Subj : Vacation Time! To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Aug 13 2019 10:24:00 Hi Nancy! -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 29-Jun-2019 08:37 <=- NB> Replying at 9:20am on the 6th... A little after 7:30 a.m. on August 13th... BM>>> Yes. To me it was phrased oddly but during yesterday's or Friday's BM>>> news they mentioned Monday will be the 91st day of the Mississippi BM>>> being over flood stage locally. To me the phrasing would be "today is BM>>> the 89th day". Would have made more sense to phrase with "the Monday BM>>> will be" if Monday has some significance. Even "tomorrow will be the BM>>> 90th day" as '90' is a nice round milestone number. NB>>> Was that Monday expected to be the day it finally was back at flood NB>>> stage or below....? Otherwise, I'd agree that it would make more NB>>> sense to give the statistic as of the day being told... or the next NB>>> nice round milestone number.... Maybe 91 was an important number to NB>>> the announcer....? ;) BM>> We're still a couple of feet above flood stage so that wasn't the BM>> Monday significance -- never did find out. NB>> Some things just don't really make sense.... BM> Nope. Never did associate anything with that 91 days. ...Oh! 365 BM> days divided by 4 is 91.25. So for one-quarter of the year we had been BM> flooded. Now makes sense! (To me "90 days" would have triggered BM> three months.) NB> Ah.... Yes, that makes sense... 90 days is usually what is used NB> for three months, but it's only an approximation, just like 30 NB> days is for a month... 13 weeks is more accurate for a quarter NB> year, and that would be 91 days.... Yes. LIS in an earlier message, initially the news anchor's use of "91 days Monday" (something like that) initially didn't make sense. Maybe because I was only half paying attention and missed the cue. Once I figured it out some time later it made sense. BM> -- was sort of funny as BM> was watching the local news and weather segment frequently will do a BM> TowerCam shot from the studio on a hill ten blocks from the River -- BM> shot is upriver as more picturesque. In the distance (so couple of BM> miles) a small silver-gray skinny rectangle on the River - anchor BM> asked the meteorologist (both off-camera) "is that a barge I see?" BM> "Where? Oh! Haven't seen that in months!" type of conversation. NB> Life is slowly returning to normal.... :) Yes, which is good. Probably still lots to be caught up on, not to mention the repairs due to the flood. BM>>> LISB4, I'd bet there are quite a few inquiries going on, BM>>> some for insurance recovery, some just to make the product better. NB>>> Yup I'd expect the same... for both insurance and product reasons... BM>> And no real updates -- things are going on, just no details I've BM>> picked up on as not directly involved. There have been announcements BM>> of meetings for businesses, etc.; the temporary site is still open at BM>> least through the end of the month for applying for assistance and BM>> cleaning supplies..... NB>> And clean up is likely to continue for quite a while after the NB>> River is back to normal.... BM> Yes. Get the roads re-opened; LeClaire Park usually hosts most of the BM> 4th of July entertainment but will not be ready this year so alterate BM> sites have been obtained. Downtown (and other flooded areas) still BM> cleaning - some probably into Fall if not longer. FEMA closed its BM> temporary site but is still accepting applications for assistance. NB> AIS, things are gradually getting back to normal... Good that NB> FEMA will still accept the applications, some things wouldn't NB> really come to light until one is able to start the cleanup.... Probably true. Thinking of the possibility of buckled walls and mold behind walls. BM>>> Right. Can soak the barriers in water but that doesn't have the BM>>> rushing water part. Could test in an actual river to get the rush BM>>> water part but still probably missing the force of two-to-four million BM>>> gallons a second. (Of course that's the entire width of the river....) NB>>> And of course reproducing flood conditions would be the issue.... One NB>>> could, I suppose, submerge the barriers in the river to simulate more NB>>> of the conditions... BM>> Extended submerging would be part of the simulation; thinking also BM>> need to simulate water flow for wear. Water pressure would be another BM>> factor. NB>> Indeed.... :) BM> And I think I made mention the other day for the EagleCam the metal BM> box holding some of the remote networking/communications equipment had BM> it's front cover broken off - by what's left wasn't a flimsy unit. The BM> post stated either a floating log or falling branch probably hit. NB> Something that struck with some force.... Definitely some force behind it. LIS somewhere, the webcams are back up but I haven't seen any of the eagles. My guess is I just haven't looked at the right time. Looked a little earlier this morning and now one camera's display says something about expired in 2018 (last year) and the other is displaying the currently empty nest -- early enough they might be out getting their breakfast. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... I put my schedule in my back pocket. Guess that's why I'm behind. --- 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) .