Date: 18 Sep 18 19:54:43
From: Nancy Backus
To: joe mackey
Subj: Re: Storms and rain (was: Outages) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Quoting joe mackey to Daryl Stout on 10-Sep-2018 05:58 <=-

We didn't get much here, but Florence looks to pay the Carolinas and
the Delmarva a visit next week. Not good news for you.

We had about three inches of rain from Gordon this weekend, starting
late Saturday night and into today. Came down really good at times.

Sounds rather impressive... Did you get anything from Florence...?

And thanks to Gordon the landlord is gonna have to do some more roof repairs while I clean up fallen soggy ceiling tiles... Joe

Are these repairs that were solely caused by the storm, or were they
already starting to be needed beforehand and the storm finished them
off...?

ttyl neb

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Date: 21 Sep 18 13:59:45
From: Nancy Backus
To: Daryl Stout
Subj: Re: Storms and rain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Quoting Daryl Stout to JOE MACKEY on 17-Sep-2018 08:39 <=-

Did you see the video from The Weather Channel recently of the weather
guy "braving" the high winds and rain of Florence? He was barely able to
stand up straight because of the wind, talking about how bad it was, etc
yet behind him are a couple of guys just ambling along with no problems?

I heard about that, but have been so busy with preparing for a move
back to my Mom's place (I start moving stuff piece meal today),

So now the move is in process....

then her impending death and funeral...and possibly a double one if my brother kills himself from severe depression. So, the next 2 weeks will not be good for me.

Is your mother doing that badly, then...? Do you have her on home
hospice, or is this just being prepared for what would come at some
time, eventually... My thoughts and prayers are with you, in any
case....

Add to that thunderstorm potential as autumn
arrives, so after Tuesday, the BBS may be down until October.

Hopefully you'll be back before that... :)

ttyl neb

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Nancy wrote --

And thanks to Gordon the landlord is gonna have to do some more roof repairs while I clean up fallen soggy ceiling tiles... Joe

Are these repairs that were solely caused by the storm, or were they
already starting to be needed beforehand and the storm finished them
off...?

Both.
Originally this building had a tarred roof. About 25 or so years ago
the then landlord put down a rubber type roof. Long rubber-like sheets
that are slightly overlapped and glued. Fine for a slanted roof, but
this one is flat. Over time the weather dries out the glue, the sheets
come loose, etc. And where the rain leaks in could be on the other side
of the roof where the problem is.
The landlord has patched here and there but once one problem is
corrected another pops up.
IMHO, which no pays attention to, the old roof should come up and the
whole thing re-tarred. Never had a problem when tar was used. Or none
to speak of.
Its when there's a long/hard rain and the water pools up the problems start.
Joe


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On 2018 Oct 15 06:42:16, you wrote to NANCY BACKUS:

IMHO, which no pays attention to, the old roof should come up and the whole thing re-tarred. Never had a problem when tar was used. Or
none to speak of.

or leave the roof as it is and just put a thick tar coat over it... if it is hot enough to affect the rubber mats, they should maybe melt together to form a
rubber barrier in addition to the new tar barrier...

now, how much weight there is and what can the roof handle is another set of questions to consider ;)

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Mark wrote --

or leave the roof as it is and just put a thick tar coat over it

That's a possibility as well.

now, how much weight there is and what can the roof handle is another

set of questions to consider ;)

No idea. It has limited access, though a locked door. I don't think there's much of anything up there, from aerial shots I've seen.
I can hear people walking around from time to time when they are
checking on this or that.
Joe
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Nancy,

So now the move is in process....

It was all done in one day, on October 6. I moved some stuff piece
meal before then. I still have a ton of stuff in the garage that I
haven't had the chance to unpack yet.

Is your mother doing that badly, then...? Do you have her on home NB>hospice, or is this just being prepared for what would come at some
time, eventually... My thoughts and prayers are with you, in any
case....

She's not qualified for hospice, but her dementia is real bad. She
turned 92 in early September. I appreciate the thoughts and
prayers...I've been on the verge of a breakdown for weeks, and I don't
know how much more stress I can take.

Hopefully you'll be back before that... :)

As it turned out, I was down for over a month. I hope I'm back up now,
but it was just under tbolt.synchro.net -- cable modem and internet
issues aren't letting wx1der.dyndns.org work right now. I may have to
change the BBS's website, and do new business cards for it.

We have a threat of severe weather Halloween and Wednesday night, with
a chance of storms the latter part of next week. So, I should be up
through at least Tuesday.

Daryl

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