To Jim Wiegner
To Jim Wiegner
Have been wondering if you have managed to avoid the flooding and associated woes in your area. Hope all is well! BB
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Jim Wiegner
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Flooding and stuff
Good morning Bob:
And thank you for your concern. As with our good friend John Elder and the recent fires in his back yard, we also have been very fortunate. The flooding which you have seen on the national news is less than 30 miles north of us. The recent snows were melted by a ton of warm rain, and many rivers and streams were overwhelmed...you can see the result.
We live in a small town surrounded by forest, with two creeks draining nearby mountains. Fortunately there is a considerable grade in both the town and those creeks, so drainage keeps the water moving out of town. We did have a pipeline break in our water plant, and are under a "boil water" notice until permanent repairs are completed; hopefully by weeks end.
As my wife is a prepper, and we are avid campers, this is more of an inconvenience than a major problem. Sort of like camping in our home. And we are in a position to help our neighbors, and that is a blessing.
So again, thanks for asking. All Wiegners and Wiegner dogs are fine. Please keep all of those less fortunate folks in your prayers.
Jim
Good morning Bob:
And thank you for your concern. As with our good friend John Elder and the recent fires in his back yard, we also have been very fortunate. The flooding which you have seen on the national news is less than 30 miles north of us. The recent snows were melted by a ton of warm rain, and many rivers and streams were overwhelmed...you can see the result.
We live in a small town surrounded by forest, with two creeks draining nearby mountains. Fortunately there is a considerable grade in both the town and those creeks, so drainage keeps the water moving out of town. We did have a pipeline break in our water plant, and are under a "boil water" notice until permanent repairs are completed; hopefully by weeks end.
As my wife is a prepper, and we are avid campers, this is more of an inconvenience than a major problem. Sort of like camping in our home. And we are in a position to help our neighbors, and that is a blessing.
So again, thanks for asking. All Wiegners and Wiegner dogs are fine. Please keep all of those less fortunate folks in your prayers.
Jim
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john elder
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Glad to hear all is well up there, Jim! Watching the news this AM and it looks like lots of ugliness to deal with in the general vicinity. Now, I want you to be sure and look out your window every couple hours and see if there is any marked change in that grade running thru your town! I still remember that video of a few years back from up there somewhere where these guys were driving down the street on this winding town road and the mountain was chasing them down!
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Jim Wiegner
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Northwest weather
Hello again my friends:
Yes, we have learned to keep our eyes and ears focused on our surroundings. And John, I believe that scene of the hillside (chasing the two guys in the truck) was taken during the 1995-96 floods. As newcomers from northern California, we were considered auslanders (outsiders), and through those first two incredible winters, we were determined to keep our mouths shut and not complain about the weather...or anything else for that matter, lest the locals brand us as wimps.
Thankfully during the 1996 storms and floods, one of our neighbors; a homegrown Washingtonian, admitted to us that this was indeed a monster of a storm, even by her standards. Now after thirteen years we feel accepted by the locals, and have learned to roll with the punches (thrown by mother nature).
And by the way, we are located about 50 miles inland from the coast, and beautiful though it is, it can have some ferocious winds, which we are for the most part sheltered from. During milder weather, the drive out to the coast is beautiful, and it is a great place to visit.
And lastly Bob, even during their time of difficulty, the locals were actually cheering for that salmon swimming across that road, and it did indeed reach deeper water! We have seen this a number of times over the years, and up here, almost everybody roots for the salmon. One of God's greatest creatures!
Jim
Hello again my friends:
Yes, we have learned to keep our eyes and ears focused on our surroundings. And John, I believe that scene of the hillside (chasing the two guys in the truck) was taken during the 1995-96 floods. As newcomers from northern California, we were considered auslanders (outsiders), and through those first two incredible winters, we were determined to keep our mouths shut and not complain about the weather...or anything else for that matter, lest the locals brand us as wimps.
Thankfully during the 1996 storms and floods, one of our neighbors; a homegrown Washingtonian, admitted to us that this was indeed a monster of a storm, even by her standards. Now after thirteen years we feel accepted by the locals, and have learned to roll with the punches (thrown by mother nature).
And by the way, we are located about 50 miles inland from the coast, and beautiful though it is, it can have some ferocious winds, which we are for the most part sheltered from. During milder weather, the drive out to the coast is beautiful, and it is a great place to visit.
And lastly Bob, even during their time of difficulty, the locals were actually cheering for that salmon swimming across that road, and it did indeed reach deeper water! We have seen this a number of times over the years, and up here, almost everybody roots for the salmon. One of God's greatest creatures!
Jim