Bob, yes, we have a lot of rain over here. Unfortunately it's more than rain, in some areas it is a real flood. Yesterday there was a town where they measured appr. 110 liter of rain per square meter per hour. (appr. 3 gallons per squarefeet). Today a town in a distance of 15 miles was affected - and here we had no rain. I'm not affected till now. Only fishing is impossible in the Rhein as it is too dangerous due to the high water level. The authorities say that the water made damages for over 15 to 25 Billion Euro (You are right, Billion). The railroad company (Deutsche Bahn) says that they need over 3 years to repair the damages - and they are not able to repair everything. Government rises the tax to be able to pay for the damages.
Probably you know Dresden, was in the former GDR. After the reunification the government and a lot of people spent a lot of money to rebuild the city. If you want to see how it look now - Dresden was one of the cities affected most. http://www.express.de/servlet/Satellite?pagename=XP/content/xpFotoLine/popup &fotolistID=1027489175281&now=8 Text is in German, but the pics tell the story. Regards Rene -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: Bob Haering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Datum: Donnerstag, 29. August 2002 22:29 Betreff: Re: [VFB] About Warmwater swap What is up over there Rene. You guys getting a lot of rain? Bob H ----- Original Message ----- .... snip --->>>
