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Finnforest 
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 Posted: October 01 2009 at 20:25 |
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Brian, just want to pause to send some positive thoughts your way. Hope things get better soon dude.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: October 02 2009 at 07:56 |
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Thanks again everyone.
Came in to work a little early. Still waiting on phone hookup at the apartment. Gas won't be on until Tuesday, so no hot water. Can you believe we already have cable TV service but no phone or gas yet? Arrgh!!! Still working on the salvage phase. We have dishes, bikes, wall art, some books, towels, clothing, sheets, a bed frame, a Rubbermaid plastic computer desk, and probably a few other things I'm forgetting, to get out. I drove my truck into work today. It's behaving for now, but there's a noise I haven't put my finger on yet. We're about to hit the stage where everything that needs to be moved now can be moved by car and my wife's is working fine. Turning in the rental today. FEMA's going to pay us a visit at the house this afternoon. Maybe by this evening, I'll have internet set up at the apartment. We've been luckier than others for such an awful event in our life. And then I hear about new flooding, sunami's, etc. occurring in other parts of the world... Edited by Slartibartfast - October 03 2009 at 14:23 |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: October 03 2009 at 14:31 |
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Hello all from the office. One of the fortunate things about having an office converted from a house is that we do have a functioning bathroom here. Since we won't have functioning hot water at the apartment until Tuesday, I have opted to take advantage of that. We have a replacement bed on the way to be delivered today. The air mattress has been decent but this is one of those things we decided to go ahead and take care of. Nothing else new worth reporting on. Phone wont be on until the 8th.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: October 05 2009 at 07:59 |
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Day 14
Looks like we're in for a miserable rainy day here in Atlanta though not as miserable as two weeks ago. Hopefully in the next few days the gas will be on so we can shower and the phone will be on so we can have internet access. May actually be busy at work all day today. Haven't completed the salvage phase at home but may have that wrapped up by the end of the week. Edited by Slartibartfast - October 06 2009 at 08:11 |
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Garion81
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Posted: October 05 2009 at 13:44 |
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What a nightmare! Looks like you have some things taken care of but it never can be easy. Stay focused on what is important. Good luck.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 08:17 |
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Drizzly miserable morning on the way in to work. Then I saw Monty Python is 40 and all is right with the world for another day. And with some luck we'll have hot water at the apartment this afternoon.
Maybe I'll wake up soon and this will have just been a horrible dream. Eh, the struggle will continue. We shall see if it's true that that which doesn't will kill you will make you stronger. Then that Chinese proverb/curse comes to mind: may you live in interesting times. 2009 will not be a year I'll look back fondly on. Let's hear it for 2010... Edited by Slartibartfast - October 07 2009 at 07:59 |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: October 07 2009 at 08:09 |
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Great news (mews?) on the kitty front. I dropped by the house yesterday after work and saw Squeaky in the back yard. She was about to run under the house but I coaxed her over. She followed me around as I set her up with a couple of carpet sample beds on the back porch and some fresh water. So apparently the possums haven't been getting all the food I've been putting out. Will treat her to some wet stuff this evening. She followed me around to the front door and into the living room a couple of times. I guess she's getting a grasp on what has happened. Maybe quicker than I am. This morning woke up to thunderstorms. Depressing. But life goes on.
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Padraic
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Posted: October 07 2009 at 09:50 |
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You'll get through, Brian, you both will - so glad to hear your cat is alright.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: October 08 2009 at 07:39 |
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What a contrast to yesterday morning. The sun is out finally. On a lighter note the cat keeps trying to run under the house whenever I come around with food and then she sees its me. One can almost forget what happened, almost. A lot of hard work ahead this weekend. Still have stuff to salvage and damaged stuff to itemize for the insurance company.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: October 20 2009 at 10:36 |
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Well, four weeks after the flood and I barely got my truck out of the rising waters the transmission gave out and took the engine with it, so if you just heard a screaming sound off in the distance, that would be me. My wife and I have decided that the least painful option would be to get them replaced at $3,200. Aaaaaaggggghhhhh!!!
Trying to keep in good spirits about all of this. Edited by Slartibartfast - October 20 2009 at 12:11 |
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Jim Garten
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Posted: October 20 2009 at 10:53 |
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Brian - for some reason, this thread has passed me by; just read through it & all I can say is fair play to you for somehow keeping an element of your humour throughout this appalling experience (flooding & fire are the two things I absolutely dread as far as my house is concerned).
