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Re: temporaty flood protection

To: Mike Rambour <mikey@inline-tech.com>, Berry Kercheval <berry@kerch.com>
Subject: Re: temporaty flood protection
From: Carol <car@intersatx.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 13:16:50 -0800
Wouldn't a high volume fan help move the air around, especially on the
occasional dry days?=20

(from what I saw last night, it looks like El Nino will be around longer
than a few weeks.. more like 4-5 months!)

Carol

At 10:28 PM 2/9/98 -0800, Mike Rambour wrote:
>>Maybe I'm missing something, but why not put the car on 3" (or taller)=20
>>blocks and just let the water seep in and out?
>>
>>Me, I had to sandbag the garage to keep the Palo Alto floods off my
>Bentley...
>>
>  Nope, not missing anything.  I am trying to keep the water away from the
>car, its pretty damp in there and has been for a week and will be for a few
>more weeks with all the rain forecast.  That has to be bad on the car, that
>much humidity and moisture.  This is a coach built car with wood and
>aluminium body, the wood will stretch and shrink a lot more than it has in
>many decades, since the car has been stored inside for the last 20+ years
>that I have owned it.  I never bothered putting a top on it so I don drive
>it in the rain.  An occasional car wash is a lot different than sitting in
>water.
>
>       I don't know maybe I am being to picky and careful and worrying for no
>reason. What has been suggested so far is a plastic sheet on the ground and
>up the wall a ways.  That will work and do exactly what I want, it will
>keep the water out.  Yes I know, the moisture in the air will still be
>there but I don't think its the same.
>
>       mike
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