One of my sons and his family eat Skyline regularly otherwise I’d not know about it. I think he has a Skyline T-shirt. Tho I rarely eat out I have been with them to the Skyline up by Highbanks park in Columbus.
There's two in the eastern Cleveland metro area. Looks like those are the closet to Pennsylvania. Well, that's easy. Come to see the Steelers trounce the Browns and stop at a Skyline while you're in town.
She was a little closer to the eye. I know she expected to lose power for a couple of weeks, anyway. She's a veteran of these things.
Me? I'm a hurricanephobe. My dad thought it would be a good idea to go to a high rise hotel for a hurricane party near Corpus Christi when I was three. Then Hurricane Carla hit, blew out the windows, and went on for what seemed like forever. I've been terrified of the damned things ever since.
Unless I'm on a good ship at sea. My destroyer weathered the edge of a typhoon in the Pacific once. Compared to being on the coast, it was kind of fun, like a roller coaster ride. Of course, that's also when I discovered I don't get seasick. Otherwise, I'm sure my opinion might be very different.
It's one reason I live in Ohio. No full force hurricanes. Ever.
Hah! I basically sat in bed and listened. The danger was from trees. I am afraid of blizzards and tornadoes. Like when I lived in central Illinois. I felt aftershocks from earthquakes twice, in Tokyo, and did not like that one bit. Brains are not wired to take in the earth/building moving around.
I'm afraid of tornadoes too. I grew up in Texas and lived with the damned things. People there put trailers or aluminum sheds in their back yards because the tornado will almost always hit those before the house.
I used to be able to say the Lake Erie shoreline never got anything more than little twisters, but 5 tornados went through the area in July and knocked down most of the power lines and we went to that hotel in Akron where all the utility workers were.
But it's the first time that's happened in at least 20 years, so there's that.
Earthquakes? I was stationed in San Diego. They're even scarier.
I've been through many in Florida since '69 and a couple typhoons.while stationed in Okinawa with the Navy. No sea time for me as an Airedale Electrician in an P3 squadron.
We are heading back to our Pennsylvania roots soon. Twenty years of close calls ends after this, the closest of all storms. Too old to lose it all.
I was a twidget, and Electronics Technician. At least it guaranteed me air-conditioned spaces most of the time. The Great God Carrier was strong in the radar room.
I like Pennsylvania. I’ve mostly been in the western half, but from what I’ve seen it’s a beautiful state. Its winters are also warmer than you remember. Global warming is a thing.
I am fine. Just got power and internet back. More below, and thank you for asking, I appreciate it. Sheltering in St Pete sounds scarier than sheltering near Seffner. But the wind was everywhere, it seems. Glad you all are okay!!!!!
It was was a big blow for sure. My daughters house held up well. Dad will leave this world with that comfort.
I think Seffner and parts east of St. Pete has much more standing water as of now. Things in St. Petersburg are close to normal. Power for me will take awhile since I had electrical service equipment damage. Living on a generator for the time being.
Just now got internet!!!!! Got power yesterday! Lost both last Wednesday around 6pm.
The wind was fierce. Around midnight until 2am. Home did not even shake a little bit. Big trees more concerning, and one home did get smashed in this park, no word on injuries, but total loss of everything. We all found out that taking skirting off a home so it looks gap-toothed does not let the wind just pass through. People who did that had lots of skirting to replace. My son looked at next door's foray into that, and said nope. Did lose a lot of food. Damn. TECO/Spectrum/DeSantis, IMO, did/are doing a great job, despite not getting Kamala's phone bullshit. Trump paid for housing some of the volunteers for TECO, and I understand DeSantis told FEMA and Biden that NC needed more help than we did, which is quite true. My guys saw a very long line at the Publix deli pass TECO folks right up to the front.
Will be checking through my gigantic lump of emails, I need to unsubscribe from a lot. I do hate saying good-bye to the folks who, for instance, say an ex-lover is coming back. I had to figure out if I even WANTED anyone back and concluded the only two I would love to see again have extremely sadly passed on, and I don't think reincarnation was on the agenda. That would scare the crap out of me, methinks. The others - nah. Clickbait stuff, but fun to extrapolate for grins.
