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Topic: The Flooding in Ames
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AbsintheDragonfly
Moderator Posts: 1134
From: Gaia
Registered: Apr 2010
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posted August 15, 2010 09:56 AM
 
Has left us without clean water all this week, and no drinking water. We have 8 breaks in the water mains. We can't flush or shower or do laundry. At one point this week, there were only one or two roads open in and out of Ames. They shut down I35 and Hwy 30.The Skunk River crested at 26.8 feet...and flood stage is 14 ft. Thanks for bearing with me, if I don't keep it as tidy as usual. IP: Logged |
LEXX
Moderator Posts: 2221
From: Still out looking for Schr�dinger's cat.........& LEXIGRAMMING... is my Passion!
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 15, 2010 10:48 AM
Well...look at it this way...at least despite all that trouble...
you are still able to do your perfume sales gig today. quote:
I really don't have much time to discuss this issue right now. I have a show today that I'm doing to sell my perfumes, and I need to get ready.
And you are all safe.Some folks would not be so fortunate and most likely some are not. IP: Logged |
Ami Ann
Knowflake Posts: 3130
From: Pluto
Registered: Dec 2009
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posted August 15, 2010 11:03 AM
It is so hard when things like this happen. I have been through hurricanes and it is an awful time !
 Ami ------------------
To will to be the self which one truly is,is indeed,the opposite of despair. IP: Logged |
Dy-na-mi-tee
Knowflake Posts: 521
From: Cloud 22, Jupiter Ave, Lalaland
Registered: Jun 2010
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posted August 15, 2010 11:17 AM
I am happy you are safe and I hope you get some clean water there soon  IP: Logged |
katatonic
Knowflake Posts: 4761
From:
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 15, 2010 11:36 AM
laundry and showers can wait!! lol, some people don't do those things even once aweek where there IS water...but what are you drinking ?? is water being shipped in? or are you going out of town to get some? i guess at the show you can probably find some...good luck with the perfumes!! IP: Logged |
teasel
Knowflake Posts: 1477
From: Ohio
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 15, 2010 12:14 PM
Best of luck today (and I'm glad you're okay). IP: Logged |
AbsintheDragonfly
Moderator Posts: 1134
From: Gaia
Registered: Apr 2010
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posted August 15, 2010 12:34 PM
Thanks all!Leaving now. Have a great day  IP: Logged |
lalalinda
Moderator Posts: 712
From: nevada
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 16, 2010 09:36 AM
Hopefully you will get some relief this week.
Sending thoughts of safety for you and yours Shouldn't this thread be in Gaia's Garden? IP: Logged |
Peri
Knowflake Posts: 1140
From: 49N35 34E34
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 16, 2010 09:49 AM
hope things will be back to normal very soon ABS  IP: Logged |
Unmoved
Moderator Posts: 1741
From:
Registered: May 2009
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posted August 16, 2010 09:49 AM
Jee! How did I miss this thread!?  IP: Logged |
Yin
Knowflake Posts: 1831
From:
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 16, 2010 09:50 AM
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Shouldn't this thread be in Gaia's Garden?
 That is NOT to belittle what Abs is going through. It sounds pretty rough. IP: Logged |
LEXX
Moderator Posts: 2221
From: Still out looking for Schr�dinger's cat.........& LEXIGRAMMING... is my Passion!
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 16, 2010 10:09 AM
I had my "stroke" thread moved to KTAA because I felt it was a personal experience thread which seemed better suited to be just another personal thread of mine at KTAA.
(which whilst being medical in nature, was not really suited for Health And Healing)I do agree, this thread is suited to Gaia's Garden....
as it kinda fits: quote:
Gaia's Garden
Dedicated to Mother Earth and all those who Love her; feel free to discuss ecology and ecosystems, gardening, the environment, and any related subjects
or KTAA as a personal "this is what is going on in my life" thread.IP: Logged |
Nephthys
Moderator Posts: 499
From: California
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 16, 2010 11:41 AM
I hope you and yours are alright ~ IP: Logged |
AbsintheDragonfly
Moderator Posts: 1134
From: Gaia
Registered: Apr 2010
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posted August 16, 2010 11:42 AM
I just wanted to update people as to why I wasn't around much to keep things tidy. And to ask for patience if things aren't moved immediately when they are posted in the wrong places.Of course this would be helped immensely, if people would just post them in the proper places to begin with... IP: Logged |
AbsintheDragonfly
Moderator Posts: 1134
From: Gaia
Registered: Apr 2010
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posted August 16, 2010 11:43 AM
I'm going to move this post to Gaia's Garden now.IP: Logged |
Nephthys
Moderator Posts: 499
From: California
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 16, 2010 12:03 PM
I personally don't think this had to be moved  But hope you are okay  IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 1245
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 16, 2010 12:25 PM
What Nephthys said. This wasn't a string about the weather; it was a personal account of someone in the middle of it and an announcement of sorts, as well as a notification (and apology) as to why she won't be around as much. It was appropriate for LLC2, especially since she was notifying others in her own Forum as to why she won't be tidying up as much...but it would have been an appropriate posting in LLC2 for anyone, not just since she is a Mod there. ------------------
"I have found a desire within myself that no experience in this world can satisfy; the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." -C.S. Lewis IP: Logged |
AbsintheDragonfly
Moderator Posts: 1134
From: Gaia
Registered: Apr 2010
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posted August 16, 2010 12:28 PM
We have clean drinking water now! Huzzah!We are dry now too, so that's a plus! Thanks to you all for thinking of us IP: Logged |
Nephthys
Moderator Posts: 499
From: California
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 16, 2010 12:44 PM
Totally agrees, Randall!!! Exactly what I was thinking..... Yaaaaayyyyyy Abs!!! IP: Logged |
Yin
Knowflake Posts: 1831
From:
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 16, 2010 12:58 PM
I agree, Randall and Nepthys, but there was a string about that in LLC already: http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum25/HTML/001635.html
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Valus
Knowflake Posts: 3273
From:
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 16, 2010 01:06 PM
"The Flooding In Ames" is not a title likely to alert anyone to the fact that this is an explanation or announcement of Ab's inability to attend to forum concerns. Rather, the title places the thread squarely in Gaia's Garden. The subject however is appropriate for LLC2.0 -- although, as Yin pointed out, there is already a thread for that, much more appropriately titled.IP: Logged |
Nephthys
Moderator Posts: 499
From: California
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 16, 2010 01:24 PM
Yep, Yin, and and Yep, Valus. No biggee though, I think she has been through a lot lately, though. Just my HO. IP: Logged |
Yin
Knowflake Posts: 1831
From:
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 16, 2010 01:35 PM
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I think she has been through a lot lately
She has and I'm glad to see things are better now... You have been through a lot lately too, Nepthys... We all deserve a little kindness. IP: Logged |
Nephthys
Moderator Posts: 499
From: California
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 16, 2010 01:54 PM
Thanks Yin!!!.... but don't worry about me, I am a survivor  I always bounce back higher IP: Logged |
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