At 03:07 PM Saturday 9/13/2008, Rceeberger wrote: >On 9/13/2008 2:47:37 PM, Julia Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Sat, 13 Sep 2008, Rceeberger wrote: > > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > > > > > Some pics I took just after the storm ended, all within 50 or 60 yards > > > of my front door. > > > > "Tennis court doubles as retention pond" - was that by design? If so, > > that's reasonably clever. If not, well, at least it's not flooding some > > more vital things. > > >The manager here says it was. She says it was a bit of trickery used to >avoid building a seperate retention area.
And she could bill it as a new aerobic workout, like those places where you are supposed to exercise or walk in a tank of water. >It seems to work quite well actually. The parking lots drain first, then the >childrens playground and finally the tennis court. >Nothing flooded here. The only water damage seen so far was from morons who >did not close their patio doors before they evacuated. (A Whiskey Tango >Foxtrot moment if I ever saw one) >Not a single window broke, despite the fact that only a half dozen or so >units boarded up. >The farther you get from my apartment, the more damage you see. I'm told we >are the only people in Webster with utility power. Heck, the City of Webster >lost power at 9 last night. Webster PD ran on generators all night. >Officer Friendly raided a construction site's ice machine before the storm >so most of us have ice chests full of ice. Now that ice machine is down and >filled with melting ice. Well, it certainly looks like your particular location got off with a lot less damage than some. I didn't notice in the captions if you said if any of those cars was yours . . . >On another note, the Houston Texans game against the Ravens has been >*cancelled* due to damage to Reliant Stadiums retractable roof. Can't >remember the last time that happened. > >xponent >The Cleansing Of Storms Maru >rob Followed By The Cleanup Of The Debris After The Storm Maru . . . ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
