Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And God bless those sump pumps...I was in Chicago for a shoot on Sunday and had to talk my wife ...... Original Message ....... On Tue, 16 May 2006 10:04:00 -0400 Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> wrote: >Don: > >Just now WCVB reported that Haverhill is dumping 35 million gallons per >day, not 5 as I thought that I had heard, and that the Lawrence plant >may soon be overwhelmd which, if it happens will add 115 million gallons. > >It's all going into the Merrimac and then enters the Atlantic at >Newburyport. > >I just took a short ride around town. The red car has been pulled out >and the water is much lower everywhere. The so-called "raging river" >with "waist deep" water in front of the High School, as reported by the >media yesterday, is gone. > >It's so much worse further north. > >On Saturday, Home Depot was selling between 50 to 60 sump pumps per HOUR! > >Jim > > >Jim Hemenway wrote: > >> Don: >> >> Thanks for the short story. If you're familiar with the Boston area, >> all rivers north of the Charles are affected. >> >> The worst are in the Massachusetts/New Hampshire border areas about >> 20-30 miles north of me. A few dams are being watched carefully with >> one in Methuan being the one most worried about. The Merrimac river is >> the highest that it's been since sometime in the '30s. Haverhill's >> sewer treatment plant has failed and is "reported" to be dumping five >> million gallons into the river daily. >> >> Our governor, who wants to be the next President, promised last October >> on the occasion of the Taunton dam failing, that he would have all dams >> in Massachusetts quickly inspected. Only 49% have been. Some of those >> which haven't, were last inspected in 1949! >> >> The media are having a high time of it. One reporter was, (speaking >> with a straight face) that the Millpond here in Winchester had >> overflowed it's banks and had turned the road on which she was standing >> into a "raging river". BUT, the water behind her was very still. Then >> she said that the water was "chest deep", while in the background about >> 200-300 feet behind her, a town worker in yellow foul weather gear was >> walking about in water only halfway to his knees. >> >> This is one time when I greatly appreciate auto exposure and auto focusing. >> >> Jim, "In foul weather gear, and somewhat foul himself" Hemenway >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information ___ Sent from handheld device. Please forgive any typos or spelling errors.