Winter 2008
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Topic: Winter 2008
Posted By: Riley
Subject: Winter 2008
Date Posted: February-28-2008 at 5:28pm
It just keeps snowing.
I'm glad the contractor that lead this job keeps his boat in here.
This snow bank is 12' high and will be there until at least May 1.
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Posted By: jon4pres
Date Posted: February-28-2008 at 6:30pm
We are finally getting a break this week in Kansas. I hope it is a sign of things to come.
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Posted By: scottb
Date Posted: February-28-2008 at 8:29pm
A few miles south of Green Lake ... and no, neither of those guys are me. That is my son and my nephew. Both of whom are about 4ft tall.
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Posted By: BuffaloBFN
Date Posted: February-28-2008 at 8:33pm
I know how tall stop signs are here...that's not for me! We'll be near 60 tomorrow with a chance of rain.
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Posted By: Tim D
Date Posted: February-28-2008 at 9:25pm
We had freezing rain in Feburary 3 years ago. Ice cicles were 2 feet long, and no electricty for 2 days, that made me get a generator.
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Posted By: RLSV211
Date Posted: February-28-2008 at 9:43pm
71 degrees today in Northern California. Put shorts on when I got home from work.
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Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: February-28-2008 at 9:44pm
We getting another 8-10" Saturday.
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Posted By: phatsat67
Date Posted: February-28-2008 at 9:47pm
Weve had a bunch of stupid less than 5 inch snows and I cant even get the snowmobiles out to ride or push snow to make money. I dont mind mass ammounts of snow because if its going to be cold snow makes it fun but this little pansy snow ticks me off. Im gettin Correct Craft feever bad I havent seen the boat for almost 5 months:(
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Posted By: tullfooter
Date Posted: February-28-2008 at 10:04pm
We normally get about 45" per year. We've already had 85" and have March to go. I can't say I'm getting sick of snow, but I'm getting close. The snow we've gotten has been followed by rain/ice events within days. The snowboarding actually hasn't been that good.
Like all of my fellow northerners, I'm getting jacked for spring. In fact, if the weather allows Sunday, I might just hook it up to my truck and tow it around.
Steve
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Posted By: boat dr
Date Posted: February-28-2008 at 10:12pm
Steve , i do not wish to rub salt in a tender wound but........GOOGLE 71354
Scroll down to the second link, "forcast" and click
The weather here sucks too.....Boat dr
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Posted By: SNobsessed
Date Posted: February-28-2008 at 10:47pm
[QUOTE=tullfooter] I might just hook it up to my truck and tow it around.
Sunday I was joking with my son that we should hitch the boat up & take it out on the (frozen) lake - he could hook a line on & snowboard. Good thing the boat is drifted in the shed - this cabin fever is making me crazy enought that I might do it!
Now Hollywood, just cause I suggested it . . .
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Posted By: tullfooter
Date Posted: February-29-2008 at 10:16am
Rob
My kids are doing that but behind the quad.
Doc, I'd rather have snow (3"-5" today) than rain, which your getting today. The problem is, we're going to have rain on Sunday, but at 42 degrees . I guess the boat stays inside.
Steve
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Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: February-29-2008 at 11:06am
Worlds tallest snowwoman. Some people get pretty bored this time of year.
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Posted By: The Lake
Date Posted: February-29-2008 at 11:40am
We're finally getting a bit of break today (Kansas City area); I rode my motorcycle to work this morning.
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: February-29-2008 at 12:45pm
Big snowwomen and ice castles in the north! You can't do this in the south Doc!! I know, you are going to tell me that ice is supposed to cool down your favorite beverage!
These are Eagle Rivers (the snowmobiling capital of the world) ice castle from 2 years.
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Posted By: boat dr
Date Posted: February-29-2008 at 12:51pm
Pete there is enough ice there to cool several glasses of sweetened iced tea.
Can't wait till summer gets here,100+ is alright with me.....
Keep the white stuff there and we will keep the bugs down here, oh i forfot you have bugs too............
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: February-29-2008 at 12:56pm
boat dr wrote:
oh i forfot you have bugs too............ |
But not all year!!
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Posted By: eric lavine
Date Posted: February-29-2008 at 7:52pm
our bugs are on the outside of the house..
