In rapid succession, mind you, I learned the following.
- My roof is leaking.
- My cat can climb up, but not down, a ladder.
- If you're going to make repairs with roofing tar, for the love of God, wear pants.
In rapid succession, mind you, I learned the following.
Will wrote: 3. If you're going to make repairs with roofing tar, for the love of God, wear pants.
Seems obvious now, doesn't it?
Call me strange, but my roof is one place I'd rather not be without pants, tar or no tar.
tar.. the manly bikini wax
1988RedT2 wrote: Call me strange, but my roof is one place I'd rather not be without pants, tar or no tar.
I was in my attic. It was hot.
Will wrote: 3. If you're going to make repairs with roofing tar, for the love of God, wear pants.
Ouch!!!
How much hair did that cost you. 
mad_machine wrote: tar.. the manly bikini wax
Say What worthy
Will wrote: 3. If you're going to make repairs with roofing tar, for the love of God, wear pants.
Corollary: If you're going to pan-fry bacon, for the love of God, wear pants.
Just covering all, um, bases here.
Roofing tar on the inside of the roof, not such a good idea (the water is already inside by the time you stop it).
Naked man coated in roofing tar crawling through attic insulation... priceless!
SVreX wrote: Roofing tar on the inside of the roof, not such a good idea (the water is already inside by the time you stop it). Naked man coated in roofing tar crawling through attic insulation... priceless!
+1
A couple more observations:
-hurricanes do not pay any attention to the NWS forecast; they pretty much do as they please
-cleaning your gutters prior to the storm is pointless, as the natural order of things falling from the sky are as follows: leaves, rain, branches and trees, little dogs and witches
-the best way to get the electricity back is to go buy 10 bags of ice
As bad as roofing tar is, the seam adhesive for rubber roofs is far worse.
oh good gods..... that poor guy
Yeah, I thought about the bedliner guy when I posted this. Nothing that bad for me, but the only way to get the tar off was to shave it off...parts of me look like Steve Carell from 40 YO Virgin--except not as smooth. It's hard to get a close shave when your razor is clogged with tar.
guess you needed one of these
wbjones wrote: guess you needed one of these
NOT FOR THE HOOTUS
neon4891 wrote:wbjones wrote: guess you needed one of these
Well... it would certainly remove the rhino lining
Will wrote: Stuff I learned from the big storm ...
200 year old oak trees can just fall the berkeley over.
Gas pumps don't work w/o electricity any better than my well pump and so I should have some reserves for the generator on hand before the storm because siphoning gas out of a car in torrential rain and wind is unpleasant.
LED flashlights rule.
People who choose to live near the river should pay attention to where flood stage is before buying a home below it. If they still buy one... they should leave before a flood.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: People who choose to live near the river should pay attention to where flood stage is before buying a home below it. If they still buy one... they should leave before a flood.
Very true. Problem with this storm (or set of storms) is that places are flooding that have never flooded before as far as anyone knew. Can anyone tell me why you can't just buy flood insurance...you have to be in a designated area? I can't tell you how many people I know who have flooded and insurance wasn't available to them.
You would think the insurance companies would have JUMPED at the chance for free money if the area they lived in had never flooded in recent memory.
That's the problem with floods vs. recent memory. Recent memory (even three generations) is not an appropriate sample size.
Happens here along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers as well.
Clem
neon4891 wrote:wbjones wrote: guess you needed one of these
Righto... much safer:
carzan wrote: Can anyone tell me why you can't just buy flood insurance...you have to be in a designated area? I can't tell you how many people I know who have flooded and insurance wasn't available to them.
Not sure that's correct. I've owned three homes in two states, none have been in a federally designated flood hazard zone. I've never been required to have coverage but I have ALWAYS had flood insurance.
What you can't do is wait until the eve of a big storm and then add coverage - there is a 30 day waiting period before the policy takes effect.
that makes sense that there would be a waiting period. My luck, I would get flooded out on day 29
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