You Boys Are All In My Will

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:41 pm

Yep, I might be floating away. This area of Pa. is about to get the most direct hit from a Hurricane since 1693 and I have no idea how they figured that one out. All other hurricanes have been "pass bys". My better half is all worked up over the power outages, whatever.

The mayor of Philadelphia has been on the news all day telling people, "Make a plan and have it ready by 2 pm tomorrow.

Mandatory evactuations in low lying areas take effect tomorrow. Looks like he is trying to save his azz as another New Orleans/Katrina is headed our way. This is gonna be a good one. Good thing Philly is 30 miles from me.

I'm always ready. Generator, 100 gallons of gas (including whats in the 3 Jeeps) mega amounts of food, guns and ammo, propane, wood, 200 gallons of water.......................on and on. We are expecting 6-10" of rain with 80 mph sustained winds.

So...............first come--first dibs. Get your name on the list.

1.) Raven 25 auto (chrome finish)

2.) Bersa 380. optional "homi boy sights"

3.) Cresent 12 ga double (6" barrel and very short stock)

4.) Mossberg .22 short single shot

5.) Bay State Arms 16 ga. single shot (missing hammer)

6.) car- '76 Lincoln Continental 400,000 miles (on cinder blocks)

Our rancher is brick all the way around with dual pane Pella windows. We will be OK. For real-----------pray for the people who may be in harms way.--------------------Sixgun

Post by **Hobie** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:44 pm

Take pictures and take care of the pooches!

yooper2 · Post by **yooper2** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:49 pm

Batten down the hatches and take care!

Eric

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:53 pm

Hobie wrote:Take pictures and take care of the pooches!

You got that right and thats my better halfs big worry. They all know the way to the basement. Gonna be tough gettin' her horse down there.

Some things just have to take care of themselves the best they can.----------Sixgun

madman4570 · Post by **madman4570** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:59 pm

Hang tight bro!-------Praying for ya!

Praying for everyone!

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 8:09 pm

The latest "predicted path" of the thing lloked to me as if it gonna skirt us by about 50 miles as far as the potent part was concerned . But as anyone that watches the weather service knows that can change easily by the time it gets here and may have been totally wrong to begin with !

I'm more worried about one of my treestands chained to a tree in Dorchester County Maryland on the eastern shore then I am about the house here

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 8:10 pm

Praying for everyone, stay safe bro.

ollogger · Post by **ollogger** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 8:29 pm

Ill take the raven, sounds like a hottie
I hope the cold front keeps it at bay, it sounds like your well perpaired & maybe off the path
of that monster, we get lots of 80 mph winds here, but its always dry here & things dont up root
I cant imangine a storm like that, take care Jack

ollogger

Malamute · Post by **Malamute** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 8:31 pm

Hey, I'm in for the Raven! They're a real classic!

Stay safe.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 8:34 pm

Prayers up for ya there Jack. My son is kinda stuck in his truck down my Elkton, MD. I'm gonna not worry. Yeah, right!

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 8:43 pm

Agnes hit there back in '72. Doesn't anyone there remember that?

Wilkes Bare got hit really hard then. My biology teacher's parents lived there then.

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 9:03 pm

Keep your powder dry.

damienph · Post by **damienph** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 9:39 pm

Do you still have the wheels for the Continental? If not put me down for the Homey Boy Bersa; actually shouldn't they go together?

Be careful, you may be 50 miles from Philly but storms do some unexpected stuff sometimes. Take care!

