I had 7 more years before I was even thought of.
You young wipper snappers.......I had 7 more years before I was even thought of.
what no snow or rain? you had it easy.You young wipper snappers.......
I had to walk backwards, uphill both ways, barefoot, just to go to school.
Todd, thank you for sharing... I knew/know nothing of the eruption (other than it had erupted) prior to reading this thread. Now I can't wait to Google it and maybe even find a documentary to watch.So, I thought I would wrap this up with a final post.
One thing we did after all the employees homes and yards were cleared of volcanic ash was to look around and find those who had no one to help clean off their property. Three doors up was an elderly couple in their 80's who were trying to rinse it off with a garden hose. We caught them in time to keep the job from becoming a tough one to a terrible one. Have you ever measured how much water volcanic ash can absorbe ???? We cleaned off three or four more homes before all the homes in the area were clear.
This leads me to the Karma part of this post. Three weeks after the ash fell and most of the bulk had been collected and moved from properties, there was still the problem of the wind and loose ash everywhere blowing around. Then had banned all off road motor vehicle movement anywhere to keep the dust down. But all the empty lots were still full of the stuff.
One of my fathers better customers showed up one afternoon and walked in the front door of the Machine Shop and said.....OK Your turn....where do you what it?
My father said " what are you talkin about?"
Lloyd said," I have gravel for your whole property, are you ready?
We started moving what equipment we had still out side, and made room for his huge belly dump gravel spreader to move about the whole property. They came load after load till the whole property was covered with brand new 5/8s minus gravel.
That is at that moment you realize that, what goes around, comes around.......
Practice the golden rule
T
Wow, that 2nd pic looks like something out of a disaster movie!