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Post by busymom on Jun 24, 2024 11:30:26 GMT -5
Well, Timmer just completed a report, saying the tornadoes will most likely be a bit west & north of us, BUT, our area is supposed to get very heavy winds. This is bad, because we've had so much rain that heavy winds can take down trees. Trees won't snap off, but the entire tree goes down, and the roots come out of the ground. I've seen it, and unfortunately we've got a really big tree out front that I worry about whenever the winds get really bad. Of course the timing of this is right when DH will be driving home from work. That's what happens when he works the late shift. I found your friend's FB page, toomuchreality, so I'm following him now. Timmer says he's going to go live tonight beginning around 5 pm. It's gonna be a long night.
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Post by skeeter on Jun 24, 2024 11:55:37 GMT -5
Well, Timmer just completed a report, saying the tornadoes will most likely be a bit west & north of us, BUT, our area is supposed to get very heavy winds. This is bad, because we've had so much rain that heavy winds can take down trees. Trees won't snap off, but the entire tree goes down, and the roots come out of the ground. I've seen it, and unfortunately we've got a really big tree out front that I worry about whenever the winds get really bad. Of course the timing of this is right when DH will be driving home from work. That's what happens when he works the late shift. I found your friend's FB page, toomuchreality , so I'm following him now. Timmer says he's going to go live tonight beginning around 5 pm. It's gonna be a long night. What channel?
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Post by toomuchreality on Jun 24, 2024 11:58:38 GMT -5
The weather channel?
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Post by busymom on Jun 24, 2024 12:10:28 GMT -5
Nope, you can find Timmer on Facebook. You can find him under: Reed Timmer Extreme Meteorologist. The local news is finally admitting that we'll get some bad weather tonight. Winds here could hit 80 mph. Tagging skeeter and toomuchreality.
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Post by skeeter on Jun 24, 2024 12:27:33 GMT -5
Nope, you can find Timmer on Facebook. You can find him under: Reed Timmer Extreme Meteorologist. The local news is finally admitting that we'll get some bad weather tonight. Winds here could hit 80 mph. Tagging skeeter and toomuchreality . Thank you for replying! Not on Facebook. Don't live in your state, but we generally get your weather several hours after you do and local nerds are predicting bad weather here during the night so was hoping to follow path of storm. Stay safe!
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Post by busymom on Jun 24, 2024 12:36:54 GMT -5
They just expanded the bad weather into a certain state next door. So, basically the weather is lousy in the Midwest today into tomorrow. To add some drama, one of the dams in the southern part of the state just failed, so don't know what's gonna happen to folks downriver, but it's not good. We've had too much rain.
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Post by Sharon on Jun 24, 2024 12:43:54 GMT -5
Everyone in the path's of these storms stay safe and check in as you can.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jun 24, 2024 13:06:53 GMT -5
I watch Reed Timmer on YouTube sometimes, including yesterday. busymom I just saw the info on the dam break. You are not near that, right?
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Post by busymom on Jun 24, 2024 13:14:10 GMT -5
I watch Reed Timmer on YouTube sometimes, including yesterday. busymom I just saw the info on the dam break. You are not near that, right? Nope, but I checked in with DD, because her DH has some friends down there. There has been some freaky weather here this year. If Jim Cantore suddenly pops up on the coast, I'm going to declare that the apocalypse has arrived.
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Post by busymom on Jun 24, 2024 18:55:11 GMT -5
I'll be keeping Reed Timmer on as background noise tonight. Right now he's about 42 miles from Fargo. If he stays in that neck of the woods, that's ok with me, but it'll probably be a long night.
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Post by skeeter on Jun 25, 2024 7:34:05 GMT -5
How did you make out weather wise last night busymom? Hope your tree is still standing and the storm/s have moved out of your area. Our bad weather has been delayed till later this morning. Not sure why we didn't get it overnight as previously predicted, but supposed to get two separate rounds throughout the day today.
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Post by busymom on Jun 25, 2024 7:56:59 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! We are truly blessed here, skeeter. The bad weather stayed north of us, and moved east into a neighboring state. Reed Timmer didn't go near our community. I forgot to get a thing or two during my errand run yesterday. So today I'll try & finish my list.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jun 25, 2024 8:32:41 GMT -5
About 4 AM, I was rudely awakened by hail hitting my roof and hard rain.
That meant there were no cats in the bed.
There is no water in the basement and the sump pump is running.
Humidity and heat clashing make for lots of storms.
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Post by toomuchreality on Jun 26, 2024 13:54:32 GMT -5
I got my *new* car insured and the Sirius radio switched over. Both cars will have coverage until Sunday.
I'm going to the DMV later, this afternoon, to get the new car registered in my name.
So far things have gone smoothly, which I'm grateful for.
I have not actually driven my new car yet, myself. I've been too nervous and I didn't want to drive it in the dark, or before I got insurance on it. But I drove another Altima, day before yesterday and I really liked it. Yesterday, both DD1 and her wife drove my new car and said it was good.