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 10:20 pm

I know you're not in a typical "hurricane prone" area, but I've never understood why people build houses in those areas and don't put good old-fashioned shutters on their windows, so they don't have to panic and nail up plywood every year or so.

madman4570 · Post by **madman4570** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 10:25 pm

Boy, would I hate to be a looter and thinking your place be easy pickings

Panzercat · Post by **Panzercat** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 10:51 pm

lol, not gonna put my name on any list. You'll be fine

earlmck · Post by **earlmck** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:13 am

Naw, don't need to be in your will, Sixgun. But just in case, would you send me the GPS coordinates of your ingot pile? News here is making it sound like there won't be anything left standing in the eastern quarter of the country. But I'll bet a lit' ole hurricane won't move that lead pile very far

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:39 am

You anchor that house to the ingot pile, and it's not going anywhere

(Be careful, Brother)

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 5:05 am

Pitchy wrote:Praying for everyone, stay safe bro.

+ 1, dips on the 16GA....just in case.

Gobblerforge · Post by **Gobblerforge** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:45 am

You'll be fine, but just in case, put me down for any anvils you might have.

Gobbler

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 7:34 am

Sixgun, it does sound like you are ready for just about anything. My stepdaughter lives in Baltimore, going to grad school at Johns Hopkins. I was already worried, then a pal who used to be an LEO in Baltimore told me that when a storm shuts that city down, the vermin really come out to prey.
So I'm prayin' too!

gundownunder · Post by **gundownunder** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:06 am

If your prepared, just keep your head down during the storm, and your guns loaded after, and you'll be fine.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 10:12 am

earlmck wrote:Naw, don't need to be in your will, Sixgun. But just in case, would you send me the GPS coordinates of your ingot pile? News here is making it sound like there won't be anything left standing in the eastern quarter of the country. But I'll bet a lit' ole hurricane won't move that lead pile very far

OK, you and Blaine can have the ingot pile.

Bill in Oregon----vermin?? That pretty much describes Balt., Philly, Pittsburg and about any other major city on the East.

Rusty---I remember Agnes in '72. I was a senior in HS and we spent the day driving around in my '63 Nova slamming down beers.

damienph--Ok, the Bersa and the Lincoon be yo's. (can't find the wheels)

On a serious note, the news people have been playing wolf with us for so long its hard to believe what the heck is gonna happen. Last year it was Irene and the most we got was 40 mph winds and 4 inches of rain.

If it DOES happen the way the news is saying its gonna happen, there is gonna be trouble. Most all the houses built around here in the last 30 years are all "stick houses". You know, plastic siding, Tyvek, and particle board 2 X 4's. Maybe a little fake stone that 2" thick on the front.l

----------Sixgun

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:27 am

With Irene it hit us here in NC first taking some of the sting out of it. Sandy is running out to sea just skimming the coast. I can say it has dumping a fair amount of rain here since yesterday morning and was pretty gusty last night.

Post by **Old Savage** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:38 am

Well OK - I'll take the Colt SAA in 45 Colt but you will be OK. Hoping this really disrupts the Philly vote.

1894 · Post by **1894** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:19 pm

Saw a convoy of tree trimmin' crews with bucket trucks and big wood chippers headed down I 81 from Syracuse this morning .

That Irene , she dumped a LOT of rain east of us in NY , messed up things pretty bad. Town streets turned into raging rivers .

Hope and pray all the members here are on high ground .

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 2:28 pm

Well,, I've had the Weather Channel on this afternoon and it really does look pretty serious. Be extra careful Sixgun!

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 2:31 pm

I know you know this, but, get your good chit off the floor in the basement

1894c · Post by **1894c** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 3:42 pm

put me down for the "Raven"...prayers sent... :)

rossim92 · Post by **rossim92** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 3:52 pm

put me down for the crescent, prayers be with you. The eye of the storm will pass us just above in Delaware.

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 3:53 pm

1894 wrote:Saw a convoy of tree trimmin' crews with bucket trucks and big wood chippers headed down I 81 from Syracuse this morning .

That Irene , she dumped a LOT of rain east of us in NY , messed up things pretty bad. Town streets turned into raging rivers .

Hope and pray all the members here are on high ground .

I counted 33 power Co. trucks heading East on the Ohio TP on a two exit run.

