CALLI-fornia BULL SITTING

You know there is nothing like sitting down and having a nice chat with Calli, once you get her down that is..........Stubborn as a what? Yee Haw! Riddum Cowboy!

Lunch! 

WHAT A RUSH

We have Hurricanes and Fires but not as Dangerous as the fires in the West..Our fires don't run up hills and aren't fanned by Santa Anna Winds. Our prayers are with you.

Indoor Pool 

Please Keep Candle Calli (Burning Brightly)

Please Keep Control Children. This is off a Wedding Candle from a friends Wedding.

Who put the Goldfish in the punch bowl? And why is that beer in front of Christian, is that girl drinking it?

This is my half of my kitchen...who the hell are all these people? 

Dan and D-Nephews 

Daniel Ryan, He graduates from NCSU with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in December. Looking for Help Wanted Adds Starting NOW! 

Meg's Favorite 

Double Trouble... 

Up Up and Away 

New Home This is where I will be living if my wife thinks that those are the girls from the office. 

Poker Game: The girls in the office aren't sure about the rules in strip poker...I'm not going to tell them..(I wish) 

Enough Said 

And you thought the cartoon was bad...Jim I invited the girls to the photoshoot...Nobody wants to see you naked..give mamma her dress back...

No thanks, I already tied it for you... 

Oh my Gosh!

Decisions! Decisions! The Beer, The Bagel, or The Bitch..........God, I'm going to get in so much trouble for this..

Thought for the day..It is FRIDAY! Have a great weekend. 

EMERGENCY SUPPLIES

Emergency Supplies! You never know when the next storm will hit, so make sure the refridge has everything you'll need..Wine, Cheese, Viagra! You know, the basics.. BE HONEST! How Many Of You Would Have Given It a Second Glance Unless I Put In The Photo? If She said she needed batteries you would have flown to the moon to get them.

Happiness Fairy

I'm just so happy I could sh..!

Dads Watching the Kids

Hello Betty

Oh just shoot me now...The result of bad wine... 

Gone but not Forgotten

Now here is one for the memory book. I actually have a story for this one.

Drinks are on the House 

Hostess Wedding Cake... 

This looks like a bad trip 

CANDY IS DANDY BUT LIQUOR IS QUICKER! "......OGDEN NASH 

Thanks for the Memory

I still remember

Looking for the Great Pumpkin 

Viet Nam 1969 

Olive Clarissa Lund (Diekman)

Mo's Grandmother as young girl.

Mom and Paul 

Halloween is soon to arrive 

Baseball is a very complex sport...Ricky this is not a putting green... 

Guess who's turning ?Twenty Five? 

No problem here! Mine, no Mine! 

Attitude! Next year he will want a signing bonus. 

Jake and Justin are destined for the Hall of Fame, If we can get them to let go of the bat.. 

They say some people always know what they want to do when they grow up..I wanted to be a Marine....Will I ever grow up? 

Graduation 1966. This proves at least I had a motar board...with tassel. This was June 8 1966. I enlisted in the Marine Corps June 9, 1966 

William and Paul, I'm the good looking one with little hair.. 

It is hard to believe that I was on Parris Island 39 years ago. Just thought I would drop in and see what everyone was up too...I remember when I told my mother that I had joined the Marines...She cried! I had not expected that reaction. When I got to Parris Island...I wanted to cry. I do distinctly remember thinking to myself "Self...you really f..... up this time" 

Why do people keep doing this to me? 

Look into my Eyes and tell me who you see. 

Scab Airlines: This is a Freedom Bird. This is the aircraft that flew me out of Viet-Nam on my first tour..I remember the Pilot welcoming us to Scab Airlines. He said we would be flying at an altitude of seven feet until we went feet wet. He said it was harder for Charlie to shoot at us if he had to duck to keep from getting hit by a low flying aircraft...We thought he was kidding...He wasn't. 

Towel Boy. Did you notice the bush hat? It might look clean now but when they issue you new duds like that, you can bet it will be a long time before you see a shower... 

Sea Side Cabanas: You mean it doesn't look like the Hilton..No Airconditioning or running water but I do have a 2.75 rocket motor all my own. 

