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House Spotted Floating Down Ohio River
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Posted on 06/17/2004 9:28:46 AM PDT by esryle
LaGRANGE, Ky. -- Tuesday appeared to be an average day on the Ohio River northeast of Louisville until a house floated by.
The unoccupied two-story house floated atop 24 55-gallon plastic barrels.
The house had a bedroom upstairs and a living room downstairs, as well as an attached kitchen. It was filled with household items and debris, North Oldham Fire Chief Rick Albers said.
Inside the house, authorities found 4-year-old mail addressed to a man from Frankfort, Ky.
Officials suspect recent storms may have swept the floating structure away from the banks and down the river.
Firefighters and the U.S. Coast Guard moved the floating structure to shore and tethered it to trees.
TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: floating; floatinghouse; house; thatsdifferent
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To: esryle
Oh, darn. Was hoping it was the House of Representatives
To: sourcery
"Hopefully, the Senate will soon follow..."They might be up a creek without a paddle.
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posted on
06/17/2004 10:31:03 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: msdrby; Darksheare; Corin Stormhands
To: esryle
They should have learned this in finance 101: homes are NOT a liquid asset!
To: sourcery
In my haste to reply, I didn't read your much better response.
To: esryle
IIRC, my father told me of a plantation home that was moved from one location in a similar manner. I believe it was Bocage on the Bayou Tech - an awesome feat.
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posted on
06/17/2004 10:37:57 AM PDT
by
Quilla
(God bless America, President George W. Bush, our brave troops, and Freepers everywhere.)
To: esryle
A modern-day warrior
Mean mean stride,
Today’s tom sawyer
Mean mean pride.
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posted on
06/17/2004 10:38:22 AM PDT
by
GaltMeister
(This is not my tagline. My family has it. The tagline belongs to my family.)
To: nkycincinnatikid
"let us sing one song for the old Kentucky home, as the old Kentucky home floats away....."I think it would be appropriate to follow that up with a round of Dixie!
To Dixie's Land I'm bound to travel,
Look away! Look away! Look away!
Dixie Land
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posted on
06/17/2004 10:39:12 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: esryle
authorities found 4-year-old mail addressed to a man from Frankfort, Ky. So the USPS uses unconventional methods of delivering mail - you folks are just too conventional...
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posted on
06/17/2004 10:39:41 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: esryle
To: Thinkin' Gal; DannyTN; dighton; general_re; BlueLancer; Constitution Day; chance33_98; ...
Officials suspect recent storms may have swept the floating structure away from the banks and down the river. Brilliant officials alert: they ruled out someone tossing it off a bridge.
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posted on
06/17/2004 10:44:28 AM PDT
by
aculeus
('One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged.' ---Heinrich Heine.)
To: GaltMeister
As the resident Rush fan....I can smell a reference a million posts away...:)
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posted on
06/17/2004 10:45:15 AM PDT
by
My Favorite Headache
(Rush 30th Anniversary Tour Tickets On Sale Now!)
To: aculeus
"Brilliant officials alert: they ruled out someone tossing it off a bridge."Only after they assured us this was not an act of terrorism.
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posted on
06/17/2004 10:46:15 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: joesnuffy; SLB
Wonder if he had to float a loan for that shack ?:o)
Stay Safe !
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posted on
06/17/2004 10:49:45 AM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: joesnuffy; Thinkin' Gal; aculeus
Officials suspect recent storms may have swept the floating structure away from the banks and down the river.Aha! I see that Captain Obvious is now working for the North Oldham Fire Department.
To: Professional Engineer; msdrby; Corin Stormhands
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posted on
06/17/2004 11:03:40 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Can't wait for the day when all my voices are reduced to the space of one.)
To: esryle
LOL!
"Jed, we found your house. It's tied to a tree outback!"
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posted on
06/17/2004 11:05:13 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Can't wait for the day when all my voices are reduced to the space of one.)
To: Squantos; the irate magistrate; Lion Den Dan; pocat; Wally Cleaver; Fred Mertz; Old Sarge; ...
Has anyone checked the where abouts of ex-governor Paul Patton recently? Maybe he planned on a low cost cruise with his wife, after all he broke the state.
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posted on
06/17/2004 11:23:27 AM PDT
by
SLB
("We must lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us." C. S. Lewis)
To: My Favorite Headache
As the resident Rush fan....I can smell a reference a million posts away...:) Ya just gotta love the boy's from RUSH
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posted on
06/17/2004 11:27:26 AM PDT
by
GaltMeister
(This is not my tagline. My family has it. The tagline belongs to my family.)
To: SLB; patton
Patton was yer Chief Cook and Bottle Washer & Polidiot ?!?!?!
I did not know that............:o)
Stay safe
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posted on
06/17/2004 11:32:14 AM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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