The Bull Speaks!

Well, the Governor of Alabama has ordered a mandatory evacuation of ALL of Mobile County. That’s 400,000 people! It is an unprecedented move on the part of the government here – and a stupid one as well as there is no place for the people to go. No hope at all for those with animals.

The kids are with Tony, (Lady Beth’s ex). We don’t know his complete plan. More info as we get it.

As it stands now, we are still planning on staying put. No way we can leave and take 6 grown dogs, 6 puppies, 2 cats, a Hedgehog, Uromastix lizard, and 4 dragons. Besides, the number one problem is that once you are gone, there is no way they will let you go home. So, your animals starve to death and you get robbed blind by looters. Screw that. We will leave only at gun point.

By the way: Looters will be shot on sight. Survivors will be shot again. (Just so you know…)

We don’t know what they may do to force us out. Perhaps cut our power. So, not knowing, this *may* be the last message out of our place for quite a while. I will continue to send updates as long as there is power and DSL service.

No one knows what this storm will do, least of all us. These monster storms are indeed a pain, but there is a certain price to pay everywhere. Blizzards, ice storms, tornados, earthquakes, what-have-you. All we can do is ask everyone to pray for us and the rest of the population of the Gulf Coast.

Keep us all in your thoughts!
Omar, out.  

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Wunderground’s computer models are predicting the impact of Hurricane “Dennis” to be East of Pensacola, FL. That would be a huge help for us, but bloody awful for those in Pensacola. There is still much un-repaired damage over there from Hurricane “Ivan“.

I’m still not much relieved for computer models are just that – models. With Mother Nature there no certain prediction. A direct hit on Mobile Bay is a mere twitch away in terms of a Catagory 4 or better storm. With such a monster the damage would be horrendous. Our favorite hangout, Dauphin Island would most surely cease to exist. It is nothing more than a small sandbar barrier island to begin with, no real stable soil. “Ivan” cut the West end of the island into many tiny bits. Sand Island, a wee spot in the Gulf has moved in so close that the water depth at the end of the pier on Dauphin Island has gone from 35 feet to a mere 18 inches! A strong storm that hits hard would likely leave nothing but floating debris around the remains of Fort Gaines. The last time we were down there someone was beginning construction of many condos next to the public beach. In order to lay a foundation they are sinking 750 pilings. Why so many? Well, none of them sit on anything but sand. The idea is that if they sink enough of them the building will have to stand. Sort of like pushing a hairbrush into the sand. I don’t see The Bull investing in one of those condos – or any other barrier island real estate!

Speaking of real estate… One thing that a direct hit on the Bay would do is thoroughly test Mobile’s supposedly “storm-proof” City Hall. You’d have to see this building to believe it. To me, the roof looks like someone has set a pair of huge jibs on the roof in order to catch a wind-powered ride up to Mongomery! Looks totally screwball to me, but what do I know? I’m just a cripple with too much time on his hands…

Omar, out.  

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Today, or rather “yesterday” was spent preparing for the arrival of a beast to be known as Hurricane Dennis and painting an antique bed frame for my daughter. All-in-all, the painting was more enjoyable. My day was tons better though than that of our British allies over in London. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Brits as they bury their dead and clean up the mess left by yet another cell of ball-less terrorist idiots.

Seriously, has anyone ever before seen such cowardness as what is shown daily by these militant Muslim asswipes? If I didn’t have anymore backbone than those towel-headed morons show I’d be praying to whatever Diety applied for either the miracle growth of one, or a sudden death in my sleep. Damned if I’d be wanting to take out innocent men, women, and children because of my own cowardace. I guess that is the difference between “Us” and “them” though, isn’t it? Sorry if that statement offeds the sensabilities of some of my more liberal readers, but facts are facts. With each and every terrorist attack the sane bits of Humanity see this entire thing as more and more an “The World” vs. “The Arabs“. It’s a shame, too. I’ve personally never met an Arab I didn’t like, yet recent affairs force me to watch each one I meet with a certain level of suspicion.

As for Hurricane “Dennis”, all I can say is that I’m worried. “Ivan” was plenty big enough a headache. Tomorrow we’ll board up the windows and then I’ll sit on a small stool of a while attempting to get the generator to fire off and run. Would have been nice to have had the season run as usual, but nooooo…. The bloody monsters come early this year. Something about this one worries me. Too close to the track of “Ivan”, I suppose. At any rate, please wish us well. We’ll need it!

Omar, out.  

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Tell me, what the heck are you thinking?!

If you are still using Internet Explorer you must not be thinking at all.

I just checked this blog on Internet Explorer only to find that the thing looks awful – again! Hours of work went into the CSS and then, two months later, IE has hacked it to pieces with its inability to maintain conformity to established rules.

Screw IE! Get Firefox – NOW!

Omar, out!  

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