YAY!
The water crested in the middle of the night and I've had four hours of sleep
As long as it doesn't start raining again (unfortunately they're predicting heavy rainfall here for the next four-six days, starting tonight
) we'll be okay.
Thankfully Tinkergirl, I went and gathered up the food that wouldn't rot and put it in the attic, and we always have tons of water, gatorade, and cans of coca cola in the house in the summer time. And for whatever reason something about your post made me think about our life vests that we have in the attic from vacations in the Finger Lakes eons ago, and although they're too small to fit most adults (except my girlfriend) because they're made for kids, at least they float and in a pinch I'm sure we could use those. You also informed me that we should get the documents prepared (we tossed everything we could find that was important and put them in ziplock bags... should be safe). So thanks for jarring my brain tinkergirl
Unfortunately we don't have much of a first-aid kit. I put band-aids, aspirin, half of a tube of neosporin, a swiss army knife, some DayQuil, and three pillow sheets in there (which I could cut up to use as bandages I think)... it's the suckiest first aid kit in the history of the known world, but hey, it's the best we can do, especially since we can't get to any stores right now (that picture I posted above was given to me by my friend Jaime over myspace... and the stores are on the other side of all that water, lol). And thanks to all of my extensive medical training (in the game America's Army
) I *think* I can make a splint and stuff if I really, really need to. See? And people say you can't learn anything from playing video games
Quote: "Careful that you don't get stuck in there if the place gets washed away"
I was thinking about that, and the plan for right now is that if it floods up to that point we're going to just take our chances in the water, although everyone says that isn't safe because septic lines may have broken and stuff. But hey, that's what showers are for hehe
Quote: "Does the US government still think global warming doesn't exist? "
If the "jury's still out" on global warming in the US government's opinion, maybe they should come to Binghamton. We haven't had a flood this bad since the 1930's, and that one only happened because of "human error" according to CNN, although I don't know what they mean by that. Anyway, we're not in the south or the midwest where they get floods all of the time... we're not even far enough north to be next to a finger lake... we're an hour outside of NYC and we shouldn't be getting a flood, especially now, near the end of June. I think Mythbusters would call this one "confirmed."
Quote: "Anyone notice in matts image the adult video/porn shop, with "comfortable viewing areas..." is one of the places flooded.
"
Hey now, that's a good 14 blocks from my house
And don't you live in Queens? That's like one big pron shop
I honestly have never gone into the place... everything east of Chenango Street in Binghamton is one big ghetto
What is a "comfortable viewing area" anyway? They let you watch pron in those places? I have a girlfriend... I don't need their facilities lol
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