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7 April 05: Lord willing
an' the crick don't rise...
We're on high ground in NJ, but our house is quirky*, so whenever
the rain is pounding and the ground is this supersaturated, we
get a flood through the once-garage door or---even more spectacularly---water
squirting through the once-garage wall on the uphill
side. The once-garage is where all our bookshelves are.
We've had a lot of panicky times but nowhere near the panicky
times the folk on the flood plain below us have had.
The crick crested yesterday. It was sunny all day today and
the water was visibly subsiding. Today the folk on the floodplain
started going back to their flooded homes to clean up the muck.
But the weather report says more heavy rain tomorrow. All
our local shaman is [dancing/praying/asking/wishing] for is two
days' grace before the next heavy rain. May I ask for your good
[thoughts/wishes/prayers/dances]? I'm not asking for us; we've
made it through.
But all our folk on the floodplain need two days' grace.
If you know somebody who can do a hold-off-the-rain-for-two-days
dance, we would be ever so much obliged.
*
*quirky here is my polite way of saying "badly
thought out." Our house is just below the crest of a hill
but its roof slants to the uphill side, which is why any heavy
rain when the ground is already supersaturated can send water
squirting through the once-garage wall.
*
Off-site Off chance we lose power (as we have all too many
times under the same circumstances), here are cool things I've
been sent. Hang onto 'em for me, will ya?
- Orion
Nebula animation from Hayden Planetarium, [warning: long
slow download; if you're on dial-up, you probably don't want
to go there]---a gorgeous gosh-wow from Greg F
- Space:
The Wino Frontier, from Greg F
- Romance
Covers Snarked, from Greg F [another long download]
- The
Wonderful Caddis Worm, from Moonsown Sister
- How to Cite
Graffiti, from Moonsown Sister
- Cat
Scan Reveals Large, Benign, Lumpy Mass [sic], from Elle E
- Really
Mad Cows [flash], from AH
- The Bovine
Illuminati, also from AH,
- U Sadlu, a
menu from Susan C....
[This is a 1st draft. I'll clean it up when I have a chance.
I'm just here to post some nifty links...and to hope my new ISP
is on higher ground than my last one was. Expect changes.]
[27 May 05 edit: Thank you all for the anti-rain dances
and the two day's grace. Our folk on the flood plain thank you:
Nobody's house (that we know of) will have to be demolished because
of this April's flood.] |