goldie,

haven’t got rid of the oak tree, but it has been bucked and stacked.  that’s the two year supply of red oak firewood.

Most Floridians are troopers when it comes to hurricanes. The thing is so many come their way it’s hard to get serious till it gets close and it increases in size and or because they move around not sure where it’s gonna land. Harder to prepare for flooding though unlike quakes because storage underwater or floating out to sea will do little good if close enough to surge. Looks like your in a safe spot except maybe for falling trees lol Did you ever get rid of your Oak tree? I got my grandson a store type tire swing to put on the swing set and his dad moved it to a oak tree. Now I’m just hoping it’s steady cuz the oak trees here aren’t hollow. He said something about bracing it but didn’t see that although he’s got it attached somehow to two big branches. Funny I didn’t worry about falling branches when younger but do now.

“does anybody else build pantries?”

Living in the mountains as I do, some years ago I had a storage room built, 26′ by 10′ that is attached to my residence.  It is packed with the necessaries for survival.  In addition I have hundreds of books and more yarn for knitting and crochet projects than I will be able to use in my lifetime…for personal entertainment.

I hope Irma blows out to sea.

i’ve been living through florida’s hurricanes since 1944.  i live in the inside corner of the gulf coast, 40 miles from the beach, on high ground (110′ elevation is high ground for the gulf coast.  houston city hall is 47′ – the highest point in town.).  i built my house in the old time tested southern way, four feet above the ground on piers.

there are about a month worth of canned goods on hand, then a year or more of beans – rice – pasta – peanut butter – honey and other long storage stuff. if i run out of that, there’s the greenhouse and garden to replenish supplies.

i have two 300 gallon bulk tanks for gasoline, and fifty or sixty gallons of bottled drinking water.  then, it’s the 500 gallon rain catchment.  a couple of generators, a butane camp stove (only a couple dozen cartridges), a wood burning cookstove, and enough red oak firewood for a couple years.  (cooking and heating the house)

it’s not that i’m prepared for irma, it’s just that i live in the country, and there isn’t a grocery store just down the street.  over the years, i’ve learned to be prepared.  when i built my house, i built a big pantry.  does anybody else build pantries anymore?

Yeah it will if your not insured. You wont have to evacuate and will need to stay by your home or could be looted and fast. You can pitch up a tent if it’s not safe to be inside. Make sure you turn off the gas and have a wrench. If you strongly feel one maybe get quake insurance. In Sylmar a lot of people had to give us their homes because they had no quake insurance. In disasters it would be nice one if their forgiven their loan two if they can renovate and start over with some sort of gov loan that isn’t taking advantage. Also maybe order a water purifier. If the first killer doesn’t get you the second, disease can.

the attacks have already started. I’d bet Farmboy’s new patio that they will crush gold overnight tonight and tomorrow.

Clearly, gold backed Yuan for oil is meaningless.

The birds are now gone. If things hold true then we’ll have an earthquake in the next few hours. We’ll see.

In addition, we are under full smoky skies, mostly from fires in Montana but also apparently starting here now.

I don’t like the fear porn either, not one bit. I’ll tell you this though, if a large earthquake hits, it will feel like the apocalypse.

I agree with fear mongering. Politicians do it all the time to get people to submit to something that either steals their money or their rights and the sheep just follow along. But I’ve never seen so many quakes in Buygolds state. Very strange.

Here’s a good map and list below.
http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/#

State of Emergency for Florida with Erma on its way. Rain wind who know what. Hope your stocked up with portables lots of water, food and maybe a generator. And meds.

So you weren’t exhaguratimg when you said like The Birds. The quakes and that many are a concern. The ring of fire usually doesn’t bother this coast too much until winter which is strange your getting all these quakes mid summer. The fact that the birds are moving inland toward it or seemingly so is what’s weird. Less something’s going in somewhere else or a whole lotta fracking going on. Doesn’t explain the gulls, I don’t remember seeing gulls in Yellowstone. Is anyone looking for answers? I have to disagree with Treefrog if it is a big explosion with that site saying it could destroy anything 1000 miles away. If it is abig one and you have time maybe best to head to Oregon first then down if not in lower part of your state. If coming from the ocean best to avoid both Oregon and Calif lol

Why the US Dollar is About to Go Up, and the Euro Isn’t.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woutkoloLqw

Of course good points. No expectation Yellowstone is going to blow. Last time was 600K years ago.

Indeed, fear porn everywhere.

I will say this. I am here, and everything about the weather, the birds, the recent earthquakes, etc., is unusual.

Yes, surprised the dogs aren’t going nuts too, although my experience with them is that they wouldn’t start to get weird more than a half hour before a quake.

That being said, there are thousands of seagulls, not just a few. I’ve seen Seagulls here before, but just not this many and certainly not freaking out.

I guess we’ll see what happens in a few hours… 🙂

there has been a lot of fear porn about the yellowstone caldera in the media lately.   …and here at the oasis .

yes, yellowstone sits above a “hot spot” or magma plume.

yes, it blows up from time to time.    about once every million years.     it “could” blow this year.   – but figure the odds.

yes, when it blows, sometimes it blows up big time, spreading ash and devastation  for several hundred miles.  the word to watch is the “sometimes.”  this hotspot has erupted many hundreds of times.  the news and the fear porn likes to focus on the biggest, most scary events.  historically, the vast majority of eruptions have been smaller.  think mount st. helens.  it’s a bitch if you’re ten or fifteen miles downwind, but fifty miles away, you’ll hear about it on the news.

if you like having ulcers, yellowstone’s as good a thing to worry about as anything.  if you don’t like ulcers and worry, kick back, have a nice cool adult beverage, and enjoy labor day.

Did a quick search for a rational reason even though TV and the genius of surprise or things in front of you you didn’t give much thought had significance from some producers like Hitchcock can make scared things fun they’re really not in real life lol Fires, sudden food from land fills fishing that got around to the birds, something going on in the ocean, what?
I guess gulls aren’t uncommon in your state. Their reaction might be but they could be unfamiliar with the territory, it won’t be just birds that will act up, most animals will including your pets. If your dog wants to run off and acting upset for instance.

http://wtfamidoinginidaho.blogspot.com/2011/06/why-hell-are-there-seagulls-in-idaho.html?m=1

This is exactly what happened Saturday a few hours before the quakes started. Something is freaking them out. The web talks about “riding thermals” which makes sense because we live in the hills. Thermals though come from the ground up right?

These birds appear disoriented, and a seagull is rare here. Other birds also seem out of sorts.

FWIW – my dogs and dogs around the area aren’t freaking out.

I guess I’ll find out in a few hours

those little birdies may be trying to tell you something! creatures always become nervous before nature bellows! homo sapiens seem to have lost the ability.

rno

No sign of them yesterday. I’m wondering if the quakes aren’t coming again.

Out of curiosity started googling it. This map only shows the far upper eastern area of Your state in the immediate zone. I’d don’t know if I’d trust that after another I saw years ago. Visibility in the area of ash would also be bad would cause accidents I can pretty much guess.
It’s toward the bottom. If it does hit all the people would have to stock up on food.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3189619/What-happen-Yellowstone-s-supervolcano-erupted-Experts-warn-90-000-immediate-deaths-nuclear-winter-US.html

Stockman On The Donald’s ‘Seinfeld’ Tax Plan: “It’s A Big Show About Nothing”

Keep in mind it could cause quakes that could take down bridges.