As you may know there was a very powerful hurricane that struck the south eastern tip of Louisiana just over a week ago.

@BicycleBuck and I happen to live not too far from where it made landfall, but luckily we got the western outer bands of the storm. Small cities just east of me like Thibodaux and Houma are devastated and still without electricity. Also to mention gas is scarce as well as food, but is ever slowly coming back. Trees, down poles, roofing, and fences are everywhere.

Im not going to post pictures to keep the owners privacy, but my home that I grew up in, the fence is gone and the roof is damaged and some large tree branches are down. Heartbreaking to see the fence that kept me safe and the trees I played under are now gone.

Where I live at in my newish modular home 30 miles away, I faired a lot better than others, which also makes me sad at the damage just 5 miles east of me and what could of been. The winds had to be over 80 to 100 MPH from the north west, at times I could feel the house shake and howl, the roof sounded like it was tearing off and can hear the roof tiles scrape along the roof and onto the ground.

The next morning on August 30th I got up to access if I still had a roof and all I lost was a lot of roof tiles, some of the skirt came undone or flew off, broken branches, and windswept trees. The west side of the house and garage is peppered with shredded leaves and the air is heavy of fresh mulch / grass smell.

The front right section of my roof was the hardest hit, I hammered back the tiles I could salvage. I been having problems with this area, and in fall I plan on scraping it all off to the wood and redo.

Lots of leaning or broken power poles, theres still about 90% of the population of lafourche and terrebonne is still out of lights

You can see a tree was uprooted and fell on that F-150!

There are plenty of National Guard convoys going down the highway in front of my house. I forgot my camera when there was a few Oshkosh Hemtts hauling fuel, water, and cargo... damn. Those things were awesome!

And thats my adventure of my 1st category 4 hurricane as a homeowner. I dont look forward to experiencing this anytime soon. I've weathered every storm that hit south Louisiana since I was in diapers for hurricane Andrew in 1992!

Out of all the storms I weathered, this is the most powerful hurricane I experienced and I wasn't even in the center of it! Gustav in 2008 and then Katrina in 2005 would be the other most powerful and damaging hurricanes I been in.

@gmporschenut-also-a-fan-of-hondas I'm alive.
I got electricity back on the 1st and cell phones yesterday morning. Still no internet so I'll be a while before I'm back to oppo. I hate typing and browsing on phone. It was a damn powerful hurricane. Winds were strong from the north west and could feel the whole house rattle. Faired alot better than the people east of me they have nothing left, it's awful. Missing alot of roof tiles and branches but no real damage. I'll post about it once I can get internet back

and his crazy tea serving robot
I didnt know this set came with a crab...i mean Lord UppU... and a tea kettle

Picked up a this LEGO set with a bunch of transparent parts. Will come in handy in making car "lights"
Also enough eye ball tiles to make a biblically accurate angel.

@Nick-Hynds much better

Built a cool LEGO supersonic jet plane. Cant call it a fighter jet, because LEGO is non military coughcoughStarWars cough

The plane originally calls for 2 large orange rudders on the tips of the wings, but they look wayyy too big and out of place IMO. So I removed them and added a couple of 1x3 curved slope tiles with nav lights under the notch. Looks alot better IMO.

Comes with a stand as well!

landing gear folds down as well

Notice the cockpit is slightly angled. attached to the fuselage with a ball and socket joint.

Size comparison with the Ferrari.

Thats why its called a Firearri

Which reminds me I made a similar creation back in 2015. Larger and complete with an engine

@pip-bip Up next: Hino CEO escapes Japan in a suitcase

When a 46" zero turn (not mine) fits like a glove.
Needed some carb work and new fuel lines

My truck is not photogenic

Painting the door trim is torture

Before:

Primed up before painting green.

My paint sprayer is no longer new lol.

The Graco paint sprayer did a fantastic job, if I ever had any issues is because there was air in the system, just squeeze again, prime, and paint.

Thankfully the 32oz cup allows the sprayer to cool down between fill ups, the shed is just big enough or I think it would of shut down. Half way painting it would get pretty hot to handle, but cools off quickly.

I think I mentioned it before, but clean up is easy, I only used water and it takes about 15 minutes. Then I oil the o-ring and screen fitting.
Used about 2.5 - 3 gallons of green paint to paint the shed. I'll be using the rest to paint the back of the garage.... of course i'll be pressure washing it 1st... ewww

See how it holds up and might just paint the whole garage.

For some car content I got a Red Pig!

Well not exactly, but I just tried it out and will make installing roof shingles so much easier and faster. Also pew pew pew

15 bundles of shingles. This is going to be a joy to bring all this up the ladder.

I have enough cap nails and roofing nails for a few houses I think

So much ammo!

The worst part of my roof. you can see a previously repaired section which weathered the hurricane. Then hammered broken shingles to cover the felt for the time being. I "fixed" the bottom left thats showing some felt. strange it didnt leak there.

Im always repairing this area, so im ripping it all out ( about 16 x 20') to the wood, put new felt and nail new shingles. Then a couple of other areas, but nothing as big as this area.

With a LEGO Porsche 911 to go along with my Berfday!

I'll build the Targa first, but I like the Turbo more.

Post LEGO cars... or not I'll make some cherry cheesecake later on.

@GibbsEmphasis IDK if im any help but if you are going to learn electric skills you should know how to read an electrical schematics and diagrams. Makes it easier in diagnosing issues if theres anything coming off of another fuse or sensor.

https://www.circuitbasics.com/how-to-read-schematics/

https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/technical-articles/understanding-schematics/

Also in the automotive DC system black is ground, as well as green w/ yellow stripe. Red is almost always 12v +

Haynes manual or even a factory service manual of the cars wiring will be a big help. I think Haynes manuals explain a bit on wiring.

@e90m3 Chicken nuggets really are dino nuggets

@HammerheadFistpunch I thought that was a front end of a pedal car. Kinda does with the headlights on the top corners and grill on the bottom.

@facw hack the video system and add a gremlin ripping the wings apart

@Just-Jeepin Im worried about these Lone Star ticks

If you get bit theres a chance you get a red meat allergy. Cant eat red meat without going into anaphylactic shock

@EssExTee I wonder if they spray some UV stuff to prevent yellowing

@ttyymmnn Donated the hair to locks of love?

Enjoy the hair while you have it <me

@e90m3 Oil based paint was used on the paintings?

@CarsOfFortLangley Im ok with this.

Taken the ZR2 off road 2 days after buying it

Then 3 times going through some rough roads in North Carolina going to a cabin, but no outside pics.

and drove it on grass! oooohhh!

Thats weird. I like to check ADS-B every now and then to see whats flying in the area and noticed this Ukraine registered AN12 flying out of Houston. Bringing weapons to Ukraine? Texas sure has weapons

Quite an interesting livery. Doesn't look military

and a cool Velocity rear blade plane flying close to @BicycleBuck