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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 10:35 pm
Good to hear TheKid is home, safe!!
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 10:36 pm
Hoping, hoping, hoping, hoping...
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 11:11 pm
Ack, crap, did you guys see the rescue of the mother and two month old baby? Fire fighters had them in a raft, mother holding the baby, raft overturns throwing the mother and baby out. She managed not only to hold onto him but got to her feet in swift moving water until another fire fighter, without any saftey lines, struggled out, grabbed the baby, and fought his way back. They think mother and baby were in the water for 15 minutes though looks like both are just fine. Gave me a scare just sitting here watching it though!
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 11:24 pm
Sea, she's not home!! That's why I've been so worried! She's in CA until Thursday night! blech!! Hate that drive under good circumstances! She's also so worried about her dad and wants to be here...very stressful. War, I would have peed my pants!!! How frightening!!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, January 10, 2005 - 11:59 pm
By Thursday night there shouldn't be any problems for them going home. I'm kinda jealous you have an appointment with the adjuster already, Sea! I still haven't heard from ours, though after seeing some of the devestation around the state, I know ours is fairly minor compared to that, and it will knock us down on the list some. We can wait though at least our house is still standing and we have most the leaking under control.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 12:18 am
Oh Crap Kstme.. I read that wrong, thought she was home and telling you all about the experience.. what about her dad?? Any Way to convince her to stay in CA? At least here, Wed and Thurs are predicted to be good weather, but not sure about between her and Vegas.. maybe we need to send Bill and Pamy to hold her down? They aren't far from Ontario. Sandy I just saw that!! That tiny baby and they guy was holding on for dear life as he fought his way thru the running water.. he said just no time to wait for safety lines.. had to get that baby. Yikes.. the entire town of Lake Piru is being evacuated.. a damn is "cresting" which I assume means close to overflowing.. Mudslilde in Glendale.. huge multistory multimillion $ home hanging over... a hill..
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 12:21 am
Actually he would have come out tomorrow, the claims adjuster, but he was pretty busy.. and is stacking up appts for Thurs too.. and he's sure he'll be even busier after tonight and tomorrow's rain. He works out of Irvine. I dunno maybe we are so densely populated that we have more adjusters around?
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 12:40 am
On my way to work this morning (which is a 15 min ride), I drove through torrential rain and fog, then all of a sudden a burst of sunshine and the most awesome rainbow I've ever seen. This rainbow was brilliant in its colors and it seemed like I was driving right into the red/orange part!! And then just like that...BOOM!....another dose of torrential rains! I just knew there would be lots of trouble today with mudslides and loss of homes, but I didn't think it would involve loss of life.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 12:52 am
WOW.. I saw a great rainbow the other day.. I drove Zmom and Zachary home from the doctor and it rained heavily on the way to their place.. luckily there was a covered area where I could let them out.. then I got just a few blocks away, there was sun and.. RAINBOW!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 12:59 am
He was awesome! Not only to jump in and get the baby but to bring it out ok and crying, I about broke down watching it. Allstate had called in 5 extra adjusters the week after Christmas to help out. As far as I can tell, they are going by city/area, worst hit? Eggie, how cool! After the ugly skies we've had it must have been nice to see that. Kstme, what the heck is thekid doing out here? Did she finally run away with the Hell's Angels? If you talk to her again tell her I said she better be careful going home or I'm gonna have to come out there and kick her.
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 8:19 am
This morning, schools have been closed in Mesquite and Moapa because of flooding. They are 90 and 60 miles NE of us, respectively. I understand St. George, UT has had some major flooding, too. Yep, we're still raining... I can't even imagine what an adjuster must be feeling this week!! Where to begin and how to get to everyone! It must be overwhelming!! Eggie and Sea, the rainbows must have been awesome!! LOL, War! Almost! Harley sent her there for classes. She's gonna git un ejumacashun!!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 12:11 pm
LOL, might have been more fun for her if she had finally run off with them! I was up all night with Kota sick. I know at 5am or so it was still nasty out, rain and howelling wind. Finally went to sleep around 6 and when I got up about an hour ago, we have some clear skies. Still lots of clouds coming over the mountains, but it doesn't look like it's rained outside since early this morning. It's still windy out there, and cold! Don't know if it's supposed to rain or not later? I haven't really had the chance to watch the news. I'm thinking the adjusters must be going nuts by now. They've had so many claims and most likely more to come.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 12:13 pm
Today it is bright and sunny and very windy.. windchimes and twirly thingamabobs all getting a workout!! The paper says "morning rain and afternoon showers".. I hope if it does rain more it is overnight, because I'm taking Miss Critter to the vet tomorrow and she's gonna be vocal enough without adding in rain!
