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[Al Jones]

The Showboat can take it....I don't think I have ever heard about specifics
of how she fared in hurricanes Bertha, Fran, and Floyd but AFAIK everything
was ok.

Since you brought up the USS NC, one of my favorite things after old
tractors, they say on the USS NC website,
(http://www.battleshipnc.com/index.html ) there are plans to eventually
move the ship to Norfolk into drydock so they can restore the hull, and
while it's gone, they're going to re-do the slip she's in so when the ship
returns, it will actually be floating instead of sitting in the mud.  I
think it says that'll happen no sooner than 2012.  When they pull it out,
and when they bring it back, I will be there watching!

One more thing, (Did I mention I really enjoy "The Battleship," as she is
know in North Carolina) you really need to read this book: "Boys of the
Battleship North Carolina"  (
http://www.amazon.com/Battleship-North-Carolina-Horrell-Ramsey/dp/0895873397
) it's a great history of the ship taken from oral histories of the crew. 
Hasn't been in print very long.

BTW the stars are out right now. We're about an hour north of Wilmington. 
Sounds like it will get worse weather-wise in the wee hrs. of Saturday
morning.  And you are right-- Raleigh learned about hurricanes the hard
way.  They had a big mess after hurricane fran in 1996--I thought I could
go back up there after the storm (I was still a student at NCSU at the
time) and enjoy such luxuries we didn't have after the storm at home, stuff
such as running water, electricity, and air conditioning.  WRONG!  Didn't
take me long to figure out that DH Hill Library and a lot of other
on-campus buildings had back up generators though.....


Al

> [Original Message]
> From: Bill Bruer <bill_bru at bellsouth.net>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: 9/5/2008 8:17:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] test
>
> Our evening weather reports on TV show Hanna moving ashore just east of 
> Wilmington.  I always worry about the USS North Carolina.  Active ships
can 
> go to sea, but the North Carolina is stuck there.  It's been over 25
years 
> since I got to visit her.  At that time, she looked as if she could be 
> fueled and provisioned and be ready to fight.
>
> My sister lives just outside of Raleigh.  I never thought about that area 
> getting major hurricane damage until she moved there, but her house has
been 
> damaged twice.
>
> Bill
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 2:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] test
>
>
> LOL I had forgotten that until you mentioned it  Bill.
> Well I'm waiting for another one.  This one will not be much.  It's
already
> raining here and it's huricane rain (if you've been around a few of them
you
> can tell the difference) but no wind yet.  The storm is supposed to go
> inland 100 miles or so south of us so I don't think we'll get  much wind
out
> of it.  The tide is already rising a bit.
> New Bern is up stream at the end of the wide part of the Neuse River.  Any
> kind of east wind blows tide water in here so it must be starting to blow
a
> little off shore or there is a pretty good storm surge ahead of Hanna one
or
> the other.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Bruer" <bill_bru at bellsouth.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 3:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] test
>
>
> > You're making it over the Smokies to TN, Charlie.
> >
> > Are you prepared for Hanna?  One of the very first messages I received
> > when
> > I joined ATIS (in 1995?) was from you, sent about 1:00 AM as you were
> > waiting for a hurricane to hit New Bern.
> >
> > Bill Bruer
> > Murfreesboro, TN
> > bill_bru at bellsouth.net
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
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