I think it's funny that the first thing I thought of, when I saw the size of the trunk, was that it's big enough to put dead bodies in! (Only because there's talk on here, about needing freezer space. Not because I really would do it.) LOL
It's a nice car, with nice wheels and fairly low mileage. Well cared for.
Yay! I hope my mood improves now.
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Post by busymom on Jun 26, 2024 13:59:50 GMT -5
Good Afternoon Kids! Congratulations on getting a car, toomuchreality! I hope it serves you well for a long time. It's been a long day, but I had a good talk with DS's social worker, and we're trying to move forward on getting him set up in programs in the future. As a parent of a child with special needs, you always must be thinking ahead. Mom & Dad aren't going to be around forever, so we've gotta make sure they're ready to move on.
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Post by toomuchreality on Jun 26, 2024 15:13:14 GMT -5
Thanks.
I can't imagine all you are constantly doing, to meet your son's needs. I get exhausted with just my own wants and needs.
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Post by busymom on Jun 26, 2024 20:32:25 GMT -5
Thanks toomuchreality . You have to prepare, because you definitely don't want "the system" to make choices for you. I admit I AM tired tonight. Is it really only Wednesday?
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Post by Sharon on Jun 27, 2024 7:20:48 GMT -5
This hasn't been the best week and right now I'm just mentally exhausted. I've been having well and water issues all summer with various people out looking and working on my system. On Tuesday and then it was confirmed again yesterday that a lender wouldn't loan on my house because my well volume is too low. Because I went in to this house with such a large down payment the lender dropped all the inspection requirements on this house. I did inspections of course but didn't fully understand the ramifications of the well flow test since I haven't ever had a person well before. I really want to kick my realtor because she had to have known that rule based on how many properties in this area have personal wells. There have been multiple things that have come up that have told me she just wanted to make the sale at all costs and didn't really represent me as the buyer.
Tuesday the well pump guys came out and pulled the pipe to inspect everything and we ended up putting in a new pump. As part of the process they did discover that my well is partially caved in at the bottom. The main issue I've been having is that the well doesn't keep a steady pressure. I'm fine for household use but can't water my yard. They put in a new pump and upped it to a 2hp pump from a 1hp pump. They drained the well in 9 minutes. At that point we just decided to leave things as is and get a hold of the well drilling guys to have them send a camera down and see if the collapse could be cleaned out. The well drilling guy wasn't sure he could even position his trucks to where they would need to be to do the work. I would need to take out two trees to assist with this. There also wouldn't be any guarantee that it would work.
It basically came down to the decision try to clean out the collapse for approx $13000 and if it didn't work then we would need a need well or just go straight to the new well which will be around $17000 to drill. I'm getting a new well. I don't have an estimate yet from the well pump people on what it will cost for them to do there part. DSIL also needs to peel back a bunch of fence so they can get their big trucks into the pasture. The cows will be confined to the front pasture for a while. Sorry for the long rant but I kind of just needed to get it all out.
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Post by toomuchreality on Jun 27, 2024 7:32:03 GMT -5
This hasn't been the best week and right now I'm just mentally exhausted. I've been having well and water issues all summer with various people out looking and working on my system. On Tuesday and then it was confirmed again yesterday that a lender wouldn't loan on my house because my well volume is too low. Because I went in to this house with such a large down payment the lender dropped all the inspection requirements on this house. I did inspections of course but didn't fully understand the ramifications of the well flow test since I haven't ever had a person well before. I really want to kick my realtor because she had to have known that rule based on how many properties in this area have personal wells. There have been multiple things that have come up that have told me she just wanted to make the sale at all costs and didn't really represent me as the buyer.
Tuesday the well pump guys came out and pulled the pipe to inspect everything and we ended up putting in a new pump. As part of the process they did discover that my well is partially caved in at the bottom. The main issue I've been having is that the well doesn't keep a steady pressure. I'm fine for household use but can't water my yard. They put in a new pump and upped it to a 2hp pump from a 1hp pump. They drained the well in 9 minutes. At that point we just decided to leave things as is and get a hold of the well drilling guys to have them send a camera down and see if the collapse could be cleaned out. The well drilling guy wasn't sure he could even position his trucks to where they would need to be to do the work. I would need to take out two trees to assist with this. There also wouldn't be any guarantee that it would work.
It basically came down to the decision try to clean out the collapse for approx $13000 and if it didn't work then we would need a need well or just go straight to the new well which will be around $17000 to drill. I'm getting a new well. I don't have an estimate yet from the well pump people on what it will cost for them to do there part. DSIL also needs to peel back a bunch of fence so they can get their big trucks into the pasture. The cows will be confined to the front pasture for a while. Sorry for the long rant but I kind of just needed to get it all out.
Ugh. Good luck with all of that! Years ago, I went from city water (all my life) to well water, which I really didn't understand, for a few years. Then we moved and went back to city water. For me, that was such a relief. I truly wish you all the best with this. How many cows do you have?