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Posted By: 05 210
Date Posted: February-29-2008 at 11:28pm
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Ouch Eric! Damn, that was cold.True,but cold .
Hey Riley you better get the roof rake out.I wouldn't bet my pride and joy on anyones craftmanship once you get some rain on top of all that snow.I heard a rumor today that one of Irwin Marine's roofs collapsed just the other day onto the 30 boats below that were being stored.Not good. Another 6-10" tonight. Is it ever going to end
Mike
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Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: March-01-2008 at 12:10am
Mike, the bottom 2 feet is heavy icey stuff. It's just built to regular standards, 65#/sq.foot. I don't know what that stuff weighs, but maybe Sat. afternoon I should rake it off. I'd die if that building collasped.
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Posted By: 05 210
Date Posted: March-01-2008 at 1:09am
You're probably ok Bruce,but if you have a rake and some spare time it may be worth it for the peace of mind.Who am I to talk anyway.The roof at our camp probably looks just as bad......and is older......and has less pitch....but then again,my boat isn't inside it and I can always sleep on my dock this summer if the roof caves in
That's quite a project they built with that snowwoman.Looks like they used full size trees for the arms! Is that in Bethel?
Mike
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Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: March-01-2008 at 1:19am
Yeah, Bethel. They just finished it this week. It's a real construction project.
No sense worrying about the camp, the boat's not in there. We've got three in the garage. The Mustang is in the middle.
I was riding around the lake today while I was working. A lot of people were shoveling their roofs off. S load of snow every where.
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: March-01-2008 at 11:24am
Bruce, I just noticed something! Is your snowwoman Jewish?
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Posted By: eric lavine
Date Posted: March-01-2008 at 11:28am
Pete, is it the beanie? or the star that gave it away
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Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: March-01-2008 at 11:31am
I don't know. If your looking at the thing around her neck, I think its a snow flake.
http://www.bethelmainesnowwoman.com/webcam.html - http://www.bethelmainesnowwoman.com/webcam.html
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: March-01-2008 at 11:39am
Eric, It was the star of David plus, I thought that only men wore yamaka's.
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Posted By: hasbeenskier
Date Posted: March-01-2008 at 6:09pm
I have a question.....Based on those photos where is Al Gore and the global warming folks?
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Posted By: SNobsessed
Date Posted: March-01-2008 at 6:16pm
They all flew down to Aruba for the winter.
Research, you know.
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Posted By: adamt
Date Posted: March-01-2008 at 9:22pm
FL's a big state and we've lots of room!!!
Come on down!!!
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Posted By: 05 210
Date Posted: March-01-2008 at 11:49pm
Adam,
I tried that already.Wife shot it down . She thinks if we come down there she won't see me all week 'cause there's so many CCfans there.She's smarter than I think. I told her she could stay home.....so she took the kids to Mexico for vacation and left ME home instead.
Mike
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Posted By: adamt
Date Posted: March-02-2008 at 2:40am
05 210 wrote:
I tried that already.Wife shot it down . She thinks if we come down there she won't see me all week |
I'm unable to relate to this...my wife tells me the less she sees me, the better!!!
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Posted By: 82wake2001
Date Posted: March-02-2008 at 5:04pm
wow Riley
I thought looking at people ice fishing while driving by the lake was bad. We can atleast see the stop signs.
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Posted By: 05 210
Date Posted: March-03-2008 at 11:55pm
Talked to my neighbor at the lake today...4 feet of snow on our camp roof.Heading up tomorrow to clear it off before heavy rains come on Wed.
5 snowmobile fatalities in Maine this weekend alone. 5....Wow.
Mike
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Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: March-04-2008 at 2:55am
Thanks Adam...couldn't have said it better myself.
How do you do cool stuff like that?
Hey Mike...tell Mrs 210 that it is a working vacation...my bike needs a little work. We might squeeze in a little boat time.
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Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: March-04-2008 at 3:16pm
Mike, be careful. If you fall of the roof, don't go head first like that poor b*****d in Naples.
http://www.wlbz2.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=81223 - http://www.wlbz2.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=81223
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Posted By: nates78ski
Date Posted: March-04-2008 at 3:33pm
clearing ice from an EX wife's roof?...why? hahaha
Nate
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Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: March-04-2008 at 3:45pm
nates78ski wrote:
clearing ice from an EX wife's roof?...why? hahaha
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I bet that's what he was thinking while he was wondering if he was going to die a slow, stupid death.
