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Peter Hearnden
[1] Posted by Peter Hearnden 07-12-2003, 12:55 PM
 
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"Extra extra, read all about it! World shocked as Mr & Mrs Dee Wolfe's
garden greenhouse destroyed" ?



"Dr. Convection" <Convection@convection.uk> wrote in message
news:BDWPa.420060$ro6.10091822@news2.calgary.shaw. ca...
> Green propaganda likes the word greenhouse, i.e. "greenhouse effect",
> "greenhouse gases". Presumably environmental groups paid big money to some
> Madison Avenue think tank to think up the word "greenhouse". Those same
> environmental groups need to get their money back for such a bad idea. The
> following story shows that convection is a stronger force and no

greenhouse
> can withstand the force of convection.
>
> From:
> http://www.thehj.com/main.asp?Sectio...SectionID=3 2
>
> Storm levels couple's greenhouse
>
> By DAVID MARONEY
> dmaroney@thehj.com
>
> History can be a good teacher when it comes to violent storms.
>
> Dee Wolfe was living in Gary in the 1960s when a tornado hit. She

remembered
> that experience Monday night.
>
> Dee and her husband Timothy live on Sparrow Court in the Lake Breeze area,
> southeast of Buffalo. Their residence is an attractive, homey cottage that
> overlooks the Tippecanoe River.
>
> A recently constructed greenhouse added more pleasure to their waterfront
> lifestyle.
>
> Dee and Timothy were in their home about 11:45 p.m. Monday when they heard

a
> familiar sound.
>
> "There were high winds. Then the house was shaking," Dee said Tuesday
> morning. "Then there was a roar. It sounded like the roaring of a freight
> train."
>
> "I experienced a tornado in Gary in the 1960s," she said. "When I felt the
> shaking and heard the roar, I knew it was time to go to the basement."
>
> Dee and her husband moved to safety shortly before the high winds toppled

a
> huge tree, which crashed into their home.
>
> They - and other residents of the Lake Breeze area - began digging out of
> rubble on Tuesday morning.
>
> Several other residences in the area were hit by trees or tree limbs, but
> there were no injuries reported.
>
> The tree fell directly on their new greenhouse but did little damage to

the
> living area of their cottage.Monon creek forced the evacuation of about a
> dozen families.
>
> In response to the increased flow of water from the creeks and ditches

that
> feed Lake Shafer and Lake Freeman has led NIPSCO to increase the flow rate
> through the dams to 14,000 cubic feet per second (CFS) for Oakdale Dam and
> 13,000 for Norway Dam. Normal flow for the dams is below 9,000 CFS,

Cochran
> said.
>
> Downstream in Carroll County, a water emergency declared on Saturday

evening
> remains in effect. The order restricts travel on county roads to

emergencies
> only.
>
> In Delphi, a failure of two of the city's main raw sewage pumps on Tuesday
> caused police to declare a wastewater emergency. Service was restored and
> the emergency lifted by late Tuesday afternoon.
>
> On Saturday, a ruptured levee forced the evacuation of about 30 homes

along
> Deer Creek. Shelters have been set up by the Red Cross at the court house
> and the middle school gymnasium.
>
> Severe flooding in rural Carroll County had resulted in to two fatalities
> and extensive damage to homes, vehicles and other property.
>
> Carla J. Barber, 36, of Cutler, died after she became trapped in an 18

inch
> drain outside her home near Burlington Saturday morning.
>
> A Camden woman, Susan H. Arnold, 62, died after she apparently attempted

to
> drive through about five feet of water on Ind. 218 near County Road 525

West
> on Saturday. Her vehicle was swept off the roadway into a ditch filled

with
> about nine feet of water, according to police.
>
>
>





 
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