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An Engineer in the Woods, Installment 5: Critters #3, Batman and Batgirl Succeed!

Friday, September 29, 2017
I grew-up being mesmerized by bats.  During the warm summer days while on vacation in Minnesota I would collect crickets, and grasshoppers and beetles and sometimes even resort to worm bits.  At dusk, I would go to the dock and toss the offerings one at a time into the dark sky and w...

100 Year Rain Storm, Again?

Thursday, September 14, 2017
We have classifications for earthquakes, hurricanes, and tornadoes that speak to energy released (magnitude) and/or damage, but the costliest natural disaster in most years (floods) has a classification that does not directly classify floods by similar means. Instead, we use unintentionally misleadi...

An Engineer in the Woods, Installment 4: Critters #2, An Epic Battle

Friday, September 1, 2017
“They’re here...” My mind immediately flashed to the movie Poltergeist when Mom greeted us in the front foyer.  Kristen and I were just “stopping by” after work, but other visitors had preceded us, and I knew from Mom’s voice what they were, BATS! &ld...

READING AND UNDERSTANDING LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS

Wednesday, August 16, 2017
WHERE CAN YOU GET A LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND HOW CAN YOU UNDERSTAND IT? YOU CAN GET THEM FROM A TITLE COMPANY, THE RECORDER OF DEEDS OFFICE OR A LAND SURVEYOR. HOW CAN YOU LOOK UP YOUR OWN LEGAL DESCRIPTION? YOU CAN USE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO HELP YOU FIND IT; STREET ADDRESS, PLAT BOOK, ...

An Engineer in the Woods, Installment 3: The Roof

Thursday, August 3, 2017
  Our home is unique for many reasons.  The setting, the family that built the home and has lived there for the past 53½ years, the way that it was built and remodeled, the critters that have infested it.., are all important to this home’s story.  However, the true hea...