Hurricane Isaac

What is it about hurricanes, the Tri-State and the letter "I"? By Monday afternoon Isaac will be just north of us. I haven't heard anything about high winds but then again when Hurricane Ike hit us nearly 4 years ago no one mentioned high winds then either and they were hurricane force 1. I'm not taking any chances and stocking up on what is important, that's right....lots of junk food. I probably should add water and batteries to that list as well. Since we are in the water damage business all employees have been put on high alert, we are expecting rain Friday night through Tuesday afternoon. Not much of a Labor Day weekend. I can't find a new update yet but last I heard we are expecting 2-6 inches of rain (I wonder how much that would in inches of snow?).

Camera battery is fully charged and ready to go. For those of you living in the area stay safe and lets pray that this is not a repeat of IKE. Feeling the shivers running down my spine. For those of you joining me for the first time I added a post in mid July on some of the damage that IKE caused back in September of 2008, check it out here Hurricane Ike Photos

                       Photo provided by Weather Bug

Hanging Out on Riverside Dr.

This evening Greg and I headed to Riverside Drive, we hadn't been there in a such a long time and what a beautiful evening it was. We also ran into some couples, one from Lexington, KY the other from West Chester, OH who were just the nicest people. I love living here.

The evening was going well until the Coast Guard or whoever patrols the river decided to start policing the boaters. It's hard to tell but the blue lights in almost the center of the photo is the police.

The above photos are a long exposure of the BB Riverboats. Both boats were coming in at the same time.

This is the helicopter we are planning on riding in the Fall. It's even smaller in person. Yikes!!!

Cincinnati Reds Firework Event 24-Aug-12

This is it, the last show of the season and it was spectacular. The next big event is the WEBN fireworks over Labor Day weekend but when you have nearly 3/4 of a million people on both sides of the river I avoid that one. Just way to many people for me. Hope your summer was a good one, for myself I had a blast. Next weekend is the Alexandria Fair and Horse Show, check it out, I know I will. Stay tuned, a lot of Fall events as well, then I'll be heading West for a new adventure.

Friday Night Fireworks

The fireworks were a big hit tonight, dozens and dozens of boats on the river. Unfortunately the game ended real late and fireworks didn't even start until around 11:20p.m., I walked in the door 10 minutes ago, it will take me a while to post process so look for photos in the morning. If you missed them tonight you'll have to wait until next year now. They were really good, the second best so far. Good Night!

TGIF

Hello fellow bloggers, well it has been a busy week, I've finished up my first week on the new job. This is my space, the mess was created before my official arrival. I've learned a few things that they failed to mention before I agreed to work. Today the company and I really met for the first time, I found out how they like things and they have found out how it is really going to be. 

1. See the fan? That's there because they don't like to pay for A/C. Obviously they really haven't met the real me yet either. I live in  the Midwest, today it was in the 90's, today the A/C was cranked and the fan was on. No one better lay a hand on my fan.

2. If you move slightly to the right of the fan on the floor you will see a space heater, they will be learning more about me in the winter too. The thermostat says that during the winter the heat is not to be above 64 degrees. Like that is never going to happen. 72 degrees baby!!!

3. See the garbage cans on the floor filled to the top not to mention no liners in them? They still haven't been emptied but I'll be taking care of that when the liners that I've ordered come in. I mean how gross is that?

4. It is hard to tell but take a look at the computer monitor, I mean hello the 90's called and they want their monitor back. Good thing I have a spare flat screen.

5. Oh and what up with the big pipe wrench in the ladies bathroom? Do I need to bang the toilet harder next time to get it to flush?

If you are living in the area and reading this before 10p.m. tonight is the last night for the Reds firework event. Can't believe that summer is almost over......I want snow!!! Stay tuned for more firework photos, I'm sure you'll be glad to get a break from them.

Anyone Home?

I know I haven't been around much at all this week, something extremely odd happened, I got a.............JOB! It's a cruel world. I really enjoyed being a bum but alas it had to come to an end. My photography will suffer a bit during the week, UGH!!! Not sure how long this job thing is going to last.

The other evening I took a photo of my new non paying tenant. Click the READ MORE link below. WARNING.....If you don't like spiders you might want to skip the rest of this post.

Back to the Races

We headed back to River Downs today so I could work on my panning, it has been decided that panning and horse racing really doesn't go hand in hand, now race cars on the other hand is a different story, that is next.