WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Think I need to check on my family over there.
Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rene Zillmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 4:56 PM Subject: [VFB] Was: About Warmwater swap -- Now: Rain in Central Europe > 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 --->>> > > >
