The Mrs. and I are in Ashe County. May land in Oz ourselves.OC, BTW, we're expecting wind gusts of 70-80 MPH, tomorrow. That's plenty enough to whisk an old man's assets over the rainbow. They'd take one look at me and call the police, course I suppose we all got to be somewhere.
Toto, GMAB.
If y'all play tomorrow night. Y'all should pull a big gate. Only action in area
That sucks everything's wrapping up and they have turf so the field conditions won't be an issue
I know below my house Clark Creek finally went over the banks into the fields a little bit but honestly it's been way worse in the past.
I believe power may be an issue. Large portion of the city is without power.
I just passed Betsy Ross Park in Lincolnton. The creek that runs by it is overflowed
You made me laugh out loud. It is Betty G Ross not to be confused with the lady (and probably is) who sewed the flag. That South Fork runs behind the visitor side of Lincolnton and down to the park. I have seen flooding up on the practice field which is also used for parking during game nights.
I believe so because the gas station below there is packed with people trying to get gas must be one of the only ones with power. Looks nice outside so hauling a car to the speedway I'm going to get everything ready for tomorrow night racing and crashing
LHSfaninVA said:
I would be very surprised if many games actually take place today. Unfathomable amount of damage in the area.
So when do they plan on making the game up bye weeks are over
If its
We talked last night. He went to the hickory speedway event I was part of
I think his internet service was just restored. He'll
That throws me back to a pep speech that Coach Brown gave us. You said football is the greatest sport in the world it's the only place that you can go out in front of a crowd look at the man across from you and beat the living hell out of him and not getting any trouble. You do that out in the real world you go to jail, but on the football field the more you beat the hell out of that guy the more the crowd screams and cheers for you said it's the greatest feeling in the world. Now fast forward I bet Coach Brown would have never thought in his wildest dreams that I would have found a way to keep beating the hell out of people in front of me while also using a deadly weapon and having an even bigger crowd screaming and cheering it on. 🤣🤣Thanks for asking, guys, I'm good, and hope you are, too...Our stadium is in good shape, just don't know about the power.
LHSfaninVA, mentioned having seen flooding come onto the practice field. This time the water came up to the property beside of it. Haven't seen any lights on around the stadium, but last night, people were playing tennis on the high school courts. Not sure if it's on the same grid as the school or the stadium (which is on the other side of the hill, from the high school) and may be on a different grid, too. Residential power on this side of town has been on since Friday, and I'm thinking it's probably been restored for all of Lincolnton.
The city's electric Dept. jumped on it quick and I'm glad they did (AlwaysAWolf, and me, have a friend who is superintendent of that Dept. Way to go buddy. Thanks for all the help).
I really feel bad for the people in these harder hit areas such as Burke, and the counties west of there. Hopes and prayers are with you.
I've been trying to find out about games early this week. We probably all could use a football fix, but it looks like a lot of teams are going on to regularly scheduled games this coming Friday. If I see anything I'll post it.
AMD, mentioned that I got to go to the Hickory Speedway, Saturday night to watch him participate in the races/crashing events. It looked like there was a huge crowd. The entire side of the hill where the bleachers are was covered with people, and all of them were having a good time, which was nice to see considering the weather earlier in the week.
I would just like to say something in all earnestness: I think Maiden should take much pride in it's son, AMD. He did so good that I know you would have been proud of him. He only got into two fist-fights, and only got disqualified from one event, a single time, for taking off his crash helmet and swinging it at another driver, but in fairness I think the other driver was the aggressor (well, maybe half and half).
Just joking AMD... I got to to say, though, he can really drive a car-He is very good. I was worried he was going to get his neck broke in the crashing episode. Those cars were hitting each other hard...AMD, when coach Brown told you "There's nothing like Maiden football to prepare you for the hard knocks of life'" I don't think this is what he meant, course it would take somebody from The little blue dot to be tough enough to endure something like that.
