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BeH
Oct 21, 2023, 12:20:45 PM10/21/23
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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.
--
BeH
" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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.
--
BeH
" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
BeH
Nov 6, 2023, 1:56:50 PM11/6/23
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On 25.10.2023 16.26, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in news:uh0top$1rguh$1...@dont-email.me:
>
> 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?
> BeH <beh.on...@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!
>> 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.
>>
>
>
> 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?
BeH
Nov 19, 2023, 5:33:42 PM11/19/23
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On 08.11.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in news:uibctg$j60l$1...@dont-email.me:
> Uh...uneventful?
Aren't you the lucky one. Meanwhile my chimney has started taking in
water whenever it rains and depositing it along with whatever soot it
dislodges on my scullery floor. Not the whole floor, just the little,
hard-to-get-to bit in the corner beside the chimney.
I've never had run-through chimney water before...
> {We need the tarp for stealing steles}
{We can't just use someone else's tarp for clandestine, and possibly
morally dubious, activities. Also it's really dark most of the time now,
so maybe a tarp won't be needed at all.}
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in news:uibctg$j60l$1...@dont-email.me:
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...
> {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.}
BeH
Nov 25, 2023, 8:01:54 PM11/25/23
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> news:uje2g3$3vrc7$1...@dont-email.me:
> 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).
>>> {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.)
> 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).
>>> {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.}
>>
(Quite. The dark has always been a friend of stealthy stele stealers.)
BeH
Dec 7, 2023, 5:36:10 PM12/7/23
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> news:uju5dv$306be$1...@dont-email.me:
> 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). %
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.)
% 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). %
BeH
Dec 7, 2023, 5:37:41 PM12/7/23
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BeH
Jan 4, 2024, 7:18:41 AM1/4/24
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> news:ukthco$1e5qs$1...@dont-email.me:
> 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...
> 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.
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...
> 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.
BeH
Jan 12, 2024, 6:40:27 AM1/12/24
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> news:un67mv$3l5bp$1...@dont-email.me:
> I bet it was pretty.
Well, as horse-drawn gold-plated carriages go I guess it's not that bad.
A bit blingy for my taste.
> A nice day for a ride, no traffic.
There never seem to be much traffic whenever the queen goes out in her
carriage. And then it's mostly police and 'unmarked vehicles' of some sort.
>>> 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.
I bet there will be some. Right now, right here it just managed to get
above zero degrees. So people are most likely skating along all over the
motorway - free at last. Gits.
Well, as horse-drawn gold-plated carriages go I guess it's not that bad.
A bit blingy for my taste.
> A nice day for a ride, no traffic.
There never seem to be much traffic whenever the queen goes out in her
carriage. And then it's mostly police and 'unmarked vehicles' of some sort.
>>> 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.
>>
>
> 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.
I bet there will be some. Right now, right here it just managed to get
above zero degrees. So people are most likely skating along all over the
motorway - free at last. Gits.
BeH
Feb 1, 2024, 6:19:53 AM2/1/24
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On 14.01.2024 16.02, Merlyne wrote:
>>> 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.
>> I bet there will be some. Right now, right here it just managed to get
>> above zero degrees. So people are most likely skating along all over
>> the motorway - free at last. Gits.
>>
> We got 30 cm of snow yesterday.
>>> 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.
>> I bet there will be some. Right now, right here it just managed to get
>> above zero degrees. So people are most likely skating along all over
>> the motorway - free at last. Gits.
>>
> It's supposed to be cold next week. Like the high is -14C :(
Was it then? Cold?
Here there is currently a lot of air in the air over on the west coast
(from the North Sea). The Norwegians have been getting it pretty bad.
I don't feel it much being well away from the west coast. And also not
going outside.
--
BeH
"No nation can be free if it opresses other nations" - F. Engels
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