tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post7347467730463304063..comments2024-01-15T10:12:27.170-05:00Comments on Navigating The Finite: Low Water At The Hulton BridgeSextanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-34458305702821110112011-08-01T17:53:48.774-04:002011-08-01T17:53:48.774-04:00Well in my world the weather is too damned hot and...Well in my world the weather is too damned hot and the A/C went out on the car. So I got to get that fixed. Retirement is great, I love it. With this hot weather though I am not getting anything done. Heat and MS don't mix. So I am relaxing. Damn your temps are up there are worse than ours! <br /><br />Your right there is a resemblance between the Corps of Engineers Logo and the Wolfenberg Crest.Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-68266642846474980802011-08-01T07:53:09.583-04:002011-08-01T07:53:09.583-04:00BTW......that US Army Corps of Engineers logo look...BTW......that US Army Corps of Engineers logo looks very much like the Wolfsburg Crest on my Volkswagen's. Google Wolfsburg Crest.....not exactly, but sure caught my eye. FWIW.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00163705918646580867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-30602171486140274972011-08-01T07:47:02.926-04:002011-08-01T07:47:02.926-04:00That's some water in those old photo's. Ee...That's some water in those old photo's. Eerily familiar of our watershed when water's on the rise in the spring and after we've had 5 inches of rain at one time. Would be nice if we had 9 foot navigable depth for the entire river length.......but....then again no.........all we would have then is a bunch of yahoos with power speed boats causing all sorts of havoc. The odd time when someone has a small boat and outboard motor on the river behind our place and they open her up....the wake from those boats starts to erode the shore line and mess up my dock and irrigation pump intake.<br />The beer is actually very tasty. We made stout and ale. I am partial to strong tasting beers. With all this hot weather we are having it is disappearing at an alarming rate. Yikes !<br />We bought two more kits, but haven't started them yet. I think we will need to tweak the process a tad but for a first time try....not too shabby.<br />I'm geting tired of al this hot weather to tell the truth. Today it is supposed to be 31 C bit with humidex will feel like 41 C, .....wasted on me man. Anything over 23/24 C is over the top. If this is global warming...like they say it will be....hotter summers, bigger better floods, more extremes..............yeesh .......not my cup of tea or glass of beer.<br /><br />How things in your world ? Crazy weather ? Nice summer.<br />Retirement working out for you ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00163705918646580867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-48620153983906761632011-07-28T23:40:37.328-04:002011-07-28T23:40:37.328-04:00Actually it is not as dry as the river levels woul...Actually it is not as dry as the river levels would suggest. The Army Corps of Engineers can control the river levels remarkably well providing we are not having some sort of extended deluge. The Allegheny is navigable for about 70 river miles upstream from Pittsburgh to a town called Bradys Bend. The Corps is required by law to keep a 9 foot depth sailing channel for commercial river traffic. They maintain that depth by impounding and releasing water from a series of flood control dams in what is known as the Pittsburgh District. This is worthy of a post. But for the mean time, VW Bussman on behalf of the generous citizens of the United States of America, the kindness of the Obama Administration, the dutiful vigilance and professionalism of the United States Department of Defense, and the valiant effort of the United States Army Corps of Engineers St Paul District, and in recognition of international cooperation and friendship and honoring the longest undefended border in the world I Sextant present to you, sir, yes you, one of the fine and courageous citizens of Sanford of The Rural Municipality of MacDonald, of the Great Province of Manitoba, Canada True North Strong and Free, and great splasher, wader, and pumper of the mighty La Salle, I do hereby present The Flood Fight Handbook, 2009. <br /><br />http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/documents/Corps_Flood-Fight_Handbook_2009.pdf <br /><br />May you read it with dry feet and good spirits. BTW how is the beer coming along?Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-12855780254855424762011-07-28T17:45:21.421-04:002011-07-28T17:45:21.421-04:00Aren't those blue skies something else ?
Ha...Aren't those blue skies something else ? <br />Having a wee bit of a drought are we ?<br />Enjoy it !Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00163705918646580867noreply@blogger.com