Guest guest Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 On early Saturday morning, December 31, the flood waters from the Russian River and Feliz Creek completely inundated the Solar Living Center in Hopland, California, forcing our interns to be stranded and evacuated while the parking lot quickly became 10 feet deep in water. Soon thereafter the interns' geodesic dome burned to the ground after they had fled, causing us to lose much of our valuable archive material from our sustainable living workshops as well as all of our furniture and kitchen appliances that fed our interns. Other damage to the site includes the following: our brand new yurt floated 150 yards away two pickups, a vanogan, an intern's car and an employee's car, and our tractor were submerged and destroyed much of our SolFest signage and event materials were destroyed most of our natural buildings were damaged or destroyed all of our storage areas and our maintenance shed are gone many of our site tools were damaged or destroyed additional damage was done to landscape, fences, the dock, and the road The good news is no one was hurt, and nothing was damaged to prevent our 2006 workshop program from continuing operation. http://www.solarliving.org/index.cfm 1000 miles of endless screams, where all the dead heroes lay I've got the choice to set my knife, I've got the courage to set my life I've got the day I'll pick to die. Gotta hate someone, I don't know why I'll fight for a better way, be a dead hero for the U.S.A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Oh how awful! I am so sorry! What caused the fire? And what's a yurt?fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: On early Saturday morning, December 31, the flood waters from theRussian River and Feliz Creek completely inundated the Solar LivingCenter in Hopland, California, forcing our interns to be stranded andevacuated while the parking lot quickly became 10 feet deep in water.Soon thereafter the interns' geodesic dome burned to the ground afterthey had fled, causing us to lose much of our valuable archive materialfrom our sustainable living workshops as well as all of our furnitureand kitchen appliances that fed our interns.Other damage to the site includes the following:our brand new yurt floated 150 yards awaytwo pickups, a vanogan, an intern's car and an employee's car, and ourtractor were submerged and destroyedmuch of our SolFest signage and event materials were destroyedmost of our natural buildings were damaged or destroyedall of our storage areas and our maintenance shed are gonemany of our site tools were damaged or destroyedadditional damage was done to landscape, fences, the dock, and the roadThe good news is no one was hurt, and nothing was damaged to preventour 2006 workshop program from continuing operation.http://www.solarliving.org/index.cfm1000 miles of endless screams, where all the dead heroes lay I've got the choice to set my knife, I've got the courage to set my life I've got the day I'll pick to die. Gotta hate someone, I don't know why I'll fight for a better way, be a dead hero for the U.S.A. Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Hi Fraggle > a yurt is a wooden frame tent type structure generally covered with a canvas er similar material > central asian.... The "original" yurt (or "yurta" as 'twas called) came from Siberia, and seems to have made an early journey south into Mongolia - originally covered with thick layers of animal skin to keep the heat in! Of course, nowadays we have more ethical versions :-) BB Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Hi Peter The first time I heard that word was when someone asked if we wanted to go to a camp and said they had yurts there. I didn't know what it was - thought it was some kind of animal :-) BBJo - Peter Thursday, January 05, 2006 9:46 PM Re: knew i should have built that ark Hi Fraggle > a yurt is a wooden frame tent type structure generally covered with a canvas er similar material > central asian.... The "original" yurt (or "yurta" as 'twas called) came from Siberia, and seems to have made an early journey south into Mongolia - originally covered with thick layers of animal skin to keep the heat in! Of course, nowadays we have more ethical versions :-) BB Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Just a mine of useless info aren`t you? The Valley Vegan...............Peter <metalscarab wrote: Hi Fraggle > a yurt is a wooden frame tent type structure generally covered with a canvas er similar material > central asian.... The "original" yurt (or "yurta" as 'twas called) came from Siberia, and seems to have made an early journey south into Mongolia - originally covered with thick layers of animal skin to keep the heat in! Of course, nowadays we have more ethical versions :-) BB Peter Peter H Cars NEW - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars online search now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Hi Peter > Just a mine of useless info aren`t you? And proud of it :-) BB Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Keep up the good work.... The Valley Vegan............Peter <metalscarab wrote: Hi Peter > Just a mine of useless info aren`t you? And proud of it :-) BB PeterTo send an email to - Peter H Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 Hi Peter He really is amazing with this stuff, isn't he? Fraggle too. Nikki , peter hurd <swpgh01@t...> wrote: > > Just a mine of useless info aren`t you? > > The Valley Vegan............... > > Peter <metalscarab@g...> wrote: > Hi Fraggle > > > a yurt is a wooden frame tent type structure generally covered with a canvas er similar material > > central asian.... > > The " original " yurt (or " yurta " as 'twas called) came from Siberia, and seems to have made an early journey south into Mongolia - originally covered with thick layers of animal skin to keep the heat in! Of course, nowadays we have more ethical versions :-) > > BB > Peter > > > To send an email to - > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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