• Re: resend: Storms and ra

    From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to JOE MACKEY on Wed Oct 17 21:27:00 2018
    Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 10-15-18 06:42 <=-

    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.

    I know how that goes....

    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.

    As you say, flat roofs do better with being tarred... now, you just need
    to convince the landlord to do the proper job....

    Its when there's a long/hard rain and the water pools up the
    problems start.

    Yup.... the water will find a place to leak under the rubber, and then
    run along until it finds a likely spot to leak into the building
    through.... Did Gordon also have winds that peeled up the rubber
    sheets....?

    ttyl neb

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Thu Oct 18 07:01:46 2018
    Nancy wrote --

    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.

    As you say, flat roofs do better with being tarred... now, you just
    need to convince the landlord to do the proper job....

    I think he might be coming to that decision.
    Originally it was my just place and then another. Now others are complaining.
    The building super told me in private the landlord is now "thinking"
    about that after having to patch here and there all the time.
    When a previous landlord replaced the roof I got a leak from a sky
    light in the kitchen area. He had it patched and worked on to no avail
    and finally he had the skylight covered. It not only didn't fix the
    problem but made the kitchen dark as night even in the day time.

    Did Gordon also have winds that peeled up the rubber sheets....?

    Didn't get any high winds, just a near constant rain of nearly three
    inches.
    Joe
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Thu Nov 1 20:37:00 2018
    Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 10-27-18 22:15 <=-

    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.

    Eventually you'll get to it... hopefully it's well marked so if you need something particular you'll have a clue where to look for it...?

    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....

    She's not qualified for hospice, but her dementia is real bad. She
    turned 92 in early September.

    Ah... so that's why you needed to move her to the nursing facility...

    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.

    I'll keep them coming... :)

    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.

    Hopefully things will just straighten out, and wx1der will work ok
    again, too.... :) You do seem to be getting out ok now... :)

    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.

    We've been having issues with our internet, too... and I've managed to
    slip a bit behind... but things are straightening out now, I think...

    ttyl neb

    ... The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to NANCY BACKUS on Fri Nov 2 13:03:00 2018
    Nancy,

    Eventually you'll get to it... hopefully it's well marked so if you need NB>something particular you'll have a clue where to look for it...?

    Well, I have a general idea of where stuff is, but for what is where,
    I haven't got a clue.

    Ah... so that's why you needed to move her to the nursing facility...

    That was a main requirement...dementia.

    Hopefully things will just straighten out, and wx1der will work ok
    again, too.... :) You do seem to be getting out ok now... :)

    I just killed the wx1der.dyndns.org domain -- with tbolt.synchro.net
    gets me a DYN server and email for free...compared to $300 I was paying
    a year for the wx1der.dyndns.org domain.

    We've been having issues with our internet, too... and I've managed to NB>slip a bit behind... but things are straightening out now, I think...

    I'll probably be offline late Sunday through Election Day...we have a potential severe weather (tornado) outbreak forecast here Monday and
    Monday night.

    Daryl

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Sat Nov 3 17:14:00 2018
    Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 11-02-18 13:08 <=-

    Eventually you'll get to it... hopefully it's well marked so if you
    need something particular you'll have a clue where to look for it...?

    Well, I have a general idea of where stuff is, but for what is
    where, I haven't got a clue.

    Uh-oh... Hope you can get to the unpacking pretty soon, then...

    Ah... so that's why you needed to move her to the nursing facility...

    That was a main requirement...dementia.

    The facility is staffed around the clock, so that probably is better for
    her... and you'll get some sleep.... ;)

    Hopefully things will just straighten out, and wx1der will work ok
    again, too.... :) You do seem to be getting out ok now... :)

    I just killed the wx1der.dyndns.org domain -- with tbolt.synchro.net
    gets me a DYN server and email for free...compared to $300 I was
    paying a year for the wx1der.dyndns.org domain.

    That does make sense... saves a little money, too...

    We've been having issues with our internet, too... and I've managed to
    slip a bit behind... but things are straightening out now, I think...

    I'll probably be offline late Sunday through Election Day...we have
    a potential severe weather (tornado) outbreak forecast here Monday and Monday night.

    Hopefully it'll just blow over... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to NANCY BACKUS on Sun Nov 4 12:35:00 2018
    Nancy,

    Uh-oh... Hope you can get to the unpacking pretty soon, then...

    I've got to get feeling better first.

    The facility is staffed around the clock, so that probably is better for NB>her... and you'll get some sleep.... ;)

    Well, when I don't go over there...like now for a few days, while
    her car is in the shop, and I do other errands...I am able to sleep in
    my own bed. I doubt she'll ever come home again.

    Hopefully it'll just blow over... :)

    They moved the majority of the severe weather risk area east of Little
    Rock, but a strong or severe storm for us is still not out of the
    question Monday afternoon and evening.

    Wednesday night into Thursday, hailstorms could be a concern...then
    much of north and central Arkansas may see its first frost and freeze of
    the season over the weekend.

    Daryl
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Thu Nov 8 21:42:00 2018
    Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 11-04-18 12:41 <=-

    Uh-oh... Hope you can get to the unpacking pretty soon, then...

    I've got to get feeling better first.

    Hope you are getting there by now....

    The facility is staffed around the clock, so that probably is better
    for her... and you'll get some sleep.... ;)

    Well, when I don't go over there...like now for a few days, while
    her car is in the shop, and I do other errands...I am able to sleep in
    my own bed. I doubt she'll ever come home again.

    Unless it does turn out to be something reversible, and she can take
    care of herself more....

    Hopefully it'll just blow over... :)

    They moved the majority of the severe weather risk area east of
    Little Rock,

    That's a relief.... :)

    but a strong or severe storm for us is still not out of
    the question Monday afternoon and evening.

    Did you miss that, too....?

    Wednesday night into Thursday, hailstorms could be a concern...then
    much of north and central Arkansas may see its first frost and freeze
    of the season over the weekend.

    We've had showers interspersed with sun for the last three days... And
    our forecast also has snow and, with lows in the 20's, sounds like frost
    and freeze for us, too, over the weekend and into the beginning of next week....

    ttyl neb

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to NANCY BACKUS on Sat Nov 10 16:51:00 2018
    Nancy,

    Hope you are getting there by now....

    Not quite there, yet. It takes a long time to throw off these head and
    chest colds. At least it didn't go into pneumonia.

    Unless it does turn out to be something reversible, and she can take
    care of herself more....

    Sadly, I doubt that's going to happen. :(

    Did you miss that, too....?

    We did...but several tornadoes were noted in Louisiana, Mississippi,
    Alabama, and Tennessee.

    We've had showers interspersed with sun for the last three days... And NB>our forecast also has snow and, with lows in the 20's, sounds like frost NB>and freeze for us, too, over the weekend and into the beginning of next NB>week....

    We had a statewide freeze last night...with some spots in north
    Arkansas into the teens. Another hard freeze is possible Tuesday night
    into Wednesday. I think it's safe to say that the 2018 growing season is
    over.

    Daryl

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