My sister lives in west Bradenton, and thus very close to landfall. She said wind was scary, so was listening for the speeding train sound of tornadoes.
Thanks for all the well wishes - I truly do believe they count.
I have a son and his best friend travelling in the US at the moment. Like most informed parents around the world, my concerns for their welfare stemmed, not from weather events, but from my general perception that the US is the one country in the world where death due to random violence seems to be the most likely. Having said that, I wish for all of you, safety.
I should distinguish here between what I call random violence and the not so random, such as the organised conflicts in the Ukraine (US orchestrated) and Israel. It is clear to the rest of the world that the genocide being perpetrated in Palestine has its genesis in the world's decision to recognise the state of Israel back in the mid 1940's. The violence meted out to the arab nations was only possible because of the support of the US. In my view, the day cannot come too quickly when the US as one national entity, ceases to exist. The fact that they have perpetrated violence throughout the world is indicative of how badly the 'leaders' have represented the people. This is a scourge that the human race can well do without. How does this come to be ? I think it has to start with education, how else to explain that your political and judicial halls are peopled by charlatans, aided and abetted by a captured media ?
The people would do well to develop a halfway decent education system so that they can recognise how badly they are being served.
I don't think "our" leaders even pretend to serve the people. There is pretty much a total disconnect; the elections are bread (for them) and circuses (for us). Perhaps the lockdown was supposed to instill some sort of country-wide obeisance. I don't think that worked. The folks who run the country have succeeded wildly in fomenting divisiveness. This keeps folks from looking at each other, not at them.
Best of times and best of luck to your son and his friend. Violence - my grandson is 6'4" and his bi-polar rages are epic. If he was out and about when that happened, he would be, at best, tased. His driver ID notes his problem, but the woman at the DMV agreed with us that thee police would only read that after they did something dreadful or drastic., and then try to hide it
I wonder, does the UK have an equally lacking education system, because it also seems like a random violence sort of country.
I am Australian (of Indian origin). The governments of 'the West' (Australia included) seem to be characterised by their mendacity. Australian politicians are not a lot better than American ones but what differentiates the Australian electorate from an American one is that we are, generally, better educated and better informed AND, by and large have a healthy disrespect for the political system, being a plain speaking and straight shooting people, we generally call out our politicians quite regularly. This has not stopped our media from being captured by political parties and big business. I think it would not be inaccurate to observe that the average Australian does not regard Rupert Murdoch well.
When I posted, I thought oops, that sounds like I think you are from the UK. Nope. I was just thinking about how f'ed up the UK sounds. Australia - more draconian Covid crackdown, it sounds like. Visited Australia/NZ for three weeks twenty-five years ago. Still enchanted.
I think the US government is so removed from the populace, and the election apparatus is so corrupt, that I wonder if better education can make a dent. Then again, I don't know what would make a dent. But voting in the US is just kabuki theater now. Once in Washington DC, politicians' main thrust is staying there, and collecting money, and voting as they are told.
Flooding and tornadoes make my neck hair stand up. A sleepy little relaxed town that catered to those seeking peace and rest on vacation, a favorite place of my family’s for the past 100 years, slid off its mountainside into its usually sparkling mountain river, washed downstream, and was deposited in the former gem of a mountain lake, now a sea of mud, detritus, and corpses. Many of my favorite places will never be seen again, many more of my favorite trails and vistas will remain stripped and ugly for longer than my life is likely to last.
"I'll have a 5 way with extra cheese" probably sounds dirty to anyone who hasn't been to Skyline.
Ever heard of chili parlors in the Cincinnati area ??
One of my sons and his family eat Skyline regularly otherwise I’d not know about it. I think he has a Skyline T-shirt. Tho I rarely eat out I have been with them to the Skyline up by Highbanks park in Columbus.
I'll keep that in mind when I get close to the Buckeye state. Would you happen to know of the closest one to the W. Pennsylvania line?
