Running Hurricane Ike thread

And here I was about to share my misery of the realities of what's going on here with you all. And I've got some pretty good misery stories.

What the hell, I'll just go drink a beer instead.

 

Hey, if you can keep the beer cold, what's the misery in that?

 

True. Cold beer does fix most things. Or at least put me in a state of mind that I just don't give a shit anymore.

 

I can't imagine the hell folks are enduring. I enjoy the occasional camping trip. But I go a little stir crazy when the cable's out for more than five minutes.

 

Does it seem to anyone else the refineries are dragging their feet in coming back online?

It's been a week, none suffered major wind damage, they should have priority in getting power back for the national good, and 12 of 14 are still down.

 

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ats-ap-ike-mystery-shipsep19,0,7872866.story

<blockquote>FORT MORGAN, Ala. (AP) _ When the waves from Hurricane Ike receded, they left behind a mystery — a ragged shipwreck that archeologists say could be a two-masted Civil War schooner that ran aground in 1862 or another ship from some 70 years later. The wreck, about six miles from Fort Morgan, had already been partially uncovered when Hurricane Camille cleared away sand in 1969.

Researchers at the time identified it as the Monticello, a battleship that partially burned when it crashed trying to get past the U.S. Navy and into Mobile Bay during the Civil War.

After examining photos of the wreck post-Ike, Museum of Mobile marine archaeologist Shea McLean agreed it is likely the Monticello, which ran aground in 1862 after sailing from Havana, according to Navy records.

"Based on what we know of ships lost in that area and what I've seen, the Monticello is by far the most likely candidate," McLean said. "You can never be 100 percent certain unless you find the bell with 'Monticello' on it, but this definitely fits."

Other clues indicate it could be an early 20th century schooner that ran aground on the Alabama coast in 1933.</blockquote>

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Just read that earlier this morning. Pretty awesome. Hopefully they can find more of it and get it into a museum pretty quickly.

 

Tiny hull for a warship...

 

As a schooner, would it have been used as a warship?

 

Blockade runner, maybe.

 

On Day 8, Ike said, "Let there be light."


Finally.

 

Great news.