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BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
news:uje2g3$3vrc7$1@dont-email.me: 

> On 08.11.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:uibctg$j60l$1@dont-email.me: 
>> 
>>> On 25.10.2023 16.26, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:uh0top$1rguh$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>
>>>>> So we had a storm with an spring flood yesterday - one of those
>>>>> 100year events supposedly - with sea level up to 2m above normal.
>>>>> Pleasure boats and holiday homes being knocked about and lots of
>>>>> water damage in some areas, with several dikes and sluices
>>>>> breaking down (not around here thankfully).
>>>>> Also the storm ripped a ~150cm hole in the top of my roof, causing
>>>>> rainwater to drip from the ceiling in my bedroom in several places
>>>>> during the night. Once I discovered it a couple of buckets took
>>>>> care of most of that, but I have to retreat to the guest room to
>>>>> avoid the chinese water torture of plonk-plonk into the bucket.
>>>>> The indignity was shattering.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Oh wow!
>>>>
>>>> The weather's been crazy here all summer.
>>>> I think we had a record number of tornados touch down.
>>>>
>>>> A year ago May, we had a derecho storm, which I never heard of
>>>> before. We lost 30-70% of the tree canopy around the city.
>>>>
>>>> I feel your pain. My basement flooded in April after a brutal
>>>> freezing rain storm. Dealing with the insurance company is a pain
>>>> in the butt. 
>>>
>>> I on-lined the insurance comp. right away and the accessor did call
>>> back on the monday, which is pretty good assuming mine wasn't the
>>> only claim he had to deal with. On the other hand he did mention
>>> that a few roof plates and some work probably didn't exceed the
>>> deductible (~€550). 
>>>
>>> So he referred me to a roof repairer whom I called right away. This
>>> guy affirmed that he could take the job and hinted that he may come
>>> by the same day to look at the damage. He didn't. He also didn't
>>> come the next monday when I contacted him.
>>>
>>> So, today (two weeks later) the roof repair man finally showed up.
>>> Only not the one I had called but someone from a different firm
>>> subcontracted by the first guy. (These are all single owner firms
>>> with a 2 or 3 workers.) This new guy took a look and determined that
>>> not only the missing ones but all the top bits of the roof was
>>> rotted through to the point of disintegration. So that roof now has
>>> a brand new top bit. Also too he did not think the rest of that part
>>> of the roof will last another year (or storm or heavy snowfall) so
>>> there's that. These are fibre cement pieces called (tm'ed) Eternit -
>>> ironically one might presume.
>>>
>>> Still waiting for the economic damage - and given the state of
>>> things I doubt I'll get any help from insurance.
>>> Meanwhile I still have to replace the wet bit of isolation mats -
>>> and find the puddle that is still feeding the slow drip in my
>>> bedroom. 
>>>
>>> Also I need to clean and return the tarp I borrowed from the
>>> neighbour. And the ladder.
>>>
>>> So how was your fortnight?
>>>
>> 
>> Uh...uneventful?
> Aren't you the lucky one. Meanwhile my chimney has started taking in
> water whenever it rains and depositing it along with whatever soot it
> dislodges on my scullery floor. Not the whole floor, just the little,
> hard-to-get-to bit in the corner beside the chimney.
> I've never had run-through chimney water before...
> 

I had that happen a couple of years ago. Apparently the baffle at the 
top of the chimney was warped or broken or something so when the rain 
hit it at the right angle it dripped inside the house.

>> {We need the tarp for stealing steles}
> {We can't just use someone else's tarp for clandestine, and possibly
> morally dubious, activities. Also it's really dark most of the time
> now, so maybe a tarp won't be needed at all.}
> 
{Hello darkness, my old friend}

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Blowing in the wind... BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-21 18:20 +0200
  Re: Blowing in the wind... Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-25 14:26 +0000
    Re: Blowing in the wind... BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-06 19:56 +0100
      Re: Blowing in the wind... Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-11-08 13:11 +0000
        Re: Blowing in the wind... BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-19 23:33 +0100
          Re: Blowing in the wind... Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-11-22 13:33 +0000
            Re: Blowing in the wind... BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-26 02:01 +0100
              Re: Blowing in the wind... Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-11-29 14:27 +0000
                Re: Blowing in the wind... BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-12-07 23:36 +0100
                Re: Blowing in the wind... Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-12-18 19:45 +0000
                Re: Blowing in the wind... BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-01-04 13:18 +0100
                Re: Blowing in the wind... Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-01-07 22:21 +0000
                Re: Blowing in the wind... BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-01-12 12:40 +0100
                Re: Blowing in the wind... Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-01-14 15:02 +0000
                Re: Blowing in the wind... BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-02-01 12:19 +0100
                Re: Blowing in the wind... Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-02-11 14:49 +0000
                Re: Blowing in the wind... BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-02-22 21:03 +0100
                Re: Blowing in the wind... Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-02-24 20:56 +0000
                Re: Blowing in the wind... BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-03-11 23:16 +0100
                Re: Blowing in the wind... Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-03-12 13:30 +0000
                Re: Blowing in the wind... BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-03-26 18:59 +0100
                Re: Blowing in the wind... Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-03-31 20:39 +0000
                Re: Blowing in the wind... BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-04-07 14:30 +0200
                Re: Blowing in the wind... Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-04-07 15:29 +0000
              Re: Blowing in the wind... Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-11-29 14:29 +0000
                Re: Blowing in the wind... BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-12-07 23:37 +0100

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