TEXAS

[Wandercreek]

Well then... Hello Neighbor!

 

[Kiki]

If a oak tree falls on your house, and brownies make it alright? I have to ask. What are you putting in those brownies?

Do not tell us, I repeat do not tell of what is in them....it may still be "illegal" here in Texas! LOL

 

[Kiki]

I remember being on the admirals bridge on the USS J.F.Kennedy coming back from a med/IO deployment and hitting a bad storm. We were taking green water over the bow on the carrier (flight deck was 65' above waterline) and had several small boys tucked in under our stern (like within 250 feet) so they could maintain some semblance of seaworthy-ness. They were taking almost 45 degree rolls and submerging their bows all the way to the bridge. Did some pretty decent damage to forward catwalks and smashed in one of the anchor windlass space hatches. Heavy weather at sea never really bothered me.

During another storm, the deck crew was lifting an A-6E Intruder up to the flight deck from the hanger via starboard elevator. A wave washed over the elevator and took 3 sailors to their death overboard. We went into man overboard routine, but never recovered any of them. I have lots of seas stories... Some not so fun.

Brave you...I would have died from fright!

 

[ittybiddyredhen]

I lived in Guantanamo Bay for 2 years. Loved it.

Having ridden out several hurricanes/typhoons at sea (Indian ocean, South China Sea and one in Santa Rosa Sound Fla), a strong tropical storm @ Guantanamo Bay Cuba, and hunkered down for Debra, Carla, both Allisons, Alicia, Claudette, Andrew (S. Louisiana), then finally Rita and Ike, and a few more I've forgotten, my hurricane preparation kit is a full tank of gas and three 5 full gal cans in the back of the truck headed South West on FM roads depending where landfall is predicted. Morgan City to Baffin Bay, I go SW. Below Baffin Bay, I may go NW. Only one real hurricane has ever turned South or Southwest after landfall and that was Cindy in 63. I will never again join that mass of humanity going North, West, or NW. We did that (once) after Ike when electricity wasn't expected to be restored for 3 weeks.
I'm 100 miles from the GoM and Ike and Rita both left my place looking like someone took a sledge hammer to it. I hate 'em. Wore out 2 chainsaws and 3 sets of elbows clearing all the trees off fences after Ike.

Without a doubt, the worst I ever encountered was on a 600' USN destroyer trying to outrun a strong Typhoon in the Indian Ocean. That sucker beat us to death for nearly 30 hrs straight. Sister ship Caron in the same storm.

 

[Magnoliachic]

Hi Kiki! I made it here! Hi Texas Herd! Greybeard thank you for your service! My dad was in the Air Force.

 

[Baymule]

Welcome @Magnoliachic to the forum! Stick around, pull up a chair on the front porch, grab that wash tub of purple hull peas and make yourself useful. Got some iced sweet tea to wash the dust down your throat!

 

[Kiki]

Hi Kiki! I made it here! Hi Texas Herd! Greybeard thank you for your service! My dad was in the Air Force.

Light on?

 

[greybeard]

I lived in Guantanamo Bay for 2 years. Loved it.

As did I.
My opinion of the duty is different than yours. It was SOOOooo good, that the Navy designated it a hardship remote land duty station equivalent day for day as sea duty.

Liberty sucked.
Fish.
Fight.
Drink.
I did all 3 with equal exuberance.

 

[Baymule]

 

[The Chick Addict]

Hello Y'all! I'm a proud Texan and I live in the Texoma area. I'm in between Sherman and Whitewright and I love living the country life!