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[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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