The "Flood of Aught Seven"

[hollyking]

My office building is in the Mercer Slough. They build the buildings on pillars that are embedded in the bedrock, however the parking lots are just asphalt slapped on top of the ground. Which means they sink. So instead of building better parking lots they just slap on more asphalt. I've heard that some of the parking lots are 25' thick.

It's raining. A lot. When i got to work today one of the two roads that can get to my office was closed. The other was flooding but I was able to make it in. When I found out that the roads were clear just an hour earlier I knew that the last road was going to become impassable soon. Luckily, as soon as I got to my desk my boss came around and said to head home.

One of my co-workers was driving his Prius and didn't feel like risking it against the flood, so I gave him a ride home. After dropping off my co-worker I stopped to get some gas. A woman was having trouble starting her car so I helped her with a jump start so she could get home. Two good deeds for the day. Go me!

Now I'm at home and I think I'll do some cleaning in preparation for holiday decorating tonight. That or go masturbate until I'm blind.

Comments

[ragnorokt.livejournal.com]

some of the parking lots are 25' thick

25 FEET geesh! The only reason to have a slab of poured stone like material that thick is if Jimmy Hoffa is in there somewhere.

[hollyking.livejournal.com]

Or you own an asphalt company...

[natf.livejournal.com]

I've heard that some of the parking lots are 25' thick.

Wow! 25" would have been a lot but 25'? ;-p