My basement is okay. Okay in the sense that I don’t have to lift my ankle length skirts. There is water in there, but the dehumidifer is going and the sump pump is working so all is well. Once the rain stops the basement will be dryish in a day.
I do remember the August 2001 flood that destroyed several of my neighbors’ basments. The water runoff joined the sewage in the ancient pipes and overflowed. Their toilets and drains in the basements backed up and cause a lot of damage as many of them had apartments and full fledged living quarters down there.
Of course, in 2001 I don’t remember so much other stuff around town flooding. The National Archives downtown is closed, OPM has an unscheduled leave for today because so much has been disturbed downtown. I don’t remember Metro having to close stations in 2001. All this is new and worrying.
As long as the electricity holds up I’ll be fine.
Day: June 26, 2006
2006 DC Flood
My basement is okay. Okay in the sense that I don’t have to lift my ankle length skirts. There is water in there, but the dehumidifer is going and the sump pump is working so all is well. Once the rain stops the basement will be dryish in a day.
I do remember the August 2001 flood that destroyed several of my neighbors’ basments. The water runoff joined the sewage in the ancient pipes and overflowed. Their toilets and drains in the basements backed up and cause a lot of damage as many of them had apartments and full fledged living quarters down there.
Of course, in 2001 I don’t remember so much other stuff around town flooding. The National Archives downtown is closed, OPM has an unscheduled leave for today because so much has been disturbed downtown. I don’t remember Metro having to close stations in 2001. All this is new and worrying.
As long as the electricity holds up I’ll be fine.
Blagden Alley Assoc Meeting
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| Blagden Alley Association |
| Monthly Meeting |
| THURSDAY, June 29, 2006 |
| 7:30-9:00 pm |
| Ed and Richard’s |
| 929 M Street, NW |
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The newsletter is at
http://www.pro-messenger.com/Blagden/Monthly%20Pages/2006%20Monthly%20Pages/BAN_2006_06_P1.html
The guest speaker is Jack Evans, Ward 2 Councilmember.
So the topic is the state of the city.
Also, see the web page at http://blagdenalley.com or
http://naylorcourt.com,
(depending on your persuasion).
Free kittens
Well it has been over a week and I am having a bit of trouble fostering these little darlings. So if you would like to take them off my hands it would be wonderful.
Anyway there are three kittens. Tuxedo kitty has a potential home, but I have to get back to the potential parents. Calico kitty almost had a home but Mrs. Potential Parent is resistant so I’ve been told to go ahead and try for a home. Calico kitty likes to be held and have her head rubbed and scratched. She has a lovely purr. Tortie kitty, I vote tortie kitty most likely to spend most of the day under the couch. She does like to play but isn’t so fond of being held.
Anyway, if you can take these kitties away, like tonight or tomorrow night it would be great. I’m running out of cat food and kitty litter and time. Kitty litter is heavy and I’m car-less. This rain isn’t helping. Worse yet, when the kittens were taken to the vet for spaying and neutering*, being in a room full of cats set some tingling off in my nose. So the kittens have been moved to the cellar of the house, they really need to be with people if they are going to be adopted.
I am seeing the limits of my own ability. If it was just one kitten maybe I could do this a bit longer, and give the attention needed, but three is beginning to take a toll. I was hoping I could have 2 kittens in homes Sunday, but, things just didn’t work out that way.
* Sadly the vet determined the kittens to be “too small” for surgery, which I wish we all could have known what the limits were before. They will be big enough when they are over 3 lbs.