Good luck Bro and make sure you have enough life jackets for all those puppies!!!

jb

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 4:32 pm

One things for sure here in central Virginia !

Regardless of whether we get much of it or not based on the winds we've been getting since last night , there won't be a leaf left on a tree by wednesday afternoon !

So I'll only need to clean the yard of leaves once more this year

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 5:40 pm

Well boys, its raining pretty good right now. Spent the day climbing my favorite maple tree and running a stainless 1/4" cable around it, nailin'/screwin' up the doors to the barn, put the loader on the tractor, parked the wife's Jeep out in the front yard away from the trees, (mine are in the garage

) talked on the phone with a mess of people and one of them, my bud Tom, who owns Targetmaster told me he could care less about his own house, he's worrying about the gunshop!

, filled up two more 55 gallon barrels with H2o, washed all of our clothes, and talked strategy with my better half. Got more to do.......................Sixgun

The city of N.Y is in for a ride--------12 foot storm surge! subways flooded............its gonna be a mess all over. Remember......the Northeast is where most of the people and business's are, kinda like the hub of the country and we............never had anything of this magnitude. Our infratructure was not made for heavy flooding.

cas · Post by **cas** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:37 pm

Oh it's awful here! No food! No heat! No gasoline! Fortunately I'm used to it by now.

Rimfire McNutjob · Post by **Rimfire McNutjob** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 7:01 pm

That list looks suspiciously short. It's at least missing a 25-20 cat rifle and every bullet mold ever made.

Take care up there. That storm dumped some nice rain here but that's about it. Looks like you all will be getting hit harder.

We took several hits back in 2004 and so I put in a big fixed Onan generator with an automatic transfer switch. The first hurricane took my power for 3 days and the second for a full day as well. Turns out, that's the secret. No hurricane has come anywhere near here since I installed that thing and the power has only gone out once for about 10 minutes since. Had I not put it in, I'm sure we'd have seen more storms. You know how that goes.

Post by **Chuck 100 yd** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 7:02 pm

You people in harms way are on my mind,prayers up.

Birdman · Post by **Birdman** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 7:11 pm

Most all the models show it making the hard left turn and hitting the East Coast hard. I'm praying the jet stream that is coming your way will keep it from hitting land and keep her out at sea. Good luck!

Ji in Hawaii · Post by **Ji in Hawaii** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 7:12 pm

Sixgun wrote:Yep, I might be floating away. This area of Pa. is about to get the most direct hit from a Hurricane since 1693 and I have no idea how they figured that one out. All other hurricanes have been "pass bys". My better half is all worked up over the power outages, whatever.

I'm always ready. Generator, 100 gallons of gas (including whats in the 3 Jeeps) mega amounts of food, guns and ammo, propane, wood, 200 gallons of water.......................on and on. We are expecting 6-10" of rain with 80 mph sustained winds.

So...............first come--first dibs. Get your name on the list.

1.) Raven 25 auto (chrome finish)

2.) Bersa 380. optional "homi boy sights"

3.) Cresent 12 ga double (6" barrel and very short stock)

4.) Mossberg .22 short single shot

5.) Bay State Arms 16 ga. single shot (missing hammer)

6.) car- '76 Lincoln Continental 400,000 miles (on cinder blocks)

Our rancher is brick all the way around with dual pane Pella windows. We will be OK. For real-----------pray for the people who may be in harms way.--------------------Sixgun

Put me down for the Mossberg .22 short single shot!

You'll be okay if it's turns out anything like my tsunami warning lastnight.

gundownunder · Post by **gundownunder** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 7:30 pm

Man, I just looked at a weather map

Looks like you folks are in for one hell of a ride.
I hope after the Katrina experience the US government has got its act together and can respond with aid immediately and restore some form of order quickly after the event.

Good luck to you all, and hope to see you safe after the event.

Post by **Old Savage** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 7:42 pm

Thing that seems to overlooked about Katrina is that the help had to come through the ongoing path of the storm. Having bee in the NG I wondered how that was supposed to happen. Not so here.

