In Case of Emergency

In case of emergency, this is a place to check in and keep us informed.

Trinity Nuclear Test’s Fallout Reached 46 States, Canada and Mexico, Study Finds https://www.yahoo.com/news/trinity-nuclear-test-fallout-reached-173809344.html Makes me wonder how many of us have been exposed and affected. I was 3 years old when the tests were conducted. My parents moved us from Ohio to S. Florida 2 years after that and never told me why. So many of my friends and acquaintances, myself included, have developed cancer and other life threatening conditions with no explanation as to why. I can't control the wind, all I can do is adjust my sails.

Anyone here near the fires or are you safe?

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crews-battling-auburn-warehouse-fire/ The building owner reported he was alone in the building with his dog at the time, and they were uninjured.

so I am on mu way to Fort Wayne to attend Sandy's baby boy's graduation from highschool. 14 hours in a car with two women and a two year old, woo ho! Not! 5 days, no forge, no horses, and dealing with peaple, not my idea of fun. But I have my phone, and therefor internet!!

IIRC That is where Brian and Karen live. Hope Y'all are safe and didn't get any damage.

Well for those of you that are watching the news and seeing a major hurricane about to wander up the east coast of the US, let me assure you that I will keep everyone posted as it progresses so long as we still have power. I live in Durants Neck, NC (google or acme mapper it) and chances are that it will pass right over me. I am one of a few blacksmiths that I know of in this corner of NC but just about 40 miles to the north there is the Tidewater Blacksmiths and a few other groups. We don't have to worry about the anvils blowing away, just the buildings or in my case trees that cover them moving to the next county. Since I work a lot on the Outter Banks (beach) I may be…

After talking with Glenn and assuring him of what I was trying to do, and he agreed, I've got permission to re-post this topic. Here is the story, in short. Just over a week ago, after weeks of heavy rain, a hillside about 50 miles north of me cut loose. It created a zone of devastation a mile wide and over a mile long. It wiped out a number of homes and small farms near the town of Oso. As of the last I've heard there are 25 known dead and 30 still missing and presumed dead. This area is well known to me, I've hiked and camped and hunted mushrooms there for many years. There are plenty of qualified and able people on hand to hunt for the missing, but I woul…

'Significant' slurry spill blackens Kanawha creek 100,000 gallons escapes Patriot Coal facility CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- More than 100,000 gallons of coal slurry poured into an eastern Kanawha County stream Tuesday in what officials were calling a "significant spill" from a Patriot Coal processing facility. Emergency officials and environmental inspectors said roughly six miles of Fields Creek had been blackened and that a smaller amount of the slurry made it into the Kanawha River near Chesapeake. "This has had significant, adverse environmental impact to Fields Creek and an unknown amount of impact to the Kanawha River," said Secretary Randy Huffman of the state…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Emergency officials in Kanawha County are now urging residents not to use their water due to a chemical leak. The warning applies to people living in Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam and Jackson counties. Do not drink, use, bathe with, cook with or do laundry with water from West Virginia American Water. The only thing that you can use it for at this time is to flush the toilet or for fire protection. It was unclear how much of the product (4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol) spilled, and how much the company has stored at the site. The company has approval to store up to a million pounds of the product. The Elk river then joins the Kanawha…

The Hurricane Isaac spared us , Thank God ! We lost cable servise for 4 days , came back on this morning , old dvd's and radio got very boring. but the electric at my home and at my shop stayed on. So many folks down here are still suffering in the heat with no electric , and those poor folks that got flooded are needing prayers.Thanks for the concern my online friends.

Glenn asked me to have someone run tonights blueprints. Storms ripped through WV Friday taking out power and blowing trees over. Temps in the high 90s all week. Glenn has no power, no water, no utiltiies at all. His road was blocked from Friday pm till Monday. Estimates are now Sunday before WV is back on the grid. Glenn and family are ok and wanted me to tell others..

We got hit Friday by a tornado,family is ok. no power, net, or phones. I am using a friends access to post maybe be back online Thursday.

The severe tornado outbreak in Southern Indiana was very close to me but missed my home. About 15 miles north of me however is a path of death and destruction. schools full of kids hit, several towns flattened. BIG tornado, on the ground for maybe 90 miles, followed 20 minutes later by another. Saw on the radar and TV 5 confirmed on the ground at once. I was in KY at work, putting my folks in shelter and seeing them head what looked like right at my house. Big lump, as the cell phone towers went down and could not raise the family. but mine are OK. North, of me they need prayers.

