Hurricane Irene...

wonderful power out :banghead:

 

Sorry to hear that!
Still got power here-so far...

 

Just heard about a power outage near West Johnston Elementary in Clayton.

 

Clayton PD said on facebook that there was a line down on 70 near Shotwell, but that crews were on it. Hope you get power back soon!!!

A neat map to track/report outages.

https://www.progress-energy.com/app/outagemaps/carolinas.aspx

 

It must be the end of the world. I just heard that Wal-Mart closed for the day.

 

To hell with Wal Mart....I was wondering about Jones's. 8)

 

:jester: Well, after lunch you can go shopping...Wal-Mart just re-opened. :?

 

Just checked out the map,pretty cool,thanks!

 

Just called Jones. They are open!

 

Who/what is Jones's?

 

Jones' Lunch on main st in downtown clayton. it's an old-school hot dog shop, been there since 1958...

 

So when is the worst of this supposed to be over for our area?

 

Last night the staff at Flipside said they were planning to be open today and joked about it being a hurricane party.

 

Sometime this evening is all I know.

 

They're open.

 

just finished making a batch of shrimp and grits.......not too bad either....LOL

 

Thanks TWSS.

 

Sounds good! I can't ever get the grits to taste all creamy like the restaurants. How do you make yours??

 

bring 2 cups milk and 2 cups of water to a boil, add in 1 cup of slow cooking grits and 1 1/2-2 cups of shredded cheese ( I use a combination of colby/monterey jack) and cook for 20 minutes stirring occasionally. at the end of 20 minutes add in 1/8 cup of butter and stir till mixed well usually another 10 minutes. then serve.

 

Thanks!! That sounds wonderful! I had not been using equal ratio water to milk. I will definitely try that. :cheers: