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In reply to the discussion: So my 86 year old dad has decided to ride out Florence [View all]Iggo
(47,549 posts)81. Dad tells it better than me, but I'll give it a shot.
Dad was in the Air Force in Korea. (Actually, I think when he joined it might have been the Army Air Corps, but it became the Air Force before he shipped out, or while he was over there...or something.)
Anyway, he was a radio operator for the Air Force, assigned to a PT boat. This boat would travel up the river close enough to see the MiGs take off and Dad would radio back how many and what direction, and then the boat would get the fuck outa there.
The bad guys figured it out, and one night they were waiting for them. Several guys slipped up onto my Dad's boat and there was a huge scrum, my Dad got stabbed in the shoulder, and he never gave any details beyond that other than our guys won that one.
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Yes. If his instincts are right he can drive home. If not he will have acces to food and most
CentralMass
Sep 2018
#16
Sure it's his call-and no one is arguing otherwise, but I'll be damned if I respect an idiot decisio
LanternWaste
Sep 2018
#68
tell him to write his Social Security Number on his arm and legs so ,they can identify his body !
stonecutter357
Sep 2018
#13
The elderly get less flexible due to blood paths in the brain: Call local officials and see if they
lindysalsagal
Sep 2018
#23
Just watched an update. The predicted cat3/cat4 winds can RIP roofs off and carry dangerous debris.
CentralMass
Sep 2018
#48
If you have relatives, or know his neighbors or friends, try to enlist their hlep to get him out of
still_one
Sep 2018
#51
Please get him out. As a resident of Virginia, I've seen the maps of the path and it is dangerous
Tardislass
Sep 2018
#58
Whatever it takes. Better to try in earnest than to give up. This isn't something to
Doodley
Sep 2018
#80
A lot of people will defend to their deaths the right to make a decision that will kill them.
LanternWaste
Sep 2018
#66
The National Hurricane Center Potential Storm Surge Flooding Map (Inundation) shows
Yonnie3
Sep 2018
#75
Just saw some video on The Weather Channel of Belhaven. Same flooding as New Bern
mnhtnbb
Sep 2018
#91
Hope he's ok. Not flooded. He may have to wait a long time to get power returned.
mnhtnbb
Sep 2018
#97