FYI The 5.9 earthquake whose epicenter was reported in Mineral Va, is 4-1/2 hours drive time and 283 miles away from our location. The earthquake WAS NOT felt in downtown Big Chimney. We had no knowledge of the event till we heard about it on the news. Thank you to those that contacted us to see if we were ok.

Life goes on and so does the pain. I been feeling more listless than usual, just thought it was the summer heat, so I hauled my rear over to the doctor and he ran some tests or course, well that's his job. Now it seems to add to my intractable migraines, bad back ( from top to bottom), bad feet, bad knees and gout, I have swung over to the dark side of blood sugar, diabetes. Mind you now it is just over the line, A1C of 7.1, any thing over 7.0 is considered diabetes. He said it has been a steady increase for the last six years by about one half percent and now over the 7.0 mark. Now I get to change my whole diet and daily finger sticks, not to bad I guess. Just one more b…

If anyone on here knows a Richard Pitts, please ask him to contact me, by sending me a personal message, have a message for him, Thank You /Selden

Well all, not sure where this needed to go, but figured I would post it here, will be out of touch for a few days after Tuesday, but then will have access to the net, am looking forward to spending time With Frosty and some of the other Alaskan Smiths!!/Selden

Louisville, and S. Indiana got extreme rain this morning. My area is getting drowned in rain today. Louisville has severe flash flooding due to 6.5" in 75 minutes. And the second round is just now approaching from the north. It is predicted to maybe bring another 6.6 to 7.5" this afternoon. My house is safe up on a hill, but many have backflowing sewage and such rushing into basements. My drive is severely erroded, and the short road is impassable as of this morning due to flowing water. I may be stuck at work tonight.

Hi ALL, Was unsure where to put this, but for those of you that I usually chat with, I just wanted to say that I am going to be gone from here untill the 16th or so of next month! Myself and my Eldest step-son are flying to Alaska, so I can have surgery on my left eye, and have some other medical problems taken care of. I hope to be able to spend a day or two with Frosty and some of our Alaskan Brother(and Sister Smiths) I am going to contact Frosty on Tuesday or Wednsday of this coming week and try to arrainge a time to be able to go out to his Shop in Meadow Lakes and visit!! You all have a safe time at all you do, and I will see you all when I get back!! Selden Jones…

I have not been on in a while. I have been looking for a job which was not fruitfull here in Alabama. This economy is horrable. I decided to join the Army which I ship to Basic on Aug 24th. I am going in as a 21c which is a bridge crewman. It seems like a realy interesting job. I was hoping on machineist but it was not available. oh well that will come soon enough. I just figured I would give an update if anyone wondered what happened to me . I am still looking for a temp job till I ship so I can pay some bills 4 months with no pay is hard.

We are ok for now, because of the newly (4 years ago) raised dikes. But the neighborhood is closed off from most of the rest of the world, because of those same dikes. Part of the solution for our past flooding issues for the water here include barricades that install across the roads to seal the dikes another 5 foot elevation. I may have sand bag duty today. The call has not come yet. Our area is at the junction of 3 rivers, and as such only one lane for traffic remains in/out of neighborhood, and its under a bit of water too. Good thing we have a jeep. Such is life in a flood plain.... update: we are close to the 24 1/2 foot mark, 15% of the city is under water…

Well the ice storm that stuck Indiana and Kentuckly got me with both barrels. Trees down on top of the trees from himican Ike. One on the bike shed and bounced into the outdoor heater(new in October 09) I did a 6:00 am repair and got the heat back on, using the outdoor heater and a genset. Then a day and a half of neighbors and I cutting downed trees to be able to get out. I am writting from the libary. I expect to be at work tomorrow, will check/post from there. Power out probably 4 to 5 days.

I am still without power, and they project 2 to 6 days for power to be restored. Been out since Sunday about noon. A very good hearted guy at work took me to his house and loaned me his generator and power cord, and offered his truck to haul it 46+ miles. We strapped it on my 99 Cavilier, and off I went. We saved the food in the freezers, lost everything in the refrig. My ladies are getting pretty desperate for a hot shower, my plan is that I will enjoy a LONG LONG hot shower when I arrive Thursday at SOFA. I hate cold showers, but when you are chainsawing one has to clean up. Cold showers are sure a water saver I have 22 major trees down, but have clear acces down the d…

OK, this looks really serious. Possibly a Cat. 4 storm coming in to the Texas coast between Houston and Corpus Christie. Tio Pick, Tom Stoval and I are going to see a whole lot of wind and rain over the weekend. I will check in when it's over or we have the power back on, which ever comes first.