Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Earthquakes, Hurricanes and Cohousing

[Richard Pendleton (111rmp]

At Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm in Peterborough, NH the storm turned out to
be relatively mild.  

We had a planning meeting after our community supper on the Thursday before
the storm.  We dispersed the work, bringing in loose objects, helping
neighbors who were either away or could not lift things.  We brought one of
our chicken flocks in as well as the pigs.  Made sure the horses would be
safe.  We harvested from our CSA farm a day early so on the day of the storm
we did a lot of cooking and generally hanging out, checking in with each
other, observing the river, checking drains and animals and splashing in
puddles.  We had our regular Sunday potluck.

After the storm the kids had a lot of fun cleaning up partially knocked over
sunflowers using various carts and pedal toys.  Someone noticed a hanging
limb over the Common House path and taped off the path until and another
neighbor was able to clear it away.  The pigs taught us that they are very
happy to return to their field on their own and don't need our help thank
you very much! (they broke out of their mobile fence enclosure as we started
to move them back and basically headed straight for their outdoor quarters).

Richard
Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm Cohousing
www.peterboroughcohousing.org 

Click for an original music video done by one of our Nubi teens ->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h0ZHpsv6oA

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>    1. Re: Earthquakes, Hurricanes and Cohousing (Fred H Olson)
>    2. Re: Earthquakes, Hurricanes and Cohousing (Diane)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:33:58 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Fred H Olson <fholson [at] cohousing.org>
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Earthquakes, Hurricanes and Cohousing
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>  Francoise Paradis <feparadis48 [at] yahoo.com> is the author of 
> the message below.  It was posted by Fred, the Cohousing-L 
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> At Greensward Hamlet in Buxton Maine, we were out of power 
> until this morning. Being a brand new building, we are happy 
> with the results of this big test! We had a lot of rain which 
> accummulated on the landscape but quickly drained away. 
> Inside, we were comfortable and didn't run out of water until 
> this morning just before the power came back on. (We have a 
> well with a large holding tank and large hotwater tank, which 
> kept the water hot for more than two days.) Our Energy Star 
> refrigerators kept the food cool and the freezer kept the 
> food frozen. So we know we can survive for two days!
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> Francoise
> http://www.greenswardhamlet.com
> 207-227-3678
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> www.francoiseparadis.com
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> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:46:48 -0400
> From: Diane <dianeclaire [at] gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Earthquakes, Hurricanes and Cohousing
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> At Cambridge Cohousing we  got together to prepare for the 
> storm; the storm fizzled (how nice!); we had dinner together; 
> and we  got together to put things back.  Some of us also 
> felt the earthquake a few days earlier, but nothing like the 
> shaking you experienced.
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> Diane
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> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Ann Zabaldo 
> <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> wrote:
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> > Hello all --
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> > First ... a shout out to those cohousers -- and everyone -- 
> living on the
> > East coast:  how are you doing viz a vis Irene?   I hear VT 
> is heavily
> > impacted with flooding.  How about the rest of you?  Please let us 
> > know how you are fairing.
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> > Here at Takoma Village in northwest Washington, DC we managed to 
> > survive The Great Quake followed by Irene just a few days later.  I 
> > was in the kitchen cutting up an apple when the earth's 
> crusts moved.  
> > Having never experienced an earthquake I didn't have the slightest 
> > idea what was happening.  I did rule out workmen stomping 
> on the roof 
> > when I saw the kitchen window move back and forth.  Once I 
> found out 
> > it was really an earthquake I started sending emails to 
> folks saying " 
> > ... we had an earthquake!" meaning that "we" right here at Takoma 
> > Village had its own earthquake.  Well ... when you consider we have 
> > been struck by lightening frying major electrical and digital 
> > communication systems from which we still have not 100% recovered, 
> > flooded routinely, and trapped by 6 ft of snow ... having 
> our own earthquake didn't seem so far fetched.  Besides ...
> > I don't know anything about earthquakes.  Well, "...no" said my 
> > business partner, Jack.  "It was a little bigger than that ..."
> >
> > I do know something about hurricanes having grown up in Tampa, FL.  
> > I've lived through enough of them to know they are great 
> pains in the 
> > butt along w/ being very destructive and life threatening 
> even after passing through.
> > The threat is not over once the rain stops.  Ground soaked 
> by rain can 
> > still cause problems days later as trees w/ weakened root systems 
> > crash on to power lines, parked cars, etc.  Plus you may 
> also be w/out 
> > potable water or electricity for days.  When Isabel hit 
> here in 2003 
> > we were w/out power for FIVE days.
> >
> > So ... how are you guys doing out there?
> >
> > Best --
> >
> > Ann Zabaldo
> > Takoma Village Cohousing
> > Washington, DC
> > Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC Falls Church VA
> > 703 663 3911
> >
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> 
> --
> Diane Margolis
> 175 Richdale Av.
> Cambridge, MA 02140
> 617 354 1349
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