Post by **Old Savage** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:29 pm

They claim this will go all the way across PA.

geobru · Post by **geobru** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:58 pm

Jack,
You take care and be safe.

Geobro

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:59 pm

gundownunder wrote:Man, I just looked at a weather map
Looks like you folks are in for one hell of a ride.
I hope after the Katrina experience the US government has got its act together and can respond with aid immediately and restore some form of order quickly after the event.

Ha! Osama/obama has been on TV promising "instant aid".

The mayor of Philly has been talking nonstop. Those boys are worried.......and rightfully so. We have a very LARGE population of individuals who need instructions on how to wipe themselves after a biological movement. Ain't like the west (except calif.---- OS, your not in that group

) or the south where folks know how to take care of themselves. This is the area where many have their "hands out" and waiting for freebies and instructions on how to get the freebies.

The storm surge still has 16 hours before it really hits the Jersey shore and they are flooded out NOW.

CAS--how 'ya farin up there in Bloomburg land?

I'm thinking about Mike (uncowboy) in Jersey. Before this is over we just might see him floatin' over here to the Pa. side.

I was just outside checkin' on our horse and the ground is soaked. The plant called and said "no work tomorrow" yippie!!!!!!!!!!! Like a kid when theres a snowstorm! Funny thing, the bossman calls me and asked if I could come in early (2:00 am) and unload a mess of trucks and put the soda pop back in the warehouse. I tell him, "leave it alone as the roof in the warehouse is in worse shape than the trailers." And no, I have no interest in coming to work.......at all. Obama destroyed me the last 4 years. I WANT and DEMAND my free chit!

Well, I'm hittin' the sack.........big day tomorrow!-----------Sixgun

p.s.--The guns on the list are imaginary. I won't own junk!

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 10:45 pm

This stuff needs to come on thru and let me get the yard cleaned up by friday afternoon !

Saturday is the ML opener in Virginia as well as the annual Montpelier Hunt Races !

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:45 pm

Best of luck to you sixgun. It does sound like you are pretty well squared away so you're ahead already. Stay safe!

Gobblerforge · Post by **Gobblerforge** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 5:30 am

Old Savage wrote:They claim this will go all the way across PA.

Sweet! We don't get huricane partys here in Ohio much. Surf's Up!!

Gobbler

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:44 am

Gobblerforge wrote:
Old Savage wrote:They claim this will go all the way across PA.
Sweet! We don't get huricane partys here in Ohio much. Surf's Up!!
Gobbler

Gobblerforge, your new anvil is in the "Official Leverguns Hurricane Post"

fordwannabe · Post by **fordwannabe** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 12:31 pm

Sixgun I don't want any part of that will of yours. I hope you come through with flying colors, cause I care, well and err uhmm, you never know what obsolete caliber I might find, and Uhh well..... I care. Tom good luck brother!

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:24 pm

fordwannabe wrote:Sixgun I don't want any part of that will of yours. I hope you come through with flying colors, cause I care, well and err uhmm, you never know what obsolete caliber I might find, and Uhh well..... I care. Tom good luck brother!

Tom,
You stinker....your running out on us and leaving the cleanup to us poor guys who can't go to the Rockies.

Now, its my turn for YOU to be safe...........have a good time. I'll be here when you get back and remember about those mountain lions..........they prefer to eat Pennsylvanians as opposed to Coloradians. Also, watch out for rattlesnakes........they don't hibernate in Colorado. And those big "tent spiders". They are 8" wide and eat 1886 Winchesters..........after they eat the gun's owners.

---------------Me

rimrock · Post by **rimrock** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:41 pm

You can avoid damage (note sarcasm follows) simply by beig a member of the media. Everyone knows no reporter gets hurt with debris swirling around them while they report about a storm.

I know it's true cuz I saw on tv.