Trying something different I might enter it into a camera club competition if people like it. It's is a Le Rhone 9C 80HP rotary engine on show at Duxford (with a lot of post-processing)
A quick hello to my dear photography friends. Irma has come and gone, and we have returned home. We are blessed with minimal damage. Drove down the I-95 corridor on our return and much more damage and flooding were evident in northern Florida as well as GA and SC.
This "road trip" was unlike any other. It took 24 hours to drive from West Palm Beach to Murfreesboro, TN. A drive that would normally take 12. UGH. We left at 11:30PM to avoid traffic and still had to take back roads most of the way through the state.
I had an offer to evacuate a CJ1, but I couldn't leave my dog or my mother behind.
As is always the case, the good Lord took wonderful care of us. We were kept safe, were able to source fuel and food when needed, AND it gave my two boys the opportunity to experience harvest up on our family farm in IL.
I know it's been a long time since I've been able to post on here, I hope to remedy that soon. I sent a note to Rodolfo, but no reply yet. Any idea how the Paiz family did with Irma?
Please keep posting all your wonderful shots, it's nice to live vicariously through you all! Warner
nrferguson wrote:
Trying something different I might enter it into a camera club competition if people like it. It's is a Le Rhone 9C 80HP radial engine on show at Duxford (with a lot of post-processing)
Beautiful picture, your description is inaccurate. It's a nerdy point for sure, but the le Rhone is a rotary engine not a radial. Subtle but important difference. In a rotary such as this, the cylinders and crankcase are attached directly to and rotate along with the propeller. The crankshaft is fixed to the airframe. For a radial engine, the cylinders and crankcase are fixed to the airframe, the crankshaft and propeller rotate.
Yes Warner, welcome back! Glad that you all came out safely and with minimal damage. I have a friend that evacuated his parents from Punta Gorda and they had a similar slow trip north. They made out OK as well, and are back home now.
waterflyboy22 wrote:
This "road trip" was unlike any other. It took 24 hours to drive from West Palm Beach to Murfreesboro, TN. A drive that would normally take 12. UGH. We left at 11:30PM to avoid traffic and still had to take back roads most of the way through the state.
During Rita, we were on the road from League City, TX to Temple, Tx (~200 miles) for 22 hours straight.
waterflyboy22 wrote:
A quick hello to my dear photography friends. Irma has come and gone, and we have returned home. We are blessed with minimal damage. Drove down the I-95 corridor on our return and much more damage and flooding were evident in northern Florida as well as GA and SC.
This "road trip" was unlike any other. It took 24 hours to drive from West Palm Beach to Murfreesboro, TN. A drive that would normally take 12. UGH. We left at 11:30PM to avoid traffic and still had to take back roads most of the way through the state.
I had an offer to evacuate a CJ1, but I couldn't leave my dog or my mother behind.
As is always the case, the good Lord took wonderful care of us. We were kept safe, were able to source fuel and food when needed, AND it gave my two boys the opportunity to experience harvest up on our family farm in IL.
I know it's been a long time since I've been able to post on here, I hope to remedy that soon. I sent a note to Rodolfo, but no reply yet. Any idea how the Paiz family did with Irma?
Please keep posting all your wonderful shots, it's nice to live vicariously through you all! Warner ...Show more →
ELinder wrote:
Anybody heard from Jim lately? Dallas didn't have any wx problems, did it?
Erich
Maybe Jim took a little break he probably will get back if so and on the other hand maybe he is a bit busy with back log work that has to be finished after the weather
