[AT] test

[charlie hill]

Al I should have known to read your message first.  You confirmed what I 
thought about the "battleship" being stuck in the mud.  I'm glad to hear 
they are going to get her out and restore the hull.

Well my power just went out so I better send this before my laptop battery 
goes.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] test


> 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"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> 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>
>> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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>> > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 1:47 PM
>> > Subject: [AT] test
>> >
>> >
>> > test.  no mail on this list since 9/1
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