Tag: Madison flood
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Stately Blaska Manor’s losing battle on a rainy Labor Day in Madison WI
This being Labor Day, we should write something about labor, I suppose. But it is raining, the ground is saturated, and the catacombs below the Stately Manor (where the secret rituals are conducted) are leaking despite the heroic efforts of the indentured servants to stem the tide. The Squire was forced to require their unrequited…
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The thing about floods is they aren’t over the next day
Got flood junk? We are learning that flooding is a long term proposition. We’re into clean-up mode here at the Stately Manor, with frequent trips to the City of Madison junk drop-off site on Badger Road. We reported that the pond on the south side of the Beltline opposite the pond at Odana Hills golf…
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Let the sun shine in!
Man that sunshine sure feels good today! Disasters are something that happens elsewhere until it happens here. The Stately Manor and its denizens were lucky. Our basement drain actually drained once the crud was scraped off! Except for a few low spots that needed to be push broomed (verb, transitive) to the hole in the…