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Posted By: skicat
Date Posted: March-04-2008 at 4:12pm
nates78ski wrote:
clearing ice from an EX wife's roof?...why? hahaha
Nate |
Probably still paying for it! Wanted to keep his investment up.
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Posted By: critter
Date Posted: March-04-2008 at 4:23pm
jbear wrote:
..my bike needs a little work. We might squeeze in a little boat time.
john |
Now I understand the signature "Loud pipes save lives"
Wondered about that and how it related to a SN.
I ride a 99 Valkyrie Interstate with 82,000+ miles. I do not have the loud pipes but do understand the reasoning.
Thanks for clearing that up. Happy and Safe riding..
Roger
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Posted By: 05 210
Date Posted: March-04-2008 at 9:20pm
jbear wrote:
Hey Mike...tell Mrs 210 that it is a working vacation...my bike needs a little work. We might squeeze in a little boat time.
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JBear,
I'd be up for that.There would have to be slightly more boat time than work time,though.
Be safe out there Roger,and BTW,JBear's signature refers to his bike and his boat
Mike
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Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: March-05-2008 at 12:09am
Any time Mike.
Thanks for clearing up the "loud" stuff too.
Keep the shiny side up Roger!
As you might figure I am partial to the 80's boats. Yours looks very nice...love the red carpet. Whole interior looks very good. Just have it redone? Where abouts in NC are you? Near ReidP and Lake Norman?
john
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Posted By: critter
Date Posted: March-05-2008 at 2:00am
jbear,
I too liked the 80s models. Just purchased this one from Clarksville, Va. just over 600 hours on it.
I understand that the interior was replaced by the previous owner.
I am in a small town between Sanford and Raleigh. Just down the street from Jordan Lake and Sharon Harris Lake. Have been without a ski boat for the last 2 years and just could not stand it anymore. Decided to get a "real" ski boat this time.
ReidP is not that far, couple of hours maybe.
Ride the bike down near you neck of the woods in December. Ride down to Tampa area for a small cylce show. Always enjoy riding in Fla.
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Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: March-05-2008 at 2:03am
Next time you ride down here you better look me up. I'll have a cold one for you.
If you look up Reid sometime for a visit...you won't be disappointed. Me and Patti should be there about the end of July...maybe you can make it over then.
john
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Posted By: NAUTI84
Date Posted: March-05-2008 at 10:25am
March 2008 at my favorite NH ski site (cousins house). Yikes!
Amazing - I'm only couple hrs South and we're down to bare ground now.
Springs almost here!
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Posted By: critter
Date Posted: March-05-2008 at 12:56pm
jbear wrote:
If you look up Reid sometime for a visit... |
I am hoping to run with Reid and others up to Green Lake. Be good to travel with others.
And next time I am in your area, I will take you up on your offer.. Thanks
You have the same open offer here in New Hill.
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Posted By: nates78ski
Date Posted: March-05-2008 at 3:29pm
Well, i thought spring was on its way after a 50degree sunday & 60 monday. Then we got hit w/ a sleet storm & a few more inches of snow last night. Mother nature's a whore. I'm sorry, but i had to get that out there.
Nate
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Posted By: eric lavine
Date Posted: March-05-2008 at 4:04pm
she's not only a whore but a tease too....
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Posted By: nates78ski
Date Posted: March-05-2008 at 9:09pm
agreed.
Nate
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Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: March-06-2008 at 1:14am
This winter officialy sucks. My brother's beautiful 1980 Century Resorter,
is in this building that collapsed this afternoon,
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Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: March-06-2008 at 1:23am
Ouch
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Posted By: critter
Date Posted: March-06-2008 at 1:31am
I would cry too.. lost a great boat and a nice garage.
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Posted By: 05 210
Date Posted: March-06-2008 at 10:40am
Wow, that's really a bummer.Where was that garage located?In the Sebago area near you? You guys have gotten alot of snow up there this year.I heard they had one collapse in the Bethel area last week also.It was full of boats,cars,and rvs that belonged to summer residents.
Was that garage built by the same contractor that built yours ?!
