Hi Dennis, I hope you and the Admiral are doing well. We will be thinking of you!! There is a boat you can stay on up here in Victoria :-) anytime.
Cheers Bill Hoyne Mithrandir ’74 C&C35 MkII in Victoria,BC > On Aug 15, 2016, at 6:19 AM, Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Perhaps you've seen the news about the flooding in south Louisiana. It's > been bad. Lots of folks flooded out. Lots of sad stories. > > The water began to enter my neighborhood in Baton Rouge early yesterday > morning. The Admiral and I watched the water slowly rise in the street in > front of our house. It filled the street then crept over the sidewalk > inching its way toward the house. It stopped about 8 last night 20 inches > below the elevation of the house floor. We still have water in the street > but it's receding slowly. Others weren't so lucky. > > Many of the Admiral's family and friends were flooded. > > Roads are still closed. It will be days before many folks can return to > their homes to assess damage. > > To make this sailing related, I keep Touche' sails in a commercial storage > nearby. The storage building is adjacent the bayou which backflowed into our > neighborhood. The Admiral and I went to the storage unit yesterday morning > to raise stuff off the floor. Touche's sails didn't get raised. I'll go > visit the storage later today. Hopefully it remained dry. Otherwise I'll be > drying sails all week and being grateful it's not clothes, furniture and > belongings. > > Thoughts and prayers to all affected. > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like > what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions > are greatly appreciated!
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