There's two in the eastern Cleveland metro area. Looks like those are the closet to Pennsylvania. Well, that's easy. Come to see the Steelers trounce the Browns and stop at a Skyline while you're in town.
djean111 unaccounted for?
I sheltered at my daughters place in St. Petersburg, it was a doozy with power and communications not yet fully restored.
Best to djean111!
She was a little closer to the eye. I know she expected to lose power for a couple of weeks, anyway. She's a veteran of these things.
Me? I'm a hurricanephobe. My dad thought it would be a good idea to go to a high rise hotel for a hurricane party near Corpus Christi when I was three. Then Hurricane Carla hit, blew out the windows, and went on for what seemed like forever. I've been terrified of the damned things ever since.
Unless I'm on a good ship at sea. My destroyer weathered the edge of a typhoon in the Pacific once. Compared to being on the coast, it was kind of fun, like a roller coaster ride. Of course, that's also when I discovered I don't get seasick. Otherwise, I'm sure my opinion might be very different.
It's one reason I live in Ohio. No full force hurricanes. Ever.
Hah! I basically sat in bed and listened. The danger was from trees. I am afraid of blizzards and tornadoes. Like when I lived in central Illinois. I felt aftershocks from earthquakes twice, in Tokyo, and did not like that one bit. Brains are not wired to take in the earth/building moving around.
Not having internet sucks bigly.
I'm afraid of tornadoes too. I grew up in Texas and lived with the damned things. People there put trailers or aluminum sheds in their back yards because the tornado will almost always hit those before the house.
I used to be able to say the Lake Erie shoreline never got anything more than little twisters, but 5 tornados went through the area in July and knocked down most of the power lines and we went to that hotel in Akron where all the utility workers were.
But it's the first time that's happened in at least 20 years, so there's that.
Earthquakes? I was stationed in San Diego. They're even scarier.
I've been through many in Florida since '69 and a couple typhoons.while stationed in Okinawa with the Navy. No sea time for me as an Airedale Electrician in an P3 squadron.
We are heading back to our Pennsylvania roots soon. Twenty years of close calls ends after this, the closest of all storms. Too old to lose it all.
Take care fellow squid.
I was a twidget, and Electronics Technician. At least it guaranteed me air-conditioned spaces most of the time. The Great God Carrier was strong in the radar room.
I like Pennsylvania. I’ve mostly been in the western half, but from what I’ve seen it’s a beautiful state. Its winters are also warmer than you remember. Global warming is a thing.
I am fine. Just got power and internet back. More below, and thank you for asking, I appreciate it. Sheltering in St Pete sounds scarier than sheltering near Seffner. But the wind was everywhere, it seems. Glad you all are okay!!!!!
It was was a big blow for sure. My daughters house held up well. Dad will leave this world with that comfort.
I think Seffner and parts east of St. Pete has much more standing water as of now. Things in St. Petersburg are close to normal. Power for me will take awhile since I had electrical service equipment damage. Living on a generator for the time being.
Be safe?
Just now got internet!!!!! Got power yesterday! Lost both last Wednesday around 6pm.
The wind was fierce. Around midnight until 2am. Home did not even shake a little bit. Big trees more concerning, and one home did get smashed in this park, no word on injuries, but total loss of everything. We all found out that taking skirting off a home so it looks gap-toothed does not let the wind just pass through. People who did that had lots of skirting to replace. My son looked at next door's foray into that, and said nope. Did lose a lot of food. Damn. TECO/Spectrum/DeSantis, IMO, did/are doing a great job, despite not getting Kamala's phone bullshit. Trump paid for housing some of the volunteers for TECO, and I understand DeSantis told FEMA and Biden that NC needed more help than we did, which is quite true. My guys saw a very long line at the Publix deli pass TECO folks right up to the front.
Will be checking through my gigantic lump of emails, I need to unsubscribe from a lot. I do hate saying good-bye to the folks who, for instance, say an ex-lover is coming back. I had to figure out if I even WANTED anyone back and concluded the only two I would love to see again have extremely sadly passed on, and I don't think reincarnation was on the agenda. That would scare the crap out of me, methinks. The others - nah. Clickbait stuff, but fun to extrapolate for grins.
