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MineralMan

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20. I hear you!

Reply to Vinca (Reply #19)

Wed Mar 13, 2019, 03:05 PM

Mar 2019

Just don't get a riverfront condo, though. Buy a nice one on a hill.

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The Upper Midwest is Melting....Melting [View all] MineralMan Mar 2019 OP

The Upper Midwest is melting Poiuyt Mar 2019 #1

I'm afraid a lot of people are going to experience that. MineralMan Mar 2019 #3

Make sure you pull the snow off Wellstone ruled Mar 2019 #2

We get ice dams every year, but we have big eaves MineralMan Mar 2019 #4

Had one of those up in the Northwest Burbs for 37 years. Wellstone ruled Mar 2019 #5

Flooding is hard to predict, but I expect you're right. MineralMan Mar 2019 #6

The River Channel by Holman Wellstone ruled Mar 2019 #8

That's how it seems to me, too. MineralMan Mar 2019 #15

Looking more and more like the spring of 68'. Wellstone ruled Mar 2019 #17

Wow! I sure hope not. MineralMan Mar 2019 #18

Not going to drive back to Minny this summer. Wellstone ruled Mar 2019 #22

Ah, yes, the Season of Construction MineralMan Mar 2019 #23

Know the Baltic area well. Wellstone ruled Mar 2019 #24

Our eaves are well ventilated, too. MineralMan Mar 2019 #7

Had the same vented eves. Wellstone ruled Mar 2019 #9

Yeah, I was glad I caught that pump. MineralMan Mar 2019 #10

Sounds like you got a handle Wellstone ruled Mar 2019 #13

What about heat tape on the pipe when you redo it? Chin music Mar 2019 #28

Good idea! MineralMan Mar 2019 #36

Glad to help. I use it at myself and it works. Chin music Mar 2019 #40

I was working as a flight instructor at Holman Field in 2001, the last time it flooded, and The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #31

I sometimes monitor the Holman tower. MineralMan Mar 2019 #37

How well I remember. Wellstone ruled Mar 2019 #39

People in Minnesota a hardy lot Poiuyt Mar 2019 #11

You sort of have to be, I guess. MineralMan Mar 2019 #12

You and me both, MineralMan Poiuyt Mar 2019 #25

I'm so glad I live in SoCal PasadenaTrudy Mar 2019 #14

But those earthquakes! MineralMan Mar 2019 #16

Days like that make me think it's time to move to a condo. LOL. Vinca Mar 2019 #19

I hear you! MineralMan Mar 2019 #20

No worries, by 2040 you will have weather in MN like it is now in TN and northern GA. roamer65 Mar 2019 #21

Hope you are ok. Chin music Mar 2019 #26

That water will soon be flooding the Mississippi delta... Moostache Mar 2019 #27

We didn't get anything like that kind of snow in SW Missouri, but my sump system is still messed up The Genealogist Mar 2019 #29

W Central MO is just as bad right now. xmas74 Mar 2019 #30

It has rained here, no major flooding in Springfield, but the wind has been nuts The Genealogist Mar 2019 #34

I will be in Springfield in a couple of weeks. xmas74 Mar 2019 #41

melting pamdb Mar 2019 #32

Last night, every once in awhile I'd hear a loud shhh-WHUMP The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #33

Yup. Our house makes all kinds of noises when it gets MineralMan Mar 2019 #38

*looks outside* The Truth Is Here Mar 2019 #35

I enjoy and appreciate these views into more northern worlds. Hortensis Mar 2019 #42

I hear you.... we bought a new house a couple of years ago..and first thing we did Peacetrain Mar 2019 #43