GDT: Florence vs Carolina

[Unsustainable]

Where is this?

Right near the beach

(Kure Beach)

 

[The Faulker 27]

Damn looking at that is hard. I like fish.

Where in the hell are all the seagulls?

 

[Socks]

Where in the hell are all the seagulls?

I was going to make a Finding Nemo “MINE” reference, but then I watched the video. That’s truly sad. Those poor fish.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Where in the hell are all the seagulls?

Something tells me the seagulls know to GTFO when a hurricane comes through.

 

[Unsustainable]

Something tells me the seagulls know to GTFO when a hurricane comes through.

And they ran.

 

[MinJaBen]

And they ran.

So far away.

 

[Unsustainable]

So far away.

Couldn’t get away

 

[Lempo]

Finnish press had an article of the happenstance; calls it 'fish inferno'.

Hirvittävä löyhkä - laskeva tulvavesi jätti jälkeensä tiet täyteen kuolleita kaloja Pohjois-Carolinassa

The scorching storm - falling flood water left behind the roads of dead fish in North Carolina
Today at 16:23
The fire brigade has flushed fish on the road.
Video: Firefighters clean up highway I-40.
Hurricane Florence has relaxed, but left behind the actual fish-Inferno. The flood water had brought fish far into the hinterland and when the water has now fallen, the fish left behind. Now they're rotten.
At Penderlea, in North Carolina, the fire department was alerted to clean up. Depraved by the firemen, it is terrible.
This meal was in the middle. This meal was left unfinished.
This meal was left unfinished.
Local residents have also been silent and the spilling of fish to the side of the road is only partially resolved.
Particularly bad is the highway I-40, which was a long stretch of deep water for several days

 

[Socks]

And they ran.

So far away.

Couldn’t get away

I love you all.

Also I hate you all because I had just finally managed to get this exact song unstuck from my head. Damn 80s radio my coworker insisted on playing at work Friday. So thanks for that.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Finnish press had an article of the happenstance; calls it 'fish inferno'.

Hirvittävä löyhkä - laskeva tulvavesi jätti jälkeensä tiet täyteen kuolleita kaloja Pohjois-Carolinassa

At Penderlea, in North Carolina, the fire department was alerted to clean up. Depraved by the firemen, it is terrible.
This meal was in the middle. This meal was left unfinished.
This meal was left unfinished.

Wow, that took an unsettling turn.

 

[Lempo]

At Penderlea, in North Carolina, the fire department was alerted to clean up. Depraved by the firemen, it is terrible.
This meal was in the middle. This meal was left unfinished.
This meal was left unfinished.

Wow, that took an unsettling turn.

In fairness, Google Translate put the picture meta text to the translation there too.

This meal was left unfinished.

I don't know if this un-unsettles anything.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

In fairness, Google Translate put the picture meta text to the translation there too.

This meal was left unfinished.

I don't know if this un-unsettles anything.

Poor fishies

 

[tarheelhockey]

In fairness, Google Translate put the picture meta text to the translation there too.

This meal was left unfinished.

I don't know if this un-unsettles anything.

It definitely does remove some of the Ezra Pound vibe.

 

[raynman]

The mosquitoes post-Florence are on another level. Never seen anything like it. Need a blood transfusion after walking from the car to the front door.

 

[The Faulker 27]

The mosquitoes post-Florence are on another level. Never seen anything like it. Need a blood transfusion after walking from the car to the front door.

The good news...

 

[Socks]

The mosquitoes post-Florence are on another level. Never seen anything like it. Need a blood transfusion after walking from the car to the front door.

Oh my god I live off Lake Wylie and got bit by a mosquito the size of my head in my apartment the other day. My arm swelled, itchiest thing ever. I was pretty much convinced I’d have to chop off my arm to survive.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Oh my god I live off Lake Wylie and got bit by a mosquito the size of my head in my apartment the other day. My arm swelled, itchiest thing ever. I was pretty much convinced I’d have to chop off my arm to survive.

Hey that’s fun my parents live in Lake Wylie. What a fun little town.

 

[geehaad]

Oh my god I live off Lake Wylie and got bit by a mosquito the size of my head in my apartment the other day. My arm swelled, itchiest thing ever. I was pretty much convinced I’d have to chop off my arm to survive.

Interesting that you say this. I grew up in Idaho, and from my memory the mosquitoes there are much larger than they are here, leaving welts that are much larger and a produce an aggravating itch which lasts for more than a day. Contract to here, where both the mosquitoes and welts seem smaller, and the itch is barely noticeable and doesn't last. However, childhood memories are often "oversized", so I've often wondered if there really isn't a difference to the ones we find here.

 

[MinJaBen]

The Mosquito Scale (from personal experience):

That one day of summer they get in Maine > The evening on your lawn in Vermont > Any time on the Delmarva Peninsula >>>> North Carolina

 

[vorbis]

The Mosquito Scale (from personal experience:

That one day of summer they get in Maine > The evening on your lawn in Vermont > Any time on the Delmarva Peninsula >>>> North Carolina

Australian outback >>>>>>>

 

[Socks]

When I was a kid I went to a camp in the middle of the woods and stayed in a cabin for a week. My bunk was next to a window. That window was missing a screen. I got eaten alive. I had hundreds of mosquito bites on my body. They gave me an award at the end of camp banquet for the most bug bites. I’m not even kidding. The struggle truly was real.

 

[tarheelhockey]

The good news...

Needs a flamethrower for pro-active mosquito repulsion.

 

[Unsustainable]

Oh my god I live off Lake Wylie and got bit by a mosquito the size of my head in my apartment the other day. My arm swelled, itchiest thing ever. I was pretty much convinced I’d have to chop off my arm to survive.

I’m looking to move to York. Small world

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Interesting that you say this. I grew up in Idaho, and from my memory the mosquitoes there are much larger than they are here, leaving welts that are much larger and a produce an aggravating itch which lasts for more than a day. Contract to here, where both the mosquitoes and welts seem smaller, and the itch is barely noticeable and doesn't last. However, childhood memories are often "oversized", so I've often wondered if there really isn't a difference to the ones we find here.

Same here. Grew up in Michigan and had the same recollection. Then I went back 2 years ago to visit family and decided to go for a walk on a nature trail around a lake. My recollection was 100% correct as the mosquitos were much bigger and the bites were much worse and lasted for days.

 

[Jerkob Slavin]

So we've decided to tile our basement instead of re-carpeting (because I never want to deal with this mess again). After some research, I was expecting $7-10 per square foot dependent upon materials chosen and the rate for labor. For 423 square feet, I was budgeting between $3000 and $4300. Our tile selected was $2.49/sq foot, so nothing outrageous. After waiting 8 days for a quote, Lowe's finally got back to me with a number... $5100.

Am I being unreasonable? I mean, the Lowe's quote is $4000 in labor. It's a TWO DAY JOB. $4000?!?!?!?!?