X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00800000 X-Mozilla-Keys: Message-ID: <54D562ED.7070401@sbcglobal.net> Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2015 16:57:17 -0800 From: Richard Childers User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:10.0.3) Gecko/20120327 Thunderbird/10.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dan Janney CC: Jessica Hatmaker , Gary Goade , Sheila , Ted Loring Subject: Re: 137 12th St, Building 4: No Drainage, Building Settling, Standing Water References: <54D5155E.9090109@sbcglobal.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit That's funny. The motel next door, a hundred feet away, doesn't seem to be under half a foot of water. Nor are the buildings decaying. Regards, ~richard On 02/06/15 13:16, Dan Janney wrote: > We have had very serious flooding in the area. Strongs Creek in Fortuna > has overrun it's banks and Fortuna Blvd is flooded. In Ferndale, Francis > Creek has overrun its banks and has flooded the High school. > > Dan > > Dan Janney > Maintenance Manager > Professional Consolidated Management > 707-444-3835 ext. 119 > Fax 707-444-3837 > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Richard Childers > wrote: > >> This photo essay starts out with a few pictures of my back patio, this >> morning, before sunrise, three or four inches deep in water (maybe deeper, >> depending upon where you measure). >> >> It continues with a review of the rear of Building 4, as viewed from the >> exterior - from one corner, to the other. >> >> Note the evidence of settling suggested by the slope of the sidewalk as it >> enters the patio, and the increasing depth of water. >> >> Water doesn't lie. It always seeks the lowest point - and it seeks the >> level. >> >> Note that the settling on both rear corners of the building are >> approximately identical. >> >> Note the visible change in the angle of the fence outside 4A where the >> ground has settled, an the fence has buckled - at least a decade ago, if >> I'm any judge. >> >> This is where the standing water comes from. >> >> Note the pools of water at each end of the sidewalk, bordering the parking >> lots on both sides. >> >> Last, but not least, note the decaying wood siding, at the bottom, outside >> my apartment - a small example of what's obviously inside, beneath the >> building, and between the walls. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> ~richard >> >> >>