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 12:30 pm
I saw that video of that mudslide in Cali last night,I swear I thought I was seeing more tsunami footage! I hope it stops and stops for good!
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 12:44 pm
That mudslide footage was on BBC news and German news. I thought of all of you out there as I saw the report on Munich TV.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 1:00 pm
Well, I'll be gosh darned. We are finally getting blue skies with that big bright ball in the middle! SUN!! OMG!! We had a wild night. Wind and driving rain woke me at 2am; freaked the cats out enough that the three of us didn't sleep much till 4:30 (when we gave up and got up). Forecase... finally!!! Chance (slight!) of showers today (mostly in the foothills so I doubt if I'll see any) and then chance tonight. And then... NO RAIN FORECAST all the way thru to Sunday night (which is as far as my WeatherBug goes!). WHOO HOO!! No more nekkid sun dances needed! <wink>
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 1:40 pm
Whoo hoo on the no rain til at least Sunday night! I know there are many parts of California that just can't handle anymore rain right now. We need a chance to dry out some. Rescue workers in La Conchita had to stop last night because more rain was coming down and the mountain wasn't safe for them to be there. Last I'd seen on the 11pm news was that there was 3 dead, they thought up to 12 missing but they really weren't sure how many were actually missing. Hopefully the clear skies will give them a chance to get in there and do what they can. Costa, if you've been doing the nekkid sun dance, thank you! LOL, something had to have worked.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 1:58 pm
"It never rains in California" was just playing on the radio here in my hotel in Munich. How ironic!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 6:31 pm
I've been doing the nekkid sun dance, so you are definitely welcome! I'm glad it finally worked (I think my neighbors were thinking of locking me up! <grin>). And the Beach Boys were liars. However, it never rains quite as much as this. When everyone is talking about building arks 'n all, y'know?
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 7:03 pm
I saw the mudslide, too. AWFUL! I don't feel a bit sorry for adjusters. They aren't very well liked in my area. EVEN the adjusters from the BIG companies..(Good Neighbor comes to mind) I've just seen so many people being given a very hard time. I just hope you all have it better. (sorry about the soap box here)
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 7:12 pm
Costa, I think it was David Cassidy that sang It Never Rains in California.
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 7:21 pm
Costa and Twinkie....I thought it was someone else (neither the beach boys or David Cassidy), but can't think of the name of the artist. lol But Costa, someone is a fibber (is that a word and if so how to spell?), that's for sure :>). eta: someone fibbed lol
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 7:53 pm
But the lyrics go on to say "it pours".. and it did.. ALBERT HAMMOND lyrics - "It Never Rains In Southern California" Got on board a westbound 747 Didn't think before deciding what to do Ooh, that talk of opportunities TV breaks and movies Rang true Sure rang true Seems it never rains in southern California Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before It never rains in California But girl don't they warn ya It pours, man it pours Out of work, I'm out of my head Out of self respect, I'm out of bread I'm underloved, I'm underfed, I wanna go home It never rains in California But girl don't they warn ya It pours, man it pours [Instrumental Interlude] Will you tell the folks back home I nearly made it Had offers but didn't know which one to take Please don't tell 'em how you found me Don't tell 'em how you found me Gimme a break, give me a break Seems it never rains in southern California Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before It never rains in California But girl don't they warn ya It pours, man it pours
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 9:28 pm
And boy did it pour tonight! We were cooking dinner, I had put a pot of water on to boil, we were watching the neighbor boy take his dog on a walk and had commented on how big the dog was. It was dry out. Before the water could boil, it had started pouring, neighbor boy got back soaking wet and the street was flooded. Heavy rain and hard wind lasted for about half an hour and then it stopped. Still windy as heck here and not sure it's going to rain again tonight, but for about half an hour it was really bad.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 2:03 am
I knew it wasn't the Beach Boys. I'm a bit of an expert on them. Long story.
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