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Post by Sharon on Jun 27, 2024 7:41:52 GMT -5
I have two cows, actually 1 is mine and 1 is DD's. I provide the pasture and the daily care, DD and DSIL take care of the one off's that I can't necessarily do. Things like spraying them for flies, fixing sprinkler heads, tightening fences, and hay just magically shows up when it is needed. We then split the costs. They do a good job of keeping the pasture down so I don't need to mow it, and it reduces fire danger from having an over grown pasture.
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Post by jerseygirl on Jun 27, 2024 8:01:16 GMT -5
Good to drill a new well. Better than spending almost as much for collapse that might not fix problem. Could the new bigger pump be used for the newly dug well? Would save some money We’ve had wells all our married life. Have replaced pump due to lightning strike and just failure twice. I like our cold well water. Dislike the chlorine in city water. I can taste it immediately
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Post by Sharon on Jun 27, 2024 8:31:46 GMT -5
Good to drill a new well. Better than spending almost as much for collapse that might not fix problem. Could the new bigger pump be used for the newly dug well? Would save some money We’ve had wells all our married life. Have replaced pump due to lightning strike and just failure twice. I like our cold well water. Dislike the chlorine in city water. I can taste it immediately The plan is to use the new pump in the new well. I was also glad to find out I don't have to pay to decommission the old well. They said they would just put the cap back on and just leave things as they are.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jun 27, 2024 9:27:02 GMT -5
I'm sorry you have to drill a new well but I would also spend the additional money for a new well as opposed to attempting to fix the old well.
Sister and BIL had to dig a new well because they had run their well dry. They had to go a lot deeper to get adequate water than the old well was.
I am a city person and know next to nothing about wells. I made a mistake in buying a house with a sump pump and it's cost me. I have not made a mistake and had my own well and septic system.
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Post by toomuchreality on Jun 27, 2024 10:25:14 GMT -5
I need to go to the office and update the info for my parking permit, so I can park my new car in the parking garage.
Last night I had to park on the street, 1 1/2 blocks away.
My new car is in the shop. W discovered an oil leak. I hope it isn't serious.
They'll look the car over, while they have it.
DDIL has been an absolute gem, helping me with all of this.
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Post by toomuchreality on Jun 27, 2024 11:40:51 GMT -5
I need to go to the office and update the info for my parking permit, so I can park my new car in the parking garage. Last night I had to park on the street, 1 1/2 blocks away. My new car is in the shop. W discovered an oil leak. I hope it isn't serious. They'll look the car over, while they have it. DDIL has been an absolute gem, helping me with all of this. Yay! The oil leak is just due to the filter not being put on properly, when the oil was changed last. They looked the car over and said everything looks good! I went to the office to update the paperwork, so I can park in the garage. She handed me a piece of paper and asked me to write down the info about my new car. DUH! Last night, they wouldn't take the info from me over the phone. Said I had to go in and do it. Then today, I write the year, make and model on a note pad, along with the license plate number and that's it?! I couldn't park in the garage, because she was too lazy to take the info over the phone! This place, makes me crazy! I need to go to the bank and sign over the check I got for my old car, to DD1 and DDIL. And I need to go pick up my car, later today. So far, it's been a good day. I'm glad. Temps are only supposed to get into the low 90's today. My A/C works great!
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Post by Sharon on Jun 28, 2024 8:52:38 GMT -5
Provided the well drilling people finish up their current job today as expected they will be at my house Monday morning. This week has been so stressful that I decided to take all of next week off. Originally I was supposed to be off Thurs and Fri for the holiday. Then I had decided to add Wednesday and yesterday I decided it was going to be the whole week.
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Post by toomuchreality on Jun 28, 2024 15:09:21 GMT -5
I've been at DD1s today. We ran errands. Her power was out, so it's good I had my car there.
We attempted to deposit the check I had for the car I sold, into her account, but they wouldn't take it because my name isn't on her account. So we took it to my bank to cash it.
Tomorrow, I'll go back over and watch their dogs, while they go to a concert.
Tonight I'm going to DD2s to watch her girls, while they go to a party at the neighbor's.
It's been a busy day.
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Post by busymom on Jun 28, 2024 15:29:48 GMT -5
Good Afternoon Kids! It was so cloudy & gloomy here this morning that I could hardly see the paperwork on my desk. Now, the sun has finally broken through the clouds, but now the humidity is amping up. It could be an interesting weekend.
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Post by toomuchreality on Jun 28, 2024 18:47:23 GMT -5
Well, I had a change of plans. As I was driving to DD2s, she contacted me, saying they decided not to go to the party, so I didn't need to come.
Since they live so far away, I got off the freeway and came back home. Otherwise, I would have gone to their house and just visited.
At least she knows I was willing to do it.
I miss them. It's been quite awhile since I've seen them.
I love my new car. But I have a lot to figure out, about using it.
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