Certainly sounds as if Squeaky is slowly coming to terms with the situation - as Dean says, they are a resilient species & she will recover from this experience (to be honest, probably quicker than you will). Brian - my thoughts are with you as you go through the process of salvage, reconstruction & return to normality (or whatever passes for normality in your somethimes very strange mind  ). Hang in there Brian & very best wishes, Jim |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: October 20 2009 at 12:18 |
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Much thanks. Squeaky's doing well. We had a couple of frosty nights, so it's good we've made her comfortable inside the house. We brought our pepper plants inside, too. They weren't doing too well the last cold night before but have perked up and we can put them back outside as the weather warms up, their season is about to come to an end. Stay tuned, I'll keep the thread updated as things go along. If all goes well, we'll get past it in a few months, but I don't think we'll ever get over it. One of those extreme life altering experiences...
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Angelo
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Posted: October 20 2009 at 15:35 |
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Craps, Brian. I missed this completely - thanks to Dean for pointing me here.
Good to read that you are recovering from the mess, but still pity these things happen. Hang in there!
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: October 21 2009 at 19:00 |
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^ That's OK best wishes are always appreciated even if "belated".
On the good news side, I am finally writing from "home" as in the temporary apartment. The cat's still doing OK. The pepper plants have apparently liked the warmer local indoors more than they have missed the sun. Still have two tropical fish doing well. Lots more work to do around the house, lots. If you walk around the yard you'd hardly notice anything had happened. Rains have washed away the mud. Inside the house it's a different story. The mold has done it's worst and the inside environment seems to have stabilized. The word from the county is that if your damages are over 50% of the value of the house you can't do a fix it up job. We've exceeded that according to the adjusters. I'd really like to knock it down and do something elevated that would put the house floor above that 31" flood level. Things will continue to get more interesting for sure. Sigh. Edited by Slartibartfast - October 22 2009 at 12:47 |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: October 22 2009 at 12:53 |
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This thread should still remain interesting for a while.
We are officially in an area where the county says the house can't be repaired in place, it will have to be raised, up to six feet. We will be able to get a grant for up to $30,000 from FEMA to do so. I am still skeptical it can be done successfully. Having done so will make us much more comfortable when heavy rains happen, to say the least. Flood repairs will then be done after the raising. Stay tuned. Edited by Slartibartfast - November 02 2009 at 21:22 |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: November 02 2009 at 21:22 |
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Six weeks now post flood. The folks with the county roads and drains department appear to have become swamped and unresponsive. I need their input and inspection before I truly move forward. Salvage takes a lot of time but is about to enter the last phase. Still need to land a contractor. Things don't go neatly or according to plan or in an orderly sequence. I visit the house every day and it's home and yet it it is also the remains of home. Hard work and time and good luck and it will be our home again before we know it. October really whizzed by. I think for most people time does seem to accelerate as you grow older. Sometimes it moves into high gear but we still seem stuck in the mud at the same time. Anyway, so far, so good, so exhausting.
I am surrounded by Indians. Of the Asian variety. Decatur has a large immigrant population and the apartment complex is right next to a Hindu temple. So many of my neighbors are Indian and you regularly see them taking a walk to the temple from the apartment complex. I still find it fascinating despite having lived in the area nearby for many years. Being a lover of Indian food, you can't help but love it when you catch the aroma of a neighbor's cooking. Edited by Slartibartfast - November 10 2009 at 10:30 |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: November 10 2009 at 10:31 |
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Wow, just completed the inventory and replacement costs of the DVDs that were soaked:
