Links 05-03-07

May 04th 2007 Posted to Links

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Flood proof homes

Seattle Times, Louisiana professor proposes idea for making houses floodproof.

My dad tried to build our house on Marchand to be flood resistant. The first floor was mainly a garage and utility room. It also featured a large living room which was mainly tiled so you could rip the carpet up and hose the tile down and call it a day.

Unfortunately there were many things we did not anticipate when a flood did occur:

  • Triple pane windows exploded due to water pressure.
  • The ground heaved:
    • Causing the floor joists to be disrupted which threw everything off including the tile.
    • The sewage pipes burst (I was the one who found the leak by digging underneath the poured floor and having someone upstairs repeatedly flush the toilet. Lying in a pool of sewage for a few hours was so much fun!)
  • The water took a long time to recede so everything had to be riped out and the guts had to be bleached clean because of mold.
  • The solid oak moldings all warped.
  • External siding had to be pressure washed and re-stained.

…Just to name a few.

May 04th 2007 Posted to Random

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Good taste in shirts

I need to blog more. But I digress, turns out Pauly Shore and I have the same taste in Columbian shirts. From the most recent episode of Entourage:

Sadly I can’t find a picture of me in the same shirt, but trust me, I’ve got the same taste as a washed up movie star.

May 04th 2007 Posted to Random

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