said before, so unfortunate and so unnecessary. I'm sure this is unrealistic, but I really hope the right people take note of what's happened and take steps to keep it from happening again.
 
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GBassNorth said:
I play the Alisal Ranch course (As opposed to the River course) about once a month with one of my golf buddies who is a member there. Beautiful course' not incredibly hard like Pebble Beach or Spy Glass but some tricky greens. I'm normally around +10 on the course, with the exception of one hole where everything that could have gone wrong did, I had a very good round. I've worked my wife into playing golf also, she's probably more addicted than I am. The down side, Golf can be an incredibly expensive and time consuming sport to play. The one outing for the two of us ran well north of $300 for just greens fees and food (not including equipment, consumables, transportation, lessons...).

I figure I could probably buy a spanking new Gibson Thunderbird every month with what I spend on golf. Gibson will be swimming in money if I ever give up the sport. ;)


Very Cool!
I love music related memorabilia. When I finished the basement of my last house off i did it in a Hard Rock Cafe type theme and had these hanging on the walls...
View attachment 4173900
(Alice in Chains, Eagles, ZZTop, AC/DC, Ozzy)
I wanted to get some signed LPs and CDs up as well but my collection is lacking in that area. I also want to get an autographed Thunderbird in the mix.

Where I've been living for the last 10 years doesn't have anywhere to display anything like this so I figured my next house will be where it all goes back on display. Unfortunately, we've lost so many great performers in just the last 10 years, I wish I hadn't put it off.


So true, so unfortunate, and so unnecessary.


Or said another way, the power generation choices made by those responsible, completely failed to take into account the potential impact of a once in a hundred year winter storm (something normally done for flood planning). Too many eggs were in one basket and the basket was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Lives have been lost, homes destroyed and dollars wasted all with some folks already at their most vulnerable from a financial or health standpoint because of COVID impacts. I have close friends and family in this mess and they're barely hanging on.

As I said before, so unfortunate and so unnecessary. I'm sure this is unrealistic, but I really hope the right people take note of what's happened and take steps to keep it from happening again.
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ever play in Ridgemark?
 
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GBassNorth said:
If that's the one that's just south of Hollister I have not played it yet. Is it a nice course?
A couple of years ago I did play De La Vega in your neck of the woods. Loved the setting and lush mostly natural landscaping and wild life.
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yeah, that’s the one, very reasonably priced...
playing at De la Veaga....
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playing at Pebble....;)
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GBassNorth said:
I play the Alisal Ranch course (As opposed to the River course) about once a month with one of my golf buddies who is a member there. Beautiful course' not incredibly hard like Pebble Beach or Spy Glass but some tricky greens. I'm normally around +10 on the course, with the exception of one hole where everything that could have gone wrong did, I had a very good round. I've worked my wife into playing golf also, she's probably more addicted than I am. The down side, Golf can be an incredibly expensive and time consuming sport to play. The one outing for the two of us ran well north of $300 for just greens fees and food (not including equipment, consumables, transportation, lessons...).

I figure I could probably buy a spanking new Gibson Thunderbird every month with what I spend on golf. Gibson will be swimming in money if I ever give up the sport. ;)


Very Cool!
I love music related memorabilia. When I finished the basement of my last house off i did it in a Hard Rock Cafe type theme and had these hanging on the walls...
View attachment 4173900
(Alice in Chains, Eagles, ZZTop, AC/DC, Ozzy)
I wanted to get some signed LPs and CDs up as well but my collection is lacking in that area. I also want to get an autographed Thunderbird in the mix.

Where I've been living for the last 10 years doesn't have anywhere to display anything like this so I figured my next house will be where it all goes back on display. Unfortunately, we've lost so many great performers in just the last 10 years, I wish I hadn't put it off.


So true, so unfortunate, and so unnecessary.


Or said another way, the power generation choices made by those responsible, completely failed to take into account the potential impact of a once in a hundred year winter storm (something normally done for flood planning). Too many eggs were in one basket and the basket was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Lives have been lost, homes destroyed and dollars wasted all with some folks already at their most vulnerable from a financial or health standpoint because of COVID impacts. I have close friends and family in this mess and they're barely hanging on.

As I said before, so unfortunate and so unnecessary. I'm sure this is unrealistic, but I really hope the right people take note of what's happened and take steps to keep it from happening again.
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I like the Billy Gibbons pinstripe work.
 
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Eddie LeBlanc said:
We have portable generators here on the Gulf Coast, with Hurricane issues. So many here in our area have options. Just a lot of trouble to set up for a short outage. But much of Texas has never had to even deal with issues like this. Hope the weather men are right and things warm up this weekend.
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It was supposed to get up to 38 here today. It hit 45. I’ll take it. Last expected hard freeze is tonight.
 
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