New Wheels: There was a rumor going around that someone stole the XO's Jeep. I'll keep a sharp eye out for it... 

Local Village near Nan Tan. Notice you don't see any children playing or anyone outside their huts....NOT A GOOD Sign. 

Teaching the Kids. Candy and Cigarettes as presents...A lot of people will ask me where my helmet and flack jacket are....It was about 125 degrees so they stayed on my pack. 

Shoe. (His Name) This is my translator. The village is NAN TAN about 25 miles from my base. 

What's the Password? 

Chu Lai 1969. It was the only outfit that you could get...No Tailors available 

Cherry Point NC 1967 

Old Corps VMA-332. This goes back a few years (1967). These were the Marines who went to war together..The Marine front row all the way on the right took two pieces of shrapnel through the brain. He made it home but was never fully recovered. He eventually died because of the injury. 

Inspecting the Load 

Leaving Viet Nam 7 Oct 1969 at 7:00 AM. This is Piney and JB Warner. We came out in Full Field Marching Packs...You don't see that anymore... 

VMA (AW) 224, I'm the fourth one in from the left couldn't you tell? 

VMA (AW) 533 Chu Lai, Viet Nam. We got ours at Night...Night Attack 

Bunker: This is what was left of my bunker after a direct hit by a Russian 122.  

Rocket Attack This was the old MAG 12 Bomb Dump. That twisted metal in front of me was bent like a pretzel from the explosion. 

Break Time 

Hiroshima Japan 

Old Corps 

Christmas 1969 Iwakuni Japan. Left to Right is Pigpen, Preston Shanty, Milt Walker, Mystic, Tracks Thomkins and sitting is Paul Currie. We had just been pulled out of Viet Nam. 

My Patch and Name tag off my flight suit 

Once upon a time in a land far far away... 

Meg and Dusty 

BABY BUDDA

This was Dan. He weighed in at 10 lbs. Ouch!

But don't do anything silly 

Or we can just hang out 

We can sing around the campfire 

Not a problem....anymore 

And we can go rafting 

Let's go camping 

Fat Babies look like Char Peis 

Do you think you might have made a wrong turn at Reno 

Tequila Makes you Smart. 

The Laughing Hangman? Now that will catch your attention.. 

Outer Banks? 

I love big beers 

I have this strange affect on women. Hmmm I wonder what it is? 

Speaking of Monkeys..... 

Not funny at all 

Hot Damn 

This is not a piss tube 

Trees 

I could have been managing a Burger King 

Life is good 

No helmet laws in IRAQ? 

They taught me to clean this because.... 

Is this the life or what?

Promotions always make me cry 

Smile your on Candid Camera 

Daily Patrols 

Bren and the boys Iraq 

Bren's Boys...Only a face a mother could love. 

RECON....Enough Said! 

The Early Years with Mom and Pop...Don't worry munckin...there abnormal now. 

Anyone need Oak Firewood or used powerlines 

Croatan National Forrest

Fish Day Fire 1994

We get our share of adventure here in the woods... 

Do my sad eyes grab your heart strings 

Sea Breeze 

He fades back to pass 

Last seen in orbit around Mars 

Christian's Birthday Cake. 

Tim and Nicole at the beach 

The Children's Hour 

Friends 

Right Wing Conservative?

ABOUT SAYS IT ALL

Hurry! This is painful to be this good looking. 

The Officer Corps 

Old Corps, I'm working on a new outfit to wear to the ball. 

