About Sick of All This--But, It Is All God Stuff Ain't It

 
User avatar
freetown fred
Member
Posts: 30293
Joined: Thu. Dec. 31, 2009 12:33 pm
Location: Freetown,NY 13803
Hand Fed Coal Stove: HITZER 50-93
Coal Size/Type: BLASCHAK Nut

Post by freetown fred » Thu. Sep. 08, 2011 10:46 am

Yep, precisely 06--this is apparently surpassing that crest down around Binghamton--suns out here now & creeks have calmed to a mediocer roar--we'll see what the next 48 hrs bring, but I think we're pretty well done with the serious stuff. I'm about 20--30 minutes south of Cortland. The Tioughnioga is raising hell down in Marathon. That's my main river. Everything from up on the hill here has to go there. My shovel looks real similar to that last post pix ;)

 
User avatar
Rick 386
Member
Posts: 2508
Joined: Mon. Jan. 28, 2008 4:26 pm
Location: Royersford, Pa
Stoker Coal Boiler: AA 260 heating both sides of twin farmhouse
Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: LL Hyfire II w/ coaltrol in garage
Coal Size/Type: Pea in AA 260, Rice in LL Hyfire II
Other Heating: Gas fired infared at work
Contact:

Post by Rick 386 » Thu. Sep. 08, 2011 11:00 am

Ahhhhhhh Marathon..........

Got my first NY state driving ticket going through there. Damn cop sitting at the bottom of the hill on I-81 by the exit. :mad:

Rick

 
coalnewbie
Member
Posts: 8601
Joined: Sat. May. 24, 2008 4:26 pm
Location: Chester, NY
Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: LL AnthraKing 180K, Pocono110K,KStokr 90K, DVC
Hand Fed Coal Stove: Invader 2
Baseburners & Antiques: Wings Best, Glenwood #8(x2) Herald 116x
Coal Size/Type: Rice,
Other Heating: Heating Oil CH, Toyotomi OM 22

Post by coalnewbie » Thu. Sep. 08, 2011 11:32 am

that dozer is almost 50 tons...
Yes. my beat up old Cat (22 ton) 955h has wide tracks and big grousers and only exerts 9 psi plus a flotation effect if you keep moving. Goes where others fear to tread and I need that to survive.

 
User avatar
SMITTY
Member
Posts: 12520
Joined: Sun. Dec. 11, 2005 12:43 pm
Location: West-Central Mass
Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520 Highboy
Coal Size/Type: Rice / Blaschak anthracite
Other Heating: Oil fired Burnham boiler

Post by SMITTY » Thu. Sep. 08, 2011 11:37 am

Got 3.5" of rain last night!! Woke up to a foot of water in the street. Had to go out & play DPW again shoveling silt & mud. :roll:

Attachments

Flood 9 -'11, yard.jpg

Yard was raging torrent! This isn't bad compared to what it was earlier this morning.

.JPG | 77.7KB | Flood 9 -'11, yard.jpg


 
User avatar
freetown fred
Member
Posts: 30293
Joined: Thu. Dec. 31, 2009 12:33 pm
Location: Freetown,NY 13803
Hand Fed Coal Stove: HITZER 50-93
Coal Size/Type: BLASCHAK Nut

Post by freetown fred » Thu. Sep. 08, 2011 11:46 am

Know this Rick, the pecker head is still sitting there :( he got me for seatbelt a couple yrs back.Nice swale SMITTY ;)
Rick 386 wrote:Ahhhhhhh Marathon..........

Got my first NY state driving ticket going through there. Damn cop sitting at the bottom of the hill on I-81 by the exit. :mad:

Rick

 
Dann757
Member
Posts: 3363
Joined: Sat. Sep. 06, 2008 9:10 am

Post by Dann757 » Thu. Sep. 08, 2011 12:28 pm

I need to email my neice in Owego and see how that town is doing. She lives up on a mountain but her mom lives in town and barely escaped the last historic flood.

Plumber/ boiler installer was over there poking around. I just told him I took 25 gallons of water out of the system, and then another 5 to reset the auto feed. Then I told him his Taco circulator lasts one season. :lol: Then I left, I was sensing an accusatory stare from the guy.

Looking at the radar last night it looked more like NJ was getting lucky and NEPA and NYS were getting slammed!

Your farm is still beautiful Fred, even though it's a little damp right now 8-)

Is this the biblical flood? I've read that God doesn't interfere in human affairs, and wonder if it's the fault of the human collective consciousness. :cry:
Innyway, I bet Al Gore is jumping for joy these days.....

I hear ya Sam, about 1/2 hour of this torrential rain would put out all the fires in Texas :!:

Smitty's even getting hit up in Mass. :!:

 
User avatar
cArNaGe
Member
Posts: 1102
Joined: Wed. Dec. 12, 2007 11:34 pm
Location: Montrose, PA

Post by cArNaGe » Thu. Sep. 08, 2011 1:15 pm


 
User avatar
I'm On Fire
Member
Posts: 3918
Joined: Thu. Jun. 10, 2010 9:34 am
Location: Vernon, New Jersey
Hand Fed Coal Stove: DS Machines DS-1600 Hot Air Circulator

Post by I'm On Fire » Thu. Sep. 08, 2011 6:31 pm

Damn Fred, that's a lot of water. We should start charging people to go swimming. I'll bring the two docks. they are orange.


 
User avatar
freetown fred
Member
Posts: 30293
Joined: Thu. Dec. 31, 2009 12:33 pm
Location: Freetown,NY 13803
Hand Fed Coal Stove: HITZER 50-93
Coal Size/Type: BLASCHAK Nut

Post by freetown fred » Thu. Sep. 08, 2011 6:34 pm

I'm with ya my friend. Let's have at it ;)

 
User avatar
mozz
Member
Posts: 1351
Joined: Mon. Sep. 17, 2007 5:27 pm
Location: Wayne county PA.
Stoker Coal Boiler: Axeman Anderson 1982 AA-130 Steam

Post by mozz » Thu. Sep. 08, 2011 8:07 pm

We are up about 1900ft so only the small streams are roaring here. Down toward Scranton Wilkes Barre they are having it pretty bad, most likely worse than the flood of 72'. Go to WNEP tv16 website and scroll down to the 3 slideshows, gives you an idea, looks like most everyone is flooded down there.
**Broken Link(s) Removed**

**Broken Link(s) Removed**

 
User avatar
SMITTY
Member
Posts: 12520
Joined: Sun. Dec. 11, 2005 12:43 pm
Location: West-Central Mass
Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520 Highboy
Coal Size/Type: Rice / Blaschak anthracite
Other Heating: Oil fired Burnham boiler

Post by SMITTY » Fri. Sep. 09, 2011 7:27 am

Dann757 wrote: ........ Smitty's even getting hit up in Mass. :!:

Attachments

Flood 9 -'11, end of street 2.jpg

Hard to see, but that stone wall has become a dam - 2' of water behind it!

.JPG | 81.8KB | Flood 9 -'11, end of street 2.jpg
Flood 9 -'11, end of street.jpg

This normally goes UNDER the street ...

.JPG | 82.9KB | Flood 9 -'11, end of street.jpg
Flood 9 -'11, end of street 3.jpg
.JPG | 75.8KB | Flood 9 -'11, end of street 3.jpg
Flood 9 -'11.jpg

The pipe across the street - all coming from my yard

.JPG | 69.5KB | Flood 9 -'11.jpg

Post Reply

Return to “The Coffee House”