It’s that time again. The weather has been very stormy. We had a monster thunderstorm last night and another again this afternoon. It’s supposed to be blowing on Monday. The best weather window appears to be Sunday so that’s it. That’s the day. We have 24 hours to identify as many species of birds as we can. I’ll get some rest this evening, get back up at 11pm, and head out with Jon to start at midnight. We’ll be listening for rails in the dark. I probably won’t have much to say Sunday evening; we have until midnight to finish. We’re hoping for more than 200 species. I’ll report back.
A follow-up with the spinal surgeon today
We got a new x-ray of my neck. We can see the hardware. It’s a long-term recovery so we’re not all the way there yet. We’re talking maybe a year-and-a-half. We’re doing well so far. It feels pretty good if I don’t do anything. If I work my arms and shoulders too much, that makes my neck and shoulders hurt so I back-off. Each time I see the doctor though, I can report that I feel better than last time.
Life on the beach
A good night’s work. Our park is almost completely back to grass.
It’s not that the park owners didn’t want to get the water out, it’s just that all they had were two 2 inch pumps. They were doing the best they could with what they had. With all this flooding there weren’t any other pumps available in the Valley. Tommy brought his oilfield equipment down from Oklahoma just to help out a difficult situation. Whatever, time for a short trip. We loaded up the bus and headed north to Mustang Island outside Corpus. Love these South Texas rest stops along the way.
Love the brick work.
Chatterjack shrimp at Snoopy’s Pier for dinner.
Our beach parking/camping spot on Mustang Island.
We’re going to stay here a few days.
It’s not that the park owners didn’t want to get the water out, it’s just that all they had were two 2 inch pumps. They were doing the best they could with what they had. With all this flooding there weren’t any other pumps available in the Valley. Tommy brought his oilfield equipment down from Oklahoma just to help out a difficult situation. Whatever, time for a short trip. We loaded up the bus and headed north to Mustang Island outside Corpus. Love these South Texas rest stops along the way. Love the brick work. Chatterjack shrimp at Snoopy’s Pier for dinner. Our beach parking/camping spot on Mustang Island. We’re going to stay here a few days. Progress
Help arrived last night. One of the residents has oilfield equipment north of here. He brought a bigger pump down to get the standing water out of the park.
The water has been threatening to invade homes, but so far as we know, no-one’s interior floors have gotten wet. There is more to it than that though, this park is not on city sewer. We’re all individually on septic. Some lower-lying septic systems are completely underwater. At some point the effluent is going to migrate the wrong direction and this is going to evolve into a health problem. Tommy not only brought the big pump, he’s manning it. We understand he got in about midnight last night and fired it up. He’s staying up with it all night tonight to get this place dried out. The right guy with the right equipment. It looked better out there this morning.
No significant rain today. By this evening it looks a *lot* better.
Significantly more grass showing than we’ve seen since this all started. Some of the streets are still underwater, but it’s receding from driveways and doorways. We’re excited to see how it looks tomorrow.
The water has been threatening to invade homes, but so far as we know, no-one’s interior floors have gotten wet. There is more to it than that though, this park is not on city sewer. We’re all individually on septic. Some lower-lying septic systems are completely underwater. At some point the effluent is going to migrate the wrong direction and this is going to evolve into a health problem. Tommy not only brought the big pump, he’s manning it. We understand he got in about midnight last night and fired it up. He’s staying up with it all night tonight to get this place dried out. The right guy with the right equipment. It looked better out there this morning. No significant rain today. By this evening it looks a *lot* better.Significantly more grass showing than we’ve seen since this all started. Some of the streets are still underwater, but it’s receding from driveways and doorways. We’re excited to see how it looks tomorrow. The world’s coolest vacuum cleaner
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Easily shortens up for smaller spaces. The usual attachments. Hangs on the recharger. Easy to empty. It really *is* good.