Now this is fun 

Weather Channel/ Balleteri

Hurricane Rita's rapid intensification cycle that began Tuesday afternoon continues. Top winds are up to 165 mph, now a category 5 hurricane. Rita's pressure has dramatically dropped to 898 millibars! Even as a large and extremely intense category 5 hurricane, further strengthening is possible as the atmosphere remains favorable for development over the next 24 hours.
Rita is forecast to continue on a westward track through the Gulf of Mexico over the next 24 hours. A gradual turn toward the northwest is anticipated Thursday night and Friday. If there is any good news at this point, it is the fact that it is very difficult for a hurricane to maintain category 5 status for an lengthy period of time. Near-perfect to perfect atmospheric conditions are necessary for a category 5 hurricane to exist and these "perfect" conditions are first - difficult to come by and second - do not remain in place for a long period of time. So although Rita is currently a category 5 hurricane, fluctuations in intensity is likely. That being said, it is almost a certainty that Rita will make landfall as a large, intense, major hurricane with impacts extending well away from the center. Hurricane force winds extend 70 miles away from the center and tropical storm force winds extend 175 miles from the center. Landfall is possible late Friday or early Saturday along the Texas coast. Residents and tourists in locations such as Corpus Christi, Aransas Pass, San Jose Island, Matagorda Island, Port Lavaca, Port O'Connor, Bay City, Lake Jackson, Freeport, Galveston, Texas City, Houston, and Port Author should ALL prepare for a very dangerous landfalling major hurricane.
Elsewhere in the Atlantic Basin, Philippe has weakened to a tropical storm with sustained winds of 45 mph. It is centered about 420 miles NE of the Leeward Islands. Philippe is being sheared by westerly winds and that should keep the system on a weakening cycle as it plods off to the north away from any land.
In the central and eastern Pacific, Hurricane Jova (115 mph), Tropical Storm Kenneth (50 mph) and Tropical Storm Max (50 mph) are all swirling toward the west or northwest. None of these storms pose a threat to any land at this time.

Points to Ponder

BEACH SCENE TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH THE DAY 

Tin Can Sailors always got the short end of the stick. 

SOUTH CAROLINA

I think I'll just find a nice quiet spot and go read a book. I have been asked to help coach a soccer team but I'm avoiding it for now. Wouldn't want to be called a Soccer Mom! They helped elect Clinton Remember? I guess it was the Soccer Dads that gave us his replacement.

HURRICANE RITA

Here comes Rita.

HURRICANE SEASON 2005

HERE COMES RITA!

This year's fast-forming hurricanes buck trend, puzzle meteorologists

By Robert Nolin
Staff Writer
Posted September 20 2005
This year, hurricanes just aren't acting like they used to. The major storms are bucking traditional patterns by forming in the western, rather than eastern, Atlantic Ocean. Instead of taunting worried residents for days, they materialize, it seems, overnight.

The trend has baffled scientists and ratcheted up panic levels for South Floridians. "It's crazy," said Robin Wagner, 45, of Hollywood. "They come so quick. With Katrina, before we knew it, it was on us." Hurricane Katrina swept through Broward and Miami-Dade counties last month as a Category 1 storm -- a scant two days after developing in the Caribbean. Storms typically come to life in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean, often near Cape Verde, then pinwheel westward for several days, their ultimate course studied with dread speculation by those in its path. This year's nine hurricanes have formed west of 55 degrees longitude, said meteorologist Jim Lushine of the National Weather Service in Miami-Dade County. Rita, for example, was but a soggy blob hardly worthy of notice on Saturday night. Sunday morning, it was a threat. A speedy arrival can bedevil nervous homeowners, but overall it's a good thing. "By forming farther west, they don't have quite the potential for strength as if they came all the way across" the ocean, Lushine said. "It hasn't had enough time to build up." Hurricanes feed on warm water, but West Atlantic storms don't stick around long enough to be energized by the Caribbean's tepid currents. Like Katrina -- and Rita's expected track -- they can brush by or through Florida as weaklings, then spin into the Gulf of Mexico and bulk up into highly destructive Category 4 or 5 storms. Why this season's storms are appearing so far west is a matter of speculation for forecasters. Chris Landsea, a meteorologist with the National Hurricane Center in Miami-Dade, said, "It's not something we predicted, and I'm not sure it's something we can anticipate way in advance."

It would appear that the Hurricane Season 2005 will be one to remember.

THANKS FOR THE HELP

E&R ELECTRIC OUT OF KINSTON NC TO THE RESCUE

CHERRY PICKERS AT WORK

PWR HAS BEEN RESTORED

God's Canvas

I'm going to the Smokie Mountains for the next Hurricane

Canada's Attitude

Canada Sending Help to NO. You have to admit that our friends in Canada know how to make a Tug Boat.

Just one big wind storm with lots of water... 

You have got to be kidding me 

MAN OVERBOARD! 

