Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
I watched the entire landfall, surge and wind yesterday afternoon up until about midnight, on YouTube, with Reed Timmer, chaser, pretty amazing and awesome, I never quite understood what a storm surge was and how it worked up until last night. In 1961, My Dad and I drove to Florida and discovered a little place called Clearwater Beach. It was undeveloped, the hotel was built around an old carasoul they had on the beach, it was closed in, rooms made with bathrooms of course, all knotty pine, in the center was a sweet little lobby with lamps and sofas. The town had an open restaurant with a counter, a drug store with beach things, and a few small beach souvenir shops. The town was full of fisherman, charter boat captains, and little stucco and cement homes. A lot of people made a lot of money draining swamps and removing the cypress groves, paving, building, paving , building. I don't know, it seems as if I wish I could go back in time. He moved down there in 73, Pinellas Co., and died in 86, I cared for him and rented a house in Seminole after that. I guess I hate development, as soon as I could I moved to live simply in the hills of Vermont, high and dry. It was such a beautiful place, but not for me. The storm was real bad, and will affect a lot of material loss. I am glad to see that the fatalities were low. Just rambling like boomers tend to do. Autumn has finally kicked in, we have not had a frost yet, but the woodstove has been lit for the season. God is Great and God is good, money will not get you into the Kingdom, but loving him will.