Rosslyn Redux

Tag: Spring Flooding

  • Boathouse Collapsing in 1983 Flood

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    Geo Davis
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    You may have noticed that my blog posts are sporadic. Sometimes a post almost writes itself, exploding into the blogosphere as if channeled from the universe itself. Other times lengthy lapses betray my distracted dithering. Today’s soggy sentiments fall into the latter category. Maybe it’s denial. Ever since the 2011 floods, my anxiety upticks whenever rains…

  • Moist May 2017

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    Geo Davis
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    The Lake Champlain water level is ever-so-slowly dropping, but it’s premature to rule out the possibility of hitting (or even exceeding) flood stage. At present, there’s about a foot of clearance between the bottom of Rosslyn boathouse’s cantilevered deck and the glass-flat water surface. Windy, wavy days are another story altogether. [pullquote]With the first impossibly green asparagus…