Thread:Merrimack/@comment-26581037-20160618145405/@comment-32738051-20160618222303

We're all glad Pamster is on the mend...finally. She's had her own internal flood ravaging going on. Ugh! Hopefully, Orlando will also mend soon.

The Pittsburgh business trips I mentioned were at the home of a former boss of mine in Oakmont. On one of those trips, we went on the Duquesne Incline ride and had dinner after at the Monterey Bay Fish Grotto. I believe the first time I read about the 1936 Pittsburgh flood was in the incline museum, though I already knew long before about the 1936 Johnstown flood.

I didn't realize that about Flight 93 and I had to look up about Quecreek. It's interesting you should mention Quecreek. This isn't disaster related but I live in Georgia near metro Atlanta just over an hour south of the North Georgia mountains and Dahlonega. Dahlonega was the site of the first major gold rush in the U.S. (North Carolina would argue against that but their gold rush was peanuts by comparison), predating both California and Alaska. The U.S. Mint even had a branch location there during the gold rush. Anyway, there are two principle mines that are still navigable: Consolidated and Crisson. The Consolidated Mine is very near Lake Zwerna and the Yahoola Creek Reservoir, so close in fact that when the lake levels are very high, the Glory Hole in the mine floods and can't be entered. You won't find this on the internet...it's something I know from touring the mine and seeing the Glory Hole firsthand. Anyway, I was reminded of this when I read up on Quecreek. Mining is a very dangerous business.

I suppose one could say floods are in your blood. I can't blame your grandmother for not wanting to live near the flood areas again, though flooding is pretty rare in Pittsburgh by comparison to poor Johnstown. So many floods but at least none were ever as bad as the 1889 one. I hope you never have to be rescued by boat from a second story window and that you never lose any loved ones in a flood. 🙏