Wires everywhere 

How do I get to my truck from here 

We have lots of problems 

I think we have a problem 

Anyone for a dip in the pool 

Good bye Oak Tree 

Look at the tree tops 

Folks on the other side of the creek aren't doing so well 

A little too close for comfort 

Rough Ride

I talked to a fellow the other day after church. It appears that his boat broke free of its moorings and drifted away from the dock. Other neighbors found it in the marsh grass up the creek and brought it back to him. My only question is this: WHAT WERE YOU DOING OUT IN THIS STORM?
Where Did Noah leave that boat

Here comes the River 

Just a Tropical Depression 

Anyone for a swim 

If you didn't leave yesterday, your not going now... 

Getting Worse 

This is not a great spot to land but it beats falling out of the sky. What you can't see is the sharks in the Bay. 

Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-262, Reinforced (HMM-262) recently hit the skies during a multiple plane launch in which the squadron launched four CH-46 Sea Knights, two CH-53E Super Stallions, and two AH-1W Super Cobras. HMM-262 (REIN) recently joined the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit to serve as its aviation combat element. Photo by Lance Cpl. John Hoellwarth 

And then it rained for FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS 

Check out the waves, SURFS UP! 

This is the lite stuff. Remember the flight deck is about 70 feet above the ocean...Now imagine 30 feet of green water coming down the flight deck...This picture is calm seas. 

I think I see a light at the end of this tunnel 

TALL SHIP UNDER SAIL

Now this is my idea of sailing!

SAN FRANSICO SKYLINE

Looks pretty good where you are...

POT OF GOLD

I was expecting something else at the end of that rainbow.

FILLER UP

Got Gas the other day before the storm. My piggy bank will never be the same. I heard a joke about this the other day. It seems a fella pulled into a gas station and held out a five dollar bill to the attendant. He said "give me five bucks worth!" The attendant farted and took the five bucks and left.

STORM SURGE

This OLD National Geographic picture about says it all....Think we're in trouble yet...?

They say the worst it yet to come this Hurricane Season...Are you Shi.... me? 

I have given your ideas some great thought and decided it is time for a TOGA party or Hurricane party. Don't have a Hot Tub but will have to settle for the Jacuzzi. 

The Perfectly Pesky Tropical Storm

The Never Ending Storm Continues. You can see that we are just above the North East Quadrant of the Storm. This is where the winds and lighting are strongest. It is predicted to move North, North-East soon, which will drop that little gift right on top of us. Let us wait and see how this one turns out.

THE NEVER ENDING STORM

GIVE ME A CRAYON AND WATCH ME GO.
It would appear that Ophelia does not want to leave Mr Macs neighborhood. Like Shakespear's Ophelia, it would appear that we are in for a very soggy ending here. They are predicting 13" of rain today. With the winds driving the water up the sounds and rivers, it would appear we might be in for some more flooding. Access to the farm has been cut many times before from flash flooding, we just ride out the storms. Here we go again folks, wish us luck. It is these slow moving storms that do most of the damage. If it remains weak it shouldn't be a problem.

OPHELIA IS DUE SOUTH OF THE FARM. THE OUTER BAND IS POUNDING US ON THE RIVER. RIVER IS ABOUT 4 FT HIGHER THAN NORMAL SO FAR. 

Couldn't go across the river today, as the Ferry was tied to the dock. Notice the flags at the top of the Ferry. Winds were about 35 knts. 

This is down near the river behind the house. Ophelia is starting to push the water back up the river and sounds. It is suppose to be going the other way folks. 

STORM TRACT

Just Southeast of the farm. Oh happy days! I think I'll go take pictures of it this year.

