Subj : Re: flood stuff was: Vacation To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Dec 10 2019 20:04:06 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 04-Dec-2019 09:02 <=- BM>> Just got a refill on on my coffee and heard this announcment on the BM>> radio: "Thanks for listening to KIIK ["kick"] one-oh-four-nine at work BM>> -- that means you haven't been fired yet." Obviously tongue-in-cheek. NB>> Cute... And the second-thought kicking in... but, I'm listening NB>> at home...... BM> Heck, I'm retired! Hope I can't be fired from retirement!! Nope.... and that's one less thing to worry about... :) BM>>>> Next "lot" over is what I'm slightly curious about: largish flattened BM>>>> mound with a short yagi-style sticking out of it. Maybe three feet BM>>>> off the ground; looks like a regular TV antenna. Not-so-secret BM>>>> bunker?! Too far away from the creek to be monitoring that. NB>>>> That does sound like an interesting corner... :) BM>>> I had looked on Google Maps and nothing identified. Have been told BM>>> that area used to be road for a gentle curve from the E-W Kimberly Rd. BM>>> to the N-S one; was modified when the interchange with I-74 was BM>>> constructed (I think early 70''s -- before I moved out here). Doesn't BM>>> explain the 'secret bunker' thing. NB>>> That's the sort of thing that the local history library might have NB>>> the information on... :) BM>> Are you trying to get me off my computer chair?! It'll probably end BM>> up being something boring like a part of the sewer system. OTOH.... :) NB>> You'll not know unless you check it out.... :) Schedule a trip to NB>> the library with your errands some day when there's a little more NB>> time available... :) BM> Let's see: is that the schedule on calendar hanging or the electronic BM> one....? I think about that over a nap! Actually might be a BM> useful project for later when Autumn needs to go to the Library and I BM> need something to occupy my time. Now there's an idea.... probably even a good one... :) BM> NB>> Yup... :) I'm also curious now as to whether or not you actually do NB>> have anything that really is equivalent to our party houses.... Some NB>> of the ones here only do the big parties, but there are some that NB>> bill themselves as a party house and restaurant.... and would also NB>> serve meals there to individual smaller groups like families or NB>> couples or such, and have a party room or two off to the side.... :) BM> I'm thinking what you have in New York as a Party House doesn't exist BM> as such out here. Closest equivalent would be renting something the BM> lodges at Duck Creek or Credit Island Parks, but as a pot luck or BM> catered. There are of course banquet rooms, AFAIK generally part of a BM> hotel, but that's different from your Party House. The banquet rooms are getting closer to what we have.... If you had something like that not part of a hotel (or a convention center), but with its own kitchen and staff, that's pretty much what I'm talking about... You might have something of the sort, but never run across it yet.... or maybe there's less need for that where you are... :) BM>>>> The staying at flood stage for so long is extremely rare - closer to BM>>>> never. Normally the rivers, etc., do a normal yearly drop of their BM>>>> water level, which drains the water table to where it belongs and the BM>>>> road beds are emptied. Just lots of rain, enough to keep the water BM>>>> levels up near/slightly over flooding and not drop back to normal BM>>>> river levels. NB>>>> Let's hope that it isn't a new normal... and that things will be NB>>>> back to the more expected next year...! BM>>> They're already issuing flood predictions for next year; I haven't BM>>> taken the time to read them yet. NB>>> That sounds scary... unless they are predicting much less next year NB>>> than this year.... BM>> I don't recall a predicted depth other than less than this year's but BM>> still going to be flooding. NB>> Less than is at least a hopeful start.... ;) But they'd better get NB>> their coping with flooding plans well into place in the meantime... :) BM> Definitely!! Just because it happened last year and probably not next BM> year doesn't mean it won't happen again. Some time back (early BM> 2000's?) there were two "100 Year Floods" back to back. People were BM> complaining how they could be called a 100 Year Flood when occurred in BM> much less than 100 years. They were taking the name literally; really BM> meant on average only flooded like that once a century. So yes, even BM> though the flooding is done with for now it will come back and they need BM> to be prepared. Yup. Besides, a lot of things aren't really totally predictable, much as we could wish they were.... :) NB>>> Yup, does sound like a nightmare... I've actually seen some whole NB>>> (fairly large) houses moved down the street to a new location, but NB>>> it's a major operation, and probably more than a little risky that NB>>> everything would survive the move without some damage.... BM>> Yes, would seem the jacking up on to the trailers would be the most BM>> heart-stopping portion, followed closely by the setting down on to the BM>> new location. The actual moving to the new location probably isn't BM>> too bad as the house is on the trailer. NB>> The jostling could also cause problems.... I've only seen them going NB>> (very slowly) down the road, haven't been around for the lifting or NB>> the setting down parts.... ;) BM> I've see the moving down the road part and the preparation part: house BM> ready to be dropped (bad word choice!) to the new basement but never BM> the actual transfer: neighbour's house diagonally across the street BM> from where I grew up was moved, I think from where a shopping center BM> was created. Missed the move as had to go to school; no such thing or BM> never thought of home video recording. Probably at least the latter... although also possible that it was before home videos were common at least, or even available yet.... ttyl neb .... Getting old: on vacation & your energy runs out before your money does --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .