Subj : Miss.RvrDamBreach-Davenpt To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Jul 03 2019 16:03:00 Hi Nncy! NB>> We had similar... and then a couple of days with highs in the low NB>> 80s... and now a monster rain storm... but no thunder or NB>> lightning... One of the other property owners was out on the Pond NB>> in her kayak during the storm... BM> Hmm: around here we sometimes just boat in the flooded streets! NB> Which, fortunately are no longer flooded.... :) True, though that almost hurricane-like storm Sunday late afternoon possibly could have started flooding a few streets! Though would not have been adviseable to go boating even for experienced pilots! NB>>>> Hmmmm.... April showers bring May flowers... Do May showers bring NB>>>> June flowers....? Or just June bugs.... BM>>> Around here June brings May Flies - seriously! Little nuisances BM>>> always show up a month later than thair name implies -- just another BM>>> thing to cite in my theory the calendar is off a month! NB>>> They'd be larvae in May....? BM>> Well, that would work..... :) NB>> True.... that's what I figured.... My son says that May showers NB>> bring June flooding.... but I'd guess that it's more June showers NB>> bringing the flooding.... BM> We just flood! Good news is we're probably done with being flooded BM> unless there is a big rainstorm and nothing predicted. NB> And about time, too.... :) True: just over a quarter of the year! 96 days IIRC! Thought we heard the sump pump empty early this morning. BM>>> So we may experience a drought of messages and than a flood of them!! NB>>> Possibly... :) And then another drought as I try to get caught NB>>> up with the packets after my return.... BM>> We'll make it! NB>> Probably... :) I'm currently on the last packet I brought with NB>> me, downloaded the night before I left to come up here... :) BM> Here comes the flood of replies! NB> Yup... and then the predicted drought and then again flood.... NB> and now I'll be off again for almost a week, again at the Pond... NB> I'll just keep plodding away at messages and try to not be too NB> far behind... ;) And I'll be in your shoes shortly -- stretching them out, I'm sure (sorry! ) as off to New Hampshire and then Vienna for a month total. BM> ...Between finishing my replies and BM> starting a new one have checked to see if anything from my helper in BM> New Zealand on the copying of not-yet-watched TV shows from the old BM> Backend system to the new one. Combination of him helping me and me BM> helping him as he had previously written the programme just more or BM> less needed someone to check a few details: things can work fine on a BM> local system but don't realize I don't have a utility file he does, or BM> a variable isn't populating quite right, etc. NB> Works out as a good thing for both of you.... :) Yes, that's what I figure. In one way I get the better of the deal because he's customizing the instructions for what I have here. And he gets to test his utility on a live and 'raw' system and make corrections/comments. LIS, I've needed to install a few utility files. he's needed to make permissions/file ownership alterations. The good news is I think we're about ready to do the full transfer of TV show files from the old system to the new. (Yea!!) Waiting for the system to be available currently (the export/import process will pause itself when a show is being recorded so as to not 'overflow' the read/write channels and cause corruption). NB>>>> At least it wasn't moving water, that might have been a bigger NB> issue... NB>>>> And probably not slowing down is how it managed NB> to not be stopped... BM>>> If that car had gone through moving NB> water (like a flooded bridge) may BM>>> have been in a LOT of NB> trouble, especially if up to the hood! Water BM>>> would have NB> been flowing perpendicular to the car's travel, more than BM>>> NB> like pushed the car against the guard rail and possibly flipping BM>>> over.... No, not a good scenario. :( NB>>> It doesn't take much.... especially when the water is pushing.... BM>> True. And then add the push of any wind to make the situation worse. NB>> Yup, that would make things even worse.... BM> So the key is just stay out of potential problem areas! Though not BM> always possible like with my little incident of having to drive BM> through that big puddle. NB> Most of that can be avoided though, with just a little planning NB> and knowledge... though I ended up once needing to drive through NB> a deeper than expected puddle on the highway following that major NB> storm in MD that I had windshield wiper issues in... Got back on NB> the road, and just a little farther down was that puddle... with NB> cars driving through it... no place to go to avoid it... ;) Yup: sometimes just can't do anything. In our separate instances had to drive through the puddle else cause an accident. In my case grasp the steering wheel firmly as know there's going to be a sudden and sharp pull. Pay attention to the road plus look for an escape -- in my case there was a street a little beyond I could turn on to but that's a sharp right and if the engine dies I don't have power steering, brakes, etc. A little further was a gas station -- could at least do a 45ø turn and have a little longer distance to stop. Ended up not needing either: chugged (litterally!) on to my dr's appointment. NB>>> It could have been worse.... :) I'd guess another factor might NB>>> have been that it was two different people/teams installing the NB>>> electrical systems and the Ethernet.... BM>> Quite probably two different contractors. ...I'll have to 'snoop' on BM>> the telephone location: wall phone, but to me in an inconvenient BM>> location as no where near the computer stand. LIS, the phone is in an BM>> odd location; now I'm wondering if it is located on the wall exactly BM>> across from the Ethernet wall plate. ...More things that make me go BM>> hmmmm. NB>> Someday your curiosity will get you in trouble... But this NB>> could be an interesting excursion.... ;) BM> Did check: the phones are in a not-too-convenient position but don't BM> seem to correlate with the Ethernet jack positioning. ...So far BM> avoided getting in too much trouble! NB> You were able to snoop surreptitiously, apparently.... Uh-huh! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Sound Damping Principles: Snagging the Car w/o Waking Up Your Parents --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .