Are you sure it wasn't looking swell Lorraine?!?
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The Anchorage, Part 3
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Lorraine
The Wicked Witch of the North
heehee! There's going to be one heck of a swell out there, Satira 
But the Beast is BACK! AKA Frankenputer The wifi is abysmal, not Frank's fault, I need to get a wifi card instead of my almost useless dongle. And I'm getting "Daz Studio has encountered' etc etc when I try to save an asset but the dress looks better, and saved as a scene subset it isn't crashing. Bucket if I know! So I'm continuing to reinstall programs and play on DS between times, and hoping it will stop raining. Ciao my friends 
But the Beast is BACK! AKA Frankenputer
The wifi is abysmal, not Frank's fault, I need to get a wifi card instead of my almost useless dongle. And I'm getting "Daz Studio has encountered' etc etc when I try to save an asset but the dress looks better, and saved as a scene subset it isn't crashing. Bucket if I know! So I'm continuing to reinstall programs and play on DS between times, and hoping it will stop raining. Ciao my friends
I wish we could get some of that rain! We need a really good long rain to remove all the green slime from the Schuylkill River! Well, it's not really slime. It's duckweed. But oh my gosh! That's a whole lot of duckweed! You see those blue expanses of water? The duckweed had spread all across it to during the week. Every summer duckweed is washed down from the upper tributaries, but it doesn't generally reach bank to bank. The waterflow has been so sluggish this summer, and we've had long stretches of high (and humid) temperatures ... so the duckweed has been thriving. Which is good for the fishies and birdies. But ... it's just so ... MUCH!
I drive along the bank opposite boathouse row. That's the 15 boathouses in this picture which house social and rowing clubs and their racing shells.
I think this is below the "falls."
I drive along the bank opposite boathouse row. That's the 15 boathouses in this picture which house social and rowing clubs and their racing shells.
I think this is below the "falls."
Terre
Renowned
Look how close to the water line those buildings are. They don't look like they have needed to have much in the way of flood repairs. Even the rail road is not far above the river level.
I see fences, not retaining walls between the RR tracks and the river.
She's also talking about needing rain. rather than saying the river is over it's banks.
I see fences, not retaining walls between the RR tracks and the river.
She's also talking about needing rain. rather than saying the river is over it's banks.
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Okay...I see those sorts of things in places here but recently even those places have been flooded. Some people live/build near rivers even though they know that sometimes they will flood. From what Satira said most of those buildings are boathouses which would have to be close to the river no matter what. The fact that there are no homes there is more telling to me as it makes me think that they aren't allowed by planning for some reason.
Funny how we all view things from our own experiences because I look at that and think that river would flood those buildings easily, but then I don't think it would take much of a sea level rise to flood my sister's place in Tas either and she doesn't seem at all worried about it. Maybe I'm a pessimist though as I look at things and think 'that looks a bit ricketty'. I was looking on pinterest recently at these narrow verandah type things on a cliff side and my thought was how would they maintain those in such an awkward spot. I pointed it out to my husband and said no way would I go on that. He couldn't see it as a problem though...
This was the one I had a problem with..
travel :)
Funny how we all view things from our own experiences because I look at that and think that river would flood those buildings easily, but then I don't think it would take much of a sea level rise to flood my sister's place in Tas either and she doesn't seem at all worried about it. Maybe I'm a pessimist though as I look at things and think 'that looks a bit ricketty'. I was looking on pinterest recently at these narrow verandah type things on a cliff side and my thought was how would they maintain those in such an awkward spot. I pointed it out to my husband and said no way would I go on that. He couldn't see it as a problem though...
This was the one I had a problem with..
travel :)
The ground level of those buildings are used for storing the boats and racing shells, and yeah, they do get flooded. I rather suspect water creeps into the boathouses most years.
This is the 2006 flood, a day or two before the Schuylkill River crested. It's not at all uncommon for the Schuylkill to rise over its banks every year ... if not several times a year. Most of those times it's mild flooding along this part of the river where it's wide. However, just about any time it rains, we have flash flood warnings.
In 2014, the river crested higher than it did during Hurricane Irene and Superstorm Sandy. 2011 was another really bad flood year. That storm not only closed the roads on both sides of the river, but the Schuylkill Expressway (my alternate route when MLK Jr Drive is flooded) was also closed because of a mudslide.
This next picture is just past Boathouse Row on the other side of the spillway. That's the Fairmount Water Works which provided water to Philadelphia until 1909. The huge brownish building behind the Water Works is the Museum.
This is what the Schuylkill River has looked like most of the summer since we've had so little rain. Though, it's even gotten lower with a lot more of the rock shelves exposed. The picture of Boathouse Row with the duckweed was after a day of rain. After heavy storms, the downside of the spillway is level with the upside.
Inside one of the boathouses after the river came to visit in 2010.
This is the 2006 flood, a day or two before the Schuylkill River crested. It's not at all uncommon for the Schuylkill to rise over its banks every year ... if not several times a year. Most of those times it's mild flooding along this part of the river where it's wide. However, just about any time it rains, we have flash flood warnings.
In 2014, the river crested higher than it did during Hurricane Irene and Superstorm Sandy. 2011 was another really bad flood year. That storm not only closed the roads on both sides of the river, but the Schuylkill Expressway (my alternate route when MLK Jr Drive is flooded) was also closed because of a mudslide.
This next picture is just past Boathouse Row on the other side of the spillway. That's the Fairmount Water Works which provided water to Philadelphia until 1909. The huge brownish building behind the Water Works is the Museum.
This is what the Schuylkill River has looked like most of the summer since we've had so little rain. Though, it's even gotten lower with a lot more of the rock shelves exposed. The picture of Boathouse Row with the duckweed was after a day of rain. After heavy storms, the downside of the spillway is level with the upside.
Inside one of the boathouses after the river came to visit in 2010.
Nope. Not walking on that either Pen!!!
lol...it's not just me then! lol. I said something similar to my husband years back when we were travelling the great ocean road. There was this spot that used to be called London Bridge because it had two arches. The conversation went like this.
Look there are people and cars out there, said me
We could go out there said my husband...
No way said I look at how thin those bits above the arches are.
Luckily my husband agreed with me. Two days later one of the arches collapsed and there was a couple and their car stuck out there that had to be winched off.
Things like that...trust your gut! If looks like it could go it probably will...
Look there are people and cars out there, said me
We could go out there said my husband...
No way said I look at how thin those bits above the arches are.
Luckily my husband agreed with me. Two days later one of the arches collapsed and there was a couple and their car stuck out there that had to be winched off.
Things like that...trust your gut! If looks like it could go it probably will...
Lorraine
The Wicked Witch of the North
That is a LOT of weed, Satira, and when the rain does come it'll make a fine mess in someone else's neighbourhood! We get a lot of weed end up down here from way up the river. Gets caught on the mooring ropes and requires a boat hook to get it free.
An absolutely brilliant day here in Opua. Lovely and warm enough for me to be in a summer dress all day. Got all my belongings back to the boat and unpacked and put away plus attacked the Formica on the sink bench and chipped it all off ready for sanding tomorrow and installation of my new sink and drainer on Tuesday! Woop, woop!
This is just after I started chipping off the Formica and you can see how the water has been getting under the edge. Horrible!
And all the Formica removed. There will be a very big hole cut into the top after the old sink is removed (I thought I'd be able to do that today but the small tap is partially over the sink and holding it down, can't be done till the water is capped off). The new sink and drainer will go in the hole with the new tap going into the wood above the sink in front of the cups on the left. There's enough wood to make a chopping board to go on the drainer or over the sink. A good start to the reno
An absolutely brilliant day here in Opua. Lovely and warm enough for me to be in a summer dress all day. Got all my belongings back to the boat and unpacked and put away plus attacked the Formica on the sink bench and chipped it all off ready for sanding tomorrow and installation of my new sink and drainer on Tuesday! Woop, woop!
This is just after I started chipping off the Formica and you can see how the water has been getting under the edge. Horrible!
And all the Formica removed. There will be a very big hole cut into the top after the old sink is removed (I thought I'd be able to do that today but the small tap is partially over the sink and holding it down, can't be done till the water is capped off). The new sink and drainer will go in the hole with the new tap going into the wood above the sink in front of the cups on the left. There's enough wood to make a chopping board to go on the drainer or over the sink. A good start to the reno
Lorraine
The Wicked Witch of the North
Thanks guys
Pen, there won't be much of that wood left after the hole is cut, only 70mm along the back and 100mm at the right hand end. But I am thinking of sanding and varnishing what's left, so much nicer than the Formica.
12.27am and I can't sleep. Daylight saving started last night but it's not that. I'm going to go and have a nice cup of tea and some toast and see if that helps.
Pen, there won't be much of that wood left after the hole is cut, only 70mm along the back and 100mm at the right hand end. But I am thinking of sanding and varnishing what's left, so much nicer than the Formica.
12.27am and I can't sleep. Daylight saving started last night but it's not that. I'm going to go and have a nice cup of tea and some toast and see if that helps.
Cool. You're going from a tiny sink to a BEEEG sink! More room to store dishes in the sink!
Or for a kitty to sleep.
It IS a lot of weed. But soon it will be floating down the Delaware River and into the Bay.
Duckweed is rather fascinating. It has a phenomenal growth rate and can grow anywhere ... like waste water treatment plants ... and can convert high nitrogen and high phosphorus water into cleaner water. It can be converted to oil ... far more effectively than corn. Unlike with corn ... no toxins are released into the atmosphere through the conversion process. The Sparta, Georgia (US, not Russia), Waste Water Treatment Facility yields up to of 16,000 gallons of clean bio-oil every day.
So ... corn to biofuel = destroy the planet. Duckweed to biofuel = save the planet. And feed the world in the process :wink:
Or for a kitty to sleep.
It IS a lot of weed. But soon it will be floating down the Delaware River and into the Bay.
Duckweed is rather fascinating. It has a phenomenal growth rate and can grow anywhere ... like waste water treatment plants ... and can convert high nitrogen and high phosphorus water into cleaner water. It can be converted to oil ... far more effectively than corn. Unlike with corn ... no toxins are released into the atmosphere through the conversion process. The Sparta, Georgia (US, not Russia), Waste Water Treatment Facility yields up to of 16,000 gallons of clean bio-oil every day.
So ... corn to biofuel = destroy the planet. Duckweed to biofuel = save the planet. And feed the world in the process :wink:
Lorraine
The Wicked Witch of the North
Ouch, Pen, that's not much sleep! I did go to sleep and slept for nearly 12 hours. My body really does like its own bed best.
Yes, I'm going to have a beeeeg sink, Satira! My one now won't even fit a dinner plate. Why anyone in their right mind would put in a sink that small I do not know. And I have just discovered the numbnuts screwed on the bench top with steel screws, not stainless, which have rusted and won't come out. Will require brute force and a jimmy bar tomorrow to break out the sawn out piece. Fortunately I'm very good at brute force. The men will throw their hands up in horror but I'll get the bloody thing out, never fear
Yes, I'm going to have a beeeeg sink, Satira! My one now won't even fit a dinner plate. Why anyone in their right mind would put in a sink that small I do not know. And I have just discovered the numbnuts screwed on the bench top with steel screws, not stainless, which have rusted and won't come out. Will require brute force and a jimmy bar tomorrow to break out the sawn out piece. Fortunately I'm very good at brute force. The men will throw their hands up in horror but I'll get the bloody thing out, never fear
Lorraine
The Wicked Witch of the North
Today's' endeavours: took off the fiddles around the edge of the bench, filled all the holes and gouges and ran a bead of epoxy along the edge of the wall and cupboards to keep any water out and make it easier to keep clean. I'm going to have to paint the bench cos the wood is too marked. I'll paint the varnish on the cupboards too as it's got real sad.
