A neighbor wanted to shorten the height of a bar stool from 30″ to 24″ for use in a newly remodeled kitchen. In order to be able to cut each leg independently the bar stool had to be completely taken apart. Measurements and angles were taken followed by the cutting of each leg.
Now the challenge to put bar stools back together. Wood glue and clamps were used. This was followed up by adding 1″
Slipstick CB250 floor protectors to each shorten leg. Results were the 30″ bar stool was
shortened to the requested 24″.
Here is an amazing satellite imagery of Hurricane Dorian from NOAA, Tuesday, 9/3/2019
As of 3:00pm, Tuesday, 9/3/2019, Hurricane Dorian weakened to Category 2 was 106 miles of west Port St. Lucie, FL with forward wind speed 5mph based on National Hurricane Center.
Mobile app My Hurricane Tracker or Hurricanes was easy to use.
By 5:00pm,
the eye of Hurricane Dorian was almost paralleled to Sebastian, moving north with
forward wind 6mph
The day was wet
with hurricane Dorian outer band wind
and rain on and off. We picked up some cabbage
palm tree branches (complements of mother nature pruning system) when it was
not raining. Although there were
reported many power outages, we were not bothered. So. our staging area for
cooking at the patio was clean and did not even get any rain. Well, we are just
calling this a dry run sort of. We still have almost 2 months before end of the
hurricane peak season which runs from Sept. through Oct.
The above
includes a three burner propane stove.
We brought in the wood stands to use as a table if required.
We finally were able to take a break from Hurricane Dorian preparations,
so we could write the blog before we lose power. As of 11:00am, Monday 9/2/2019, Hurricane Dorian
was Category 4, 155mph from Category 5 with forward speed 1 mile a hour and came
to a standstill over the Northern Bahamas, approximately 110 miles from shore of
US.
Now, stop listening to the meteorologists as they all get their information from NOAA national hurricane center. Go directly to NOAA, obtain their latest path forecast which includes everything including path, wind speed, ETA, size etc. https://www.weather.gov/mlb/ https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Above
photo was taken approximately 4:56am, 9/2/2019, www.nhc.noaa.gov
Above photo was taken approximately 1:19 pm, 9/2/2019,
We started the Hurricane Dorian Preparations last Tuesday,
August 27, 2019.
In
preparation for a hurricane, it is strongly recommend doing the following:
Purchase a
water dispenser
Get some 2.5
and 5 gal jugs , save, and refill
Have a
generator that is ready to start, use regular gas, not the 10% ethanol blend in
it, and start on a monthly basis.
Get 12 AWG
cords enough to run your concerns which are available @ harbor freight at a low
cost and Harbor Freight gives 20% discount coupons.
Get reels large
enough to wind cords rather that wind over hand as the cord will not knot up
when unwinding -+ it is easily rewound but takes time depending upon length. We have mostly 100′ lengths.
Planning ahead is important and then go through a dry run.
Here, we made
a wooden box to cover the outdoor light for US flag made about 6 months ago,
Then, we had a little more time to secure trees, either tie to trees or anchor with ropes. The banana trees above were completely destroyed during Hurricane Irma. then, they all grew back nicely even produced bananas. So we did not want to lose them again. The papaya tree above was only tree we tied down before Hurricane Irma 2017. We trimmed it and now the tree was produced again. We would hate to lose it.
