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Thread #103034 Message #2096068
Posted By: JohnInKansas
06-Jul-07 - 09:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: Is it (still) raining where you are?
Subject: RE: BS: Is it (still) raining where you are?
We have had a break in the rain, and in another couple of days I may be able to get a lawnmower into the foot-tall that's sprouted while it's been too wet to mow.
As a side note to the recent flooding, our FFT (favorite family trucker) just returned from a month on the road with negative net, again, due to shitty dispatching and lots of sitting around, so has decided to change companies. (A routine industry procedure.)
He was to start with the new ones on Monday but received an "urgent" demand from them that he take a "FEMA Load" to eastern OK/KS - destination unknown, early Saturday morning.
It's a load of ICE.
(He'll still, apparently, leave, probably for Canada, on Monday morning(?).
Rationale for the FEMA shipment: There are virtually NO AVAILABLE tankers that can haul potable water in the quantities needed, but almost any truck can carry ice. It's guaranteed to melt when it gets there.
Bagged ice is disappearing rapidly from our area, where we're otherwise relatively unaffected by the flooding, and the price of what's left may be up by about 30% according to informal observations.
Rain is still in the forecasts for much of the area over the next week or so, but unlikely to contribute much to the flooding except in a few cases where reservoirs are close to overflow now. Releases from a couple of reservoirs, to make room for incoming rainfall/runoff, may keep "high water" up in a few places, but dangerous conditions are unlikely --- with a little luck.
John