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Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: March-06-2008 at 10:50am
Mike, it is in Sebago. I'm going up to look at it now and figure out a plan. My garage was built by my buddy and I. He is a high end contractor, and hopefully, mine is built much better. The garage that collapsed was built by one of those companies that builds garages locally for a great price. They put them up in one day. It is about 15 years old. I don't think it had a truss roof. Hopfully, the boat is not totalled.
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: March-06-2008 at 12:31pm
Bruce, I hope there isn't too much damage to your brothers boat. He may need the services of our new sponsor, Marine glass.
I've never thought very highly of the companies that do the garages only. They build to the very min. to just meet the code. I think they come north in the summer and then in winter return to Louisina. After changing their company name they are back north the next summer!! I'm glad to hear you have the trusses.
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Posted By: NAUTI84
Date Posted: March-06-2008 at 12:44pm
Bruce,
Keep your fingers crossed, hopefully boat will be ok when you pull the ruble off!
If not, that sucks, but I guess that's what insurance is for.
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Posted By: 66Skylark
Date Posted: March-06-2008 at 1:08pm
Bruce,
Sorry to hear about your brother's boat. Hopefully it can be fixed up.
You'll have to introduce your brother to your contractor buddy... Maybe he could help him rebuild that garage.
Kyle
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Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: March-06-2008 at 4:02pm
Good news, I don't think it's totaled. The boat has not been crushed. I'm sure there's damage and I'd be amazed if the windshield is not busted. The boat is on the left side and the roof collapsed in the middle, but did not come apart from the outside walls. Tricky part now is to get it out of there without causing further damage.
Pete, the garage was built with 2x6 rafters and only had 3 2x6 ties. My buddy told me the only way my garage is coming down is if the walls bow out and he said that was not going to happen because of the way we built it. That is exactly what happened to the garage that collapsed. The out side walls went out and the roof came down.
How much does a cubic foot of wet icy snow weigh?
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Posted By: adamt
Date Posted: March-07-2008 at 4:01am
Riley wrote:
How much does a cubic foot of wet icy snow weigh?
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: March-07-2008 at 7:12am
Riley wrote:
How much does a cubic foot of wet icy snow weigh? |
Bruce, That is a tough question because is hard to say just how "wet" the snow is! Compacted snow weighs 30lbs per cu.ft. and water is about 62lbs. so the heavy wet snow is somwhere between 30 and 62.
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Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: March-07-2008 at 9:00am
I think our standard for roof loads is 65/sf. A lot of roofs have collapsed this week. Another major storm coming in tomorrow.
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Posted By: 81nautique
Date Posted: March-07-2008 at 9:02am
Riley wrote:
Pete, the garage was built with 2x6 rafters and only had 3 2x6 ties.
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Wow, Sorry to see that Riley, that's a shame. How the hell can 2x6 rafters be up to code in your snow load area? I wonder if it was put up without pulling a permit and it slid by watchful eyes.
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: March-07-2008 at 9:30am
81nautique wrote:
Riley wrote:
Pete, the garage was built with 2x6 rafters and only had 3 2x6 ties.
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Wow, Sorry to see that Riley, that's a shame. How the hell can 2x6 rafters be up to code in your snow load area? I wonder if it was put up without pulling a permit and it slid by watchful eyes.
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By the book with a 20psf rating (min. code)and a slope greater than a 3-12, a 2x6 rafters max length is 14'11" for 16" centers and 12'4" for 24" centers. Bruce is correct that it was the 3-2x6 roof joists (ties) that allowed the walls to go. More would have certainly helped but proper framing anchors (Simpson Strong Ties) at the juction of these joists at the wall cap plate and the rafters probably weren't used.
Alan, Your point may be valid regarding the lack of inspection. Up north in my rural area, last year they just started a inspection program!!! Before that it was up to the "contractor" and if questioned, you would get a answer something like: "that's the way I have always done it"
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Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: March-07-2008 at 12:19pm
Rural town. 15 years ago the building inspector would not have even inspected it.
The ties consisted of 2 2x6 that were nailed together in the center and they pulled apart.
My buddy that built my garage is my partner in our 88 Skier. We used to keep the Skier in the garage that collapsed. I told him about it and he said that garage was really cheaped out and built like s**t.