Got back a little while ago from my photo site selection. You know when you have a bad feeling about doing something like that....I have to learn to trust my instincts more. I went down to the river" at someone elses suggestion". I proceeded to plant my truck on an embankment and then wedged it in soft sand on an incline. Tried everything to get it free. Digging, Jacking, Rocking, the works! Nothing Worked. Now I have stuck "many" a vehicle in my time, large and small, but never have I wedged one so that I couldn't move it. Well to make matters worse, I blocked the only road out of there for the people who live on the river. We have about three foot waves on the river. Winds are getting stronger. School buses won't run after winds hit 35 mph. Emergency personnel won't respond after 50 mph. Governor has declared an emergency and the outer banks have started to evacuate. I was in one of the low land areas. I should have gotten to meet my neighbors earlier. We had a nice chat. I called a few friends with tractors to come get me, but by the time that the calvary arrived I had already been freed by a woman in a four wheel drive "GMC". Do you realize the shame involved with having to have your Ford F150 Pickup pulled out of a ditch by a Woman driving a GMC? The only satisfaction I got out of the deal was the fact that I brought my own chain. I also had to tell her what range to use as she dug herself into a hole trying to pull me out the first time. She didn't have it in four wheel drive or the low range. Once she did that she pulled me right out. She is so proud of herself..(and she should be). The only thing I can do to save face now is burn my truck and blame the wife. I would have never gone down there if she hadn't asked. Now she wants me to try and take the Ferry over to the other side of the river, by myself of course. I think I will just to spite her.....Back to my site selection....

Here is Ophelia! Just waiting to come visit us. We can feel the outer winds already and some minor flooding has occured on the Sounds. It was suppose to make landfall Tuesday but that has now been moved back to Wednesday. It increased in strength overnight but hasn't hit the Warm Gulf Stream waters yet. 

This is for Carol. I know how much you love fishing and I hear tell that the Pres and his Dad have found a good spot on Bourbon St. Clinton couldn't make it. He is with Hillary, working on her acceptance speech. 

FALCON FIRE DRILL

ANYONE NEED TO COOL OFF?

Jake SSSCCORES 

Windy Day Thanks to Hurricane Olivia 

Goalie Justin 

Soccor Mom and Body English 

Mouth of the South 

Original Soccor MOM 

Football 

Just when you think they can't change the prices. 

THIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSE ONLY: NO TSUNAMI WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED. JUST SEE HOW FAST EVENTS CAN UNFOLD...

005/09/09 07:26 M 7.7 NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G. Z= 91km 4.54S 153.40E

This REVISED information is provided by the USGS
National Earthquake Information Center.


These parameters are preliminary and subject to revision.

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake IN THE NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G. has occurred at:
4.54S 153.40E Depth 91km Fri Sep 9 07:26:44 2005 UTC

Waves Of Destruction

FOR INFORMATION ONLY:
Time Travel: Earthquakes occurring anywhere in the Pacific trigger waves that eventually reach Monterey Bay. Their size and lag time depend on how far off they start.

Total devastation. The apocalyptic reports and images from New Orleans pour in through our televisions and computers. Disease, death, and destitution stand in relief against miles and miles of muddy water. As far as the eye can see there is chaos, despair, and gradually increasing outbursts of feverish violence. Roving bands of armed looters stalk the surreal urban bayou like toothy gators, the Superdome overflows with American refugees, corpses float through the Big Easy like some hideous voodoo dream.
A stunned nation drowns in the gruesome, unbelievable images. The response is similar to 9/11. How could this happen here? Why weren’t we prepared for this? Especially after 2004, the worst hurricane season on record?
“It is like our tsunami,” a survivor says, referring to the devastating Indian Ocean event of Dec. 26, 2004, that killed 200,000. And this isn’t an exaggeration. According to reports, when Hurricane Katrina roared ashore on the US Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, it created a 30-foot storm surge.
It’s a haunting analogy. The scope and severity of Katrina rendered one of the most beloved cities in America uninhabitable. Like 9/11, the stark reality of the images has opened a Pandora’s Box of new, disturbing possibilities. Suddenly every coastal community in America is asking, could a similar disaster happen here?
In the case of the Monterey Bay area, the answer is yes, according to Gary Greene of Moss Landing Marine Laboratories.
“Absolutely,” Greene says when asked about the likelihood of a large scale tsunami hitting our shores. “People should be prepared. Not that it will happen tomorrow, but people should be prepared for it.”
Greene is one of a group of local researchers who have spent the last 15 to 20 years studying the cause and effect of tsunamis in the Monterey Bay area. What they’re in the process of discovering is that we are highly susceptible to tsunamis generated by both distant and local seismic activity and by non-seismogenic events—especially the massive landslides which periodically occur on the steep slopes of the deep submarine Monterey Canyon directly off our shores.
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