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BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
news:un67mv$3l5bp$1@dont-email.me: 

> On 18.12.2023 20.45, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:ukthco$1e5qs$1@dont-email.me: 
>> 
>>> On 29.11.2023 15.27, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:uju5dv$306be$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>
>>>>> On 22.11.2023 14.33, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't have any baffles or caps on my chimney. I suspect the
>>>>> storm put so much water down it that there was standing water that
>>>>> didn't have time to evaporate (also because the there's no burning
>>>>> so no heating of the flute), so whenever any water got in it
>>>>> overflowed. 
>>>>>
>>>>> I did have the chimney sweep around recently for the mandatory
>>>>> yearly check. He brushed the gunk down off the flute but didn't do
>>>>> a damn thing about the wet mess on the bottom - his vacuum cleaner
>>>>> would get dirty or something, and apparently they no longer carry
>>>>> an ash shovel. [Wanker!] I did that myself after he left (I *do*
>>>>> have a shovel), and I haven't have sooty water on the floor since
>>>>> (he said with no regard for hybris). 
>>>>>
>>>> Don't jinx yourself!
>>> That's not a thing that happens. Everything bad that happens to me
>>> is somebody else's fault. Anyway no more water, even with all the
>>> snow that must have found it's way into the chimney...
>>>
>>>>>>>> {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}
>>>>> (Quite. The dark has always been a friend of stealthy stele
>>>>> stealers.) 
>>>> [Unless it snows. Snow + Moon shine = call the police]
>>> % Speaking of... I've been technically snowed in for a few days, in
>>> the sense that drifting snow (and frankly atrocious snow clearing)
>>> makes biking all but impossible on the country road that takes me
>>> home (or away as the case may be). %
>>>
>> 
>> West Virginia?
> 
> Or the nearest discount supermarket. Yes, probably that. Either way I
> stopped being snowed in and I may or may not be snowed in at present -
> haven't checked - in any case according to the news there is
> snow-chaos elsewhere in the country.
> All non-essential driving is discouraged. And yet the Queen goes for a
> joy ride in her horse-drawn gold-plated carriage. Sheesh...

I bet it was pretty.
A nice day for a ride, no traffic.
> 
>> This is an El Nino year. So far it's rain which changes to freezing
>> rain which changes to snow which melts. Rinse. Repeat.
> 
> Fun/flu for the whole family.
> 

I went to a rather crowded funeral and a couple of Christmas parties in 
the last month. No illnesses.

We finally got some snow. 10 cm today.
There's is supposed to be another storm coming on Tuesday into Wednesday 
which will change from snow to freezing rain to rain as the temperature 
rises during the week.

Will report back on the weather next weekend.

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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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