Subj : peeves was: Eagle Cam To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Sep 24 2019 11:48:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>> Maybe this flood will add to the old back-to-back flooding to create a NB>>> little more urgency now... and hopefully some sort of solution in place NB>>> for the next flooding, whether it comes next year or a few more years NB>>> down the road.... BM>> Hopefully! If there is flooding next year Davenport will have to rely BM>> on the 'old' floodwall protection techniques as (AFAIK) nothing has BM>> changed. I'd assume some conversations, but nothing physical. Of BM>> course any project is going to take a long time to get started much BM>> less actually do. NB>> Maybe something is being done in the background...? Some sort of NB>> store it for now and bring it out if another flood threatens....? BM> Probably so. Same as for all those HESCO barriers -- the giant BM> plastic boxes filled with sand to create the floodwall. All those are BM> stored some place. Collapsed and flat, but still thousands of them and BM> takes up space. (No idea if emptied and reused, thinking not.) NB> Might depend on how easily one can get new stores of sand to fill NB> them with.... and/or whether one needs to use fresh sand... NB> probably at least has to be dry... :) I was thinking more the HESCO Barrier itself: the container. Would think those would be a one-time use because of wear-and-tear from being out in the water and Sun. And potential dinging by shovels when removing the sand. As far as fresh sand, I'm thinking 'simply' filter the used sand to remove impurities. (More someday research!) BM> As for something going on behind the scenes, my guess is yes. BM> Entirely possible nothing is happening now because waiting for BM> information, but quite certain something will be done. NB> And hopefully sooner than later... :) Yes. LIS (I think) last week or maybe the week before there was a blurb on a nice downtown restaurant deciding not to reopen following being flooded. Other restarants and shops doign the same but their spots have been mostly leased to other (new) restaurants and stores. Sort of tacked on to that news items was Davenport is working on flood plans but needs the assistance of others who have dealt with similar large projects. BM>>> And I haven't heard any updates on the railroad tracks and no need for BM>>> me to wander to where they were elevated. NB>>> Not any place you'd normally travel, eh...? BM>>> Not really. No 'draws' to that area. NB>>> About what I'd figured... have to be a special trip just to satisfy NB>>> curiosity, I'd guess... :) BM>> I think someone just yelled 'road trip!' in the background! NB>> Anything come of that....? BM> Same status as the flight to and from the Davenport Municipal Airport BM> to check Customs. The railroad track one probably has a better BM> chance. NB> Sounds a bit less involved.... Just a bit. Right now no 'compelling reason' to do either. BM>>> ... Mommy Dearest: Do you think your socks are going to pick BM>>> themselves up? NB>>> "Ye-es......??" BM>> Oooo: those socks are _really_ dirty to walk by themselves! NB>> I was thinking of a conversation I had with one of my nephews when he NB>> was maybe about 4, and had just yet again pooped in his underpants... NB>> I asked him if he thought I enjoyed washing out his pants... The above NB>> was his response... My answer to him was "nope"... :) And proceded NB>> to teach him how to wash out his own pants in the toilet... BM> Just don't pull that lever for the rinse cycle!! NB> Or at least wait until you've got the pants out... :) But then the rinse cycle is missed! BM> Actually a good method to get the lesson across: do it yourself and BM> see how you like it, even though the pants needed to be properly washed BM> later. NB> Of course... this was just a rinse to get the solid stuff out... NB> it then went into the diaper load to be properly cleaned and NB> sanitised... ;) Figured that detail; just quirkier without. BM> Don't know why this came to mind: I got sick at my Uncle and Aunt's. BM> I was in the bathroom and feeling I had to throw up but where? It had BM> been some time and all I remembered on where to throw up in to was BM> some bowl/container. Tub? No - too big a bowl. Toilet? Maybe. Sink? BM> Well that seems maybe right.... Uuuurk! Nope: wasn't the sink 'cause BM> of the drain. ...Told my parents and 'the problem' was taken care of. NB> Sounds like it was a good thing that you didn't have it exploding NB> out of you... you had time to get your parents' input as to the NB> proper recepticle... ;) How old were you at the time....? Actually I had realized when I vomited into the sink that was the wrong receptacle -- remember at the time thinking to myself "nope, was the other one!" but of course too late. Probably went downstairs and told my parents (and uncle and aunt - think everyone was at the dining table) I had a thrown up into the wrong bowl. As for my age then, maybe eight or nine. Do recall I hadn't needed to throw up for some time (years) so that was also part of the "which bowl?" dilemma. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Someday your prints will come. -- Frogg Film Develop Co. --- 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) .