I couldn't see the whole boat yesterday, but I didn't see any damage from what I could see. It will be really tricky getting that boat out without damaging it. My brother does not own the garage. It's rented. The owner is antsy to get in there asap and demo the building. With a couple of feet of ice and snow on the roof, it seems like going right in there will cause more damage. Whoever she hires, I hope will know what they're doing.
I am sure I will be seeking insurance advice at some point.
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Posted By: tullfooter
Date Posted: March-07-2008 at 1:04pm
Riley
I hope your brother's situation turns out like mine. We had a steel building collapse New Years Day, 8 years ago, under a snow load. I had 2 of my semi's, a backhoe, and a arial bucket truck inside. There was surprisingly very little damage to the vehicles.
Hopefully the owner will allow the snow to melt, relaxing the load on the structure, before tearing into the building.
Good luck,
Steve
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Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: March-07-2008 at 1:25pm
Steve, So you found that waiting an letting the snow melt was better than trying to tear into the roof with all that weight on it. That's good to know and what I had figured.
I told the property owner and my brother that, but she is antsy to get going. My brother will be home tonight and he can take over. Hopefully, whoever the contractor that she hires will not rush in.
Kind of reminds of an old horror movie where the guy survives the elevator fall unhurt, only to have the cable cut the car and him in half a few moments later.
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Posted By: 81nautique
Date Posted: March-07-2008 at 1:36pm
Bruce at this point it's a safety issue, someone's going to get hurt when the rest of it collapses on them because they we're "ansty" to get it cleaned up and not wait for the snow to melt. That just doesn't make sense for her to rush into it right now.
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Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: March-09-2008 at 11:29pm
My brother met with the owners of the garage and their contractor today. The owners want the garage cleaned up this week. They also want the boat removed without damage. The contractor crawled in the garage and went all over the boat. He said he could see no damage, not even to the windshield. He did say the interior might be cut up because there's so much debris in it, but no damage to the hull or deck. Pretty amazing. We'll see how good he is raising the roof and securing the building so the boat can be removed. I'd be crazy if it were my boat. I think they should stabilize the walls and let the snow melt for a couple of weeks.
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Posted By: 05 210
Date Posted: March-12-2008 at 11:20pm
Hope this isn't inappropriate.I think it pretty much sums up most peoples feelings in the northeast right now.Got it in an email from 98Sportnautique and found it somewhat humorous.Quite a contrast to the snowwoman posted earlier in this thread.
Mike
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Posted By: Kristof
Date Posted: March-13-2008 at 5:30pm
Mike,
My feelings exactly! (And, it isn't even snowing here, just lots of rain and wind) Great pic.
------------- - Gun control means: using BOTH hands! - Money doesn't make one happy, but when it rains cats and dogs, it's still better to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle...
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Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: March-21-2008 at 6:50pm
My brothers boat was removed from the garage and had relatively minimal damage. The windshield unbelievably, was not damaged. One toe rail on the deck was bent, the motor box was busted up, the flame arrester bent, and the interior is pretty torn up.
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Posted By: 87BFN owner
Date Posted: March-21-2008 at 10:31pm
Well winter is here to stay a bit longer, it's only been snowing for 3 hours and we have over 3 inches of fresh snow. We are expecting 4-10+ inches tonight. Got to go phone has been ringing off the hook. Only good thing is the white stuff pays well.
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Posted By: Kristof
Date Posted: March-24-2008 at 8:19am
Well, we haven't seen any snow for almost all winter (only lots of cold rain and winds) and guess what... Easter weekend... 40 cm of snow here in the Ardennes... Pfffff... especially now that my boat is ready.
------------- - Gun control means: using BOTH hands! - Money doesn't make one happy, but when it rains cats and dogs, it's still better to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle...
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Posted By: 82wake2001
Date Posted: March-24-2008 at 1:34pm
ya is not any better here in akron ohio..seems like everytime we get a break it is followed with 6 inches of snow....
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Posted By: 98SportNautique
Date Posted: March-24-2008 at 9:43pm
Well in N.H today I went to the boat launch and the ice is out for about 200 feet from the shore not long now I think three more weeks and I will be putting the fishing boat in the water and the sport shortly after (gota put the docks in first and its F%$#$%G cold water)
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