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Sasha said:
Aaaahhh the memories. Massive power outages for weeks on end.

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I know! Stuff like that you remember for a long time. :-S

Guam, December 8, 2004. Supertyphoon Pongsona hit and stalled over Guam for almost 20 hours. The navy base where I lived sat under the eyewall for about 14 hours. The wind during that time was up around 180 MpH most of the time. Thank God all the Navy housing was made of poured, reenforced concrete! When the storm finally cleared out on December 10, everything was torn to shreds. We had no running water till Christmas Eve, no telephone till the day after the new year, and no Power till after mid January. Add that to gasoline rationing due to a massive fire that somehow started during the height of the storm at the island's only large fuel storage farm.

But I have such good memories too! Of course there was no electricity for Christmas, so the families and various commands at US Naval Station Yokosuka and Kedena US Air Base in Japan raised money and bought Christmas dinner for the Navy and Air Force bases on Guam. The Air Force flew it in on a big old C-17 complete with an Air Force mess unit. Then they set up huge long tents in the center of the neighborhood and made us Christmas dinner.

I can remember waiting till it rained, then running outside to take a shower in the water coming off the roof. And setting up a 55 gallon drum to catch rainwater to flush the toilet. Every day at around noon the SEAL command would come through the neighborhood in a 2 1/2 ton truck handing out bottled water, 1 gallon per person per day. My dad, the commander of the unit used to let me ride along sometimes. One of his guys also owned a boat and went out and caught this huge marlin one day and cut it up to give to all the families from the SEAL command.

When we finally got power back, it wasn't web from the civilian power station either. After the Sea Bees had the power grid back in place on the base, they somehow hooked up to LA class nuclear attack submarines into the grid and powered us with them.

So, not all bad memories. :-)
 
It was a good day today but I'm really tired.
 
Gah, had my first mishap with Amazon that prompted an angry email.


I have to take CPR class on Wednesday. I work tomorrow. I go straight from work to CPR. I needed the new CPR book for class, so I ordered it on Amazon and chose 2 day shipping, and it said it'd arrive today, Monday. It's not scheduled to arrive till tomorrow, Tuesday.



Angry angry angry letter... as angry as I can be while being polite. "Why would I order something to arrive on a specific date, JUST to get it late and not be able to use it, losing it on money?"


I'm going to demand a refund, or tell them to cancel my Prime membership and refund that cost. Wish I had used my American Express card... I could get a guaranteed refund...grr.
 
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Should have chosen one day shipping

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I love my job. I have a doctor's hours because if the docs aren't around, I can't do :censored::censored::censored::censored:. LOL
 
Does it strike anyone else as odd that about the only thing that the Nazis didn't do in the name of "science" was deceleration/g force experiments?
 
Sasha said:
Should have chosen one day shipping

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Thing is, every other time I chose 2 day shipping, it came in 2 days. Here I am thinking it'd be 2 days again, and save myself the $4.99


Silly me for believing their "arrive by" date. Grr Amazon.
 
I am really really tired of 8 times a day aftershocks that are more frequent at night. My stomach drops every time I hear that sound of rocks crashing together under the ground. It's like nails on a chalkboard.
 
Had a busy day unpacking more boxes in the new house. I'm back on shift tomorrow, 4 12 hour days. Ugh.
 
MrBrown said:
Should have become a doctor then :D
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LOL No, I get all the benefits (besides the paycheck) without having to do nearly as much. I'm not complaining at all.
 
usafmedic45 said:
Does it strike anyone else as odd that about the only thing that the Nazis didn't do in the name of "science" was deceleration/g force experiments?
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Do some research on Hubertus Strughold.
 
Amazon mailed me back. They said it was a delay from UPS that caused it, and I'm getting $5 credit back.

Meh.
 
Hmmm this is weird. We are currently posted at a cemetery. And by "at" I mean inside the grounds.
 
After 36ish hours without electricity, my power has been restored.

In my area we have a large amount of power lines and trees down leading to substantial power outages. By shore lines, rivers, and lakes there is flooding. Unfortunately for first responders its very hard to navigate around these obstructions, and there has been a delay to get many of them cleared. Most of the wires were "de-energized" and traffic went over them or around them.
 
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SO EXCITED. First one I tried on.
 
Oh my gosh girl, that is gorgeous!
 
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