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This post actually has nothing to do with Welcome to Night Vale other than that famous quotation "and now the weather". It is, however, about the weather...and it's about one of those instances where you DO NOT want to be number one on the list: the Chicagoland area just had a record-breaking amount of rain and flooding, almost 9 inches over a period of less than 24 hours. The National Weather Service has posted a list of rainfall totals for 75 Chicago neighborhoods and Chicago suburbs. The suburb where I live is number one on the list with the highest rainfall total, 8.96 inches over the course of less than one day.
I will be spending today cleaning out and disinfecting my basement that flooded to a depth of just below knee-deep.
(And this is on a day when I had intended to spend most of the day writing my fic for the Con*Strict eZine deadline. I'm not looking for sympathy about the flooding -- I am all too aware of those who have had worse and I don't want to draw concern away from them -- but if anyone is so inclined to provide a bit of cheerleading for my fic-writing later today, that is something I would appreciate.)
I will be spending today cleaning out and disinfecting my basement that flooded to a depth of just below knee-deep.
(And this is on a day when I had intended to spend most of the day writing my fic for the Con*Strict eZine deadline. I'm not looking for sympathy about the flooding -- I am all too aware of those who have had worse and I don't want to draw concern away from them -- but if anyone is so inclined to provide a bit of cheerleading for my fic-writing later today, that is something I would appreciate.)
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Date: 2023-07-04 06:59 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2023-07-04 07:16 pm (UTC)OMG, this is why I won't buy a place with a basement again. Nothing worse than constantly drying it out. (Same with being in a flood zone and being at the bottom of a hill.) Good luck with that too.
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Date: 2023-07-05 12:49 am (UTC)Also TYK for the good-luck wishes on dealing with the basement situation. Yes, it would be ideal to have a house that didn't present me with a flooded basement when we have an extraordinary weather event...but there are "trade-offs"...I like my neighborhood and I have excellent next-door neighbors on both sides of me and I am walking-distance from my work-place.
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Date: 2023-07-04 07:47 pm (UTC)good luck with your writing!!
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Date: 2023-07-04 11:03 pm (UTC)And yeah, I always encountered a lot of rain in the PNW when I was there for Bitchin' Party...but not any flooding.
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Date: 2023-07-04 07:51 pm (UTC)*also offers some surreptitious sympathy for the basement stuff*
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Date: 2023-07-04 11:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-04 09:50 pm (UTC)Good luck with your writing project!
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Date: 2023-07-04 10:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-05 12:51 am (UTC)Also, wow, I miss Night Vale. I haven't listened in years.
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Date: 2023-07-05 12:56 am (UTC)Also, I want to be revisiting your WtNV fanworks...and your WtNV vid that you made for VividCon 2014 is one of my most fave vids EVER.
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Date: 2023-07-05 12:59 am (UTC)I miss VVC, still.
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Date: 2023-07-05 02:15 am (UTC)Also, you can totally get your fit done! No problem!
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Date: 2023-07-05 05:27 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2023-07-05 11:07 pm (UTC)And don't think of it as "belated," think of it as "more"...'cause I've still got a ways to go on this fic as I head towards deadline.
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Date: 2023-07-05 11:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-05 11:05 pm (UTC)I'm currently at work, but with your today's cheerleading I'm feeling like I'll get more fic done after I get home tonight.
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Date: 2023-07-06 07:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-06 07:49 pm (UTC)