Room Item Age Serial Number/Model Number Replacement cost Living DVD 4 Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume Four 25.29 Living DVD 6 Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume One 25.39 Living DVD 5 Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume Two 25.39 Living DVD 7 Barbershop 9.69 Living DVD ? Blazing Saddles 30th Anniversay Special Edition 7.95 Living DVD 11 Brazil Criterion Collection Box Set 41.69 Living DVD 5 Chappelle's Show Uncensored: Season 1 14.75 Living DVD 5 Chappelle's Show Uncensored: Season 2 14.75 Living DVD ? Clerks 8.49 Living DVD 11 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 28.65 Living DVD ? Fish Called Wanda, A 13.55 Living DVD ? Flintstones, The: The Complete First Season 33.25 Living DVD ? Flintstones, The: The Complete Second Season 35.95 Living DVD ? Friday 7.95 Living DVD ? Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The TV Series 28.49 Living DVD ? Jabberwocky 13.55 Living DVD ? Kentucky Fried Movie 7.09 Living DVD ? Kingdom Come 9.69 Living DVD ? Monkeybone 6.55 Living DVD ? Monty Python and the Holy Grail Special Edition 23.95 Living DVD ? Monty Python Live 14.29 Living DVD ? Monty Python's Life of Brian The Criterion Collection 31.15 Living DVD ? Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 13.59 Living DVD ? Ren & Stimpy Show, The: The First and Second Seasons Uncut 31.29 Living DVD ? Fighting Temptations 6.99 Living DVD ? Schoolhouse Rock 15.45 Living DVD ? Head (Monkees) 12.99 Living DVD ? Reefer Madness 9.79 Living DVD ? Time Bandits 15.76 Living DVD ? Caveman 9.69 Living DVD 2006 Clerks II 23.39 Living DVD 2006 Borat 9.69 Living DVD 2006 Robot Chicken: Season One 25.39 Living DVD ? Big One, The 15.05 Living DVD 2002 Bowling for Columbine 10.29 Living DVD 2004 Fahrenheit 9/11 11.69 Living DVD 2004 Orwell Rolls In his Grave 12.79 Living DVD 2004 Outfoxed 15.59 Living DVD ? Roger & Me 9.75 Living DVD 2004 Super Size Me 9.79 Living DVD ? the awful TRUTH The Complete First Season Volume One 14.59 Living DVD ? the awful TRUTH The Complete Second Season Volume One 14.29 Living DVD ? Bird 15.99 Living DVD ? Something New 9.29 Living DVD ? Dance With Me 6.55 Living DVD ? Ray 10.35 Living DVD ? Shrek 2 15.19 Living DVD ? American Blackout 9.75 Living DVD ? Quantum of Solace 27.79 Living DVD ? Casino Royale 23.99 Living DVD ? Jackie Brown Collector's Edition 15.29 Living DVD ? Jacob's Ladder 6.99 Living DVD ? Monster's Ball 10.05 Living DVD ? Pulp Fiction Collector's Edition 15.25 Living DVD ? Twin Peaks - The Definitive Gold Box Edition 65.19 Living DVD ? Wild at Heart 35.95 Living DVD 2005 V for Vendetta 8.79 Living DVD 2005 Fantastic 4 9.69 Living DVD 2001 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings Box Set 24.69 Living DVD 2003 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Box Set 25.69 Living DVD 2002 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Box Set 25.09 Living DVD ? Twilight Zone: Season 1 (1980's) 54.15 Living DVD ? Twilight Zone: Seasons 2 & 3 (1980's) 51.96 Living DVD ? Koyaanisquatsi 9.69 Living DVD ? Somewhere in South America…Live at Teatro Coliseo Buenos Aires 13.59 Living DVD ? Patti Labelle: Live One Night Only 15.19 Living DVD ? 1984 26.99 Living DVD ? 12 Monkeys Collector's Edition 23.39 Living DVD ? Alien Quadrilogy 47.69 Living DVD ? Back to the Future: The Complete Trilogy 26.59 Living DVD ? Blade Runner 43.79 Living DVD ? Day After Tomorrow, The 21.49 Living DVD ? Donnie Darko The Director's Cut 13.55 Living DVD ? Dune 8.79 Living DVD ? Matrix Reloaded 8.05 Living DVD ? Matrix Revolutions 9.95 Living DVD ? Matrix/Matrix Revisited 9.09 Living DVD ? Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan The Director's Edition 12.79 Living DVD ? Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Special Collector's Edition 19.99 Living DVD ? Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Special Collector's Edition 19.99 Living DVD ? Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 12.99 Living DVD ? They Live 10.25 Living DVD ? Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy 10.29 |
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: November 10 2009 at 17:06 |
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On a tangent and only slightly related to this and to your name mr bartfast. But have you listened to the original BBC Radio version of 'Hitchhikers' ?
I'm sure you have silly question really concidering!
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harmonium.ro
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Is there a point in doing the replacement cost calculations? I supposed it's quite upsetting. |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: November 10 2009 at 20:14 |
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Just part of finishing off the claim. There's a personal property damage portion for the insurance and there's damage to the house structure portion I'm not sure if I'm just too numb to get too upset at this point.
Done the books, the TV show, the movie, but haven't experienced the radio show yet... And having my house flooded, I can certainly sympathize with having your house run over to make room for a hyperspace bypass... Edited by Slartibartfast - February 09 2010 at 20:56 |
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