Marc's Musings http://marc-bourassa.com Reality from Marc's point of view! Fri, 18 May 2012 03:45:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Riding a Motorcycle Down a Mountain http://marc-bourassa.com/2012/05/17/riding-a-motorcycle-down-a-mountain http://marc-bourassa.com/2012/05/17/riding-a-motorcycle-down-a-mountain#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 03:45:41 +0000 Marc http://marc-bourassa.com/?p=2489
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    ]]>     http://marc-bourassa.com/2012/05/17/riding-a-motorcycle-down-a-mountain/feed 1     Yep, that’s a whole bunch of hail all right.. http://marc-bourassa.com/2012/05/17/yep-thats-a-whole-bunch-of-hail-all-right http://marc-bourassa.com/2012/05/17/yep-thats-a-whole-bunch-of-hail-all-right#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 00:11:06 +0000 Marc http://marc-bourassa.com/?p=2485 I was out inspecting the pool (hopefully the final fill up is in progress) when the storm weather came in. That hail was pretty vigorous.

    The Lanai screening seemed to handle it like a champ, but I’m sure there will be houses in the neighborhood that will need their roofs replaced.

    You can see the hail has collected in the trough in the enclosure below. It looks to be about 2 inches thick of marble sized hail.

    One good thing about the recent rains is that I have been able to note first hand items for my punch out list including some eaves trough /drainage issues.

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    • ]]>     We came home from a week in Puerto Rico to find some minor updates had been made and that our pool liner had been in stalled and water was trickling in.

    The sandbags are to hold the liner in place until the water can come up to that level and do the job itself.

    Also the Fastlane has been installed

    Michelle has some concerns about the liner color, but you can already see how it changes as the water is added.

    Here is a nice overview shot from the sheltered part of the patio.

    The screens in all these pictures look blurry because it’s actually pouring rain as I take these shots.

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    I think I could have done this with no problem when I was in my 20′s. But my organs have enough “give” these days that I’d spend the rest of my day trying to shift them back into place.

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