My sister lives in west Bradenton, and thus very close to landfall. She said wind was scary, so was listening for the speeding train sound of tornadoes.
Thanks for all the well wishes - I truly do believe they count.
I have a son and his best friend travelling in the US at the moment. Like most informed parents around the world, my concerns for their welfare stemmed, not from weather events, but from my general perception that the US is the one country in the world where death due to random violence seems to be the most likely. Having said that, I wish for all of you, safety.
I should distinguish here between what I call random violence and the not so random, such as the organised conflicts in the Ukraine (US orchestrated) and Israel. It is clear to the rest of the world that the genocide being perpetrated in Palestine has its genesis in the world's decision to recognise the state of Israel back in the mid 1940's. The violence meted out to the arab nations was only possible because of the support of the US. In my view, the day cannot come too quickly when the US as one national entity, ceases to exist. The fact that they have perpetrated violence throughout the world is indicative of how badly the 'leaders' have represented the people. This is a scourge that the human race can well do without. How does this come to be ? I think it has to start with education, how else to explain that your political and judicial halls are peopled by charlatans, aided and abetted by a captured media ?
The people would do well to develop a halfway decent education system so that they can recognise how badly they are being served.
I don't think "our" leaders even pretend to serve the people. There is pretty much a total disconnect; the elections are bread (for them) and circuses (for us). Perhaps the lockdown was supposed to instill some sort of country-wide obeisance. I don't think that worked. The folks who run the country have succeeded wildly in fomenting divisiveness. This keeps folks from looking at each other, not at them.
Best of times and best of luck to your son and his friend. Violence - my grandson is 6'4" and his bi-polar rages are epic. If he was out and about when that happened, he would be, at best, tased. His driver ID notes his problem, but the woman at the DMV agreed with us that thee police would only read that after they did something dreadful or drastic., and then try to hide it
I wonder, does the UK have an equally lacking education system, because it also seems like a random violence sort of country.
I am Australian (of Indian origin). The governments of 'the West' (Australia included) seem to be characterised by their mendacity. Australian politicians are not a lot better than American ones but what differentiates the Australian electorate from an American one is that we are, generally, better educated and better informed AND, by and large have a healthy disrespect for the political system, being a plain speaking and straight shooting people, we generally call out our politicians quite regularly. This has not stopped our media from being captured by political parties and big business. I think it would not be inaccurate to observe that the average Australian does not regard Rupert Murdoch well.
When I posted, I thought oops, that sounds like I think you are from the UK. Nope. I was just thinking about how f'ed up the UK sounds. Australia - more draconian Covid crackdown, it sounds like. Visited Australia/NZ for three weeks twenty-five years ago. Still enchanted.
I think the US government is so removed from the populace, and the election apparatus is so corrupt, that I wonder if better education can make a dent. Then again, I don't know what would make a dent. But voting in the US is just kabuki theater now. Once in Washington DC, politicians' main thrust is staying there, and collecting money, and voting as they are told.
You make me proud to be a Buckeye.
Flooding and tornadoes make my neck hair stand up. A sleepy little relaxed town that catered to those seeking peace and rest on vacation, a favorite place of my family’s for the past 100 years, slid off its mountainside into its usually sparkling mountain river, washed downstream, and was deposited in the former gem of a mountain lake, now a sea of mud, detritus, and corpses. Many of my favorite places will never be seen again, many more of my favorite trails and vistas will remain stripped and ugly for longer than my life is likely to last.
He should identify as a black lesbian giraffe, name himself A$$WIPE, and be free in 24 hours.
An invitation to YOU to shut your mouth, get off your bucket and come fight!
Hi, I'm Dean Maughvet, a Jewish settler living in occupied Palestine.
Shortly, my comrades and I are going to launch a full-scale ethnic cleansing operation against the local Arab population.
If you give a damn, come do something about it!
Join your local army.
Or the French Foreign Legion.
Or ISIS.
Just stop with all the talk.
Show some integrity.
And prove you actually believe what you say.
https://savethehilltopyouth.substack.com/