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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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posted on
06/17/2004 9:28:46 AM PDT
by
esryle
To: esryle
Officials suspect recent storms may have swept the floating structure away from the banks and down the river. By Jove...Watson I think you have something there....
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posted on
06/17/2004 9:32:08 AM PDT
by
joesnuffy
(Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
To: joesnuffy
Officials suspect recent storms may have swept the floating structure away from the banks and down the river. Those are some brillant officials they have working there in Kentucky.
To: MotleyGirl70
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posted on
06/17/2004 9:48:24 AM PDT
by
Larry381
(John Kerry-The Quintessential Empty Suit)
To: esryle
Did they find the body of Huck Finn's father, perchance?
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posted on
06/17/2004 9:48:31 AM PDT
by
Physicist
To: MotleyGirl70
Officials suspect recent storms may have swept the floating structure away from the banks and down the river. Furthermore, officials suspect that rain is that wet stuff that falls from the sky and rivers are those things that you find houses floating down now and again.
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posted on
06/17/2004 9:49:58 AM PDT
by
AAABEST
(Lord have mercy on us)
To: esryle
I hate when that happens!
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posted on
06/17/2004 9:53:00 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: joesnuffy
The unoccupied two-story house floated atop 24 55-gallon plastic barrels. Looks like they already planned for the flood.
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posted on
06/17/2004 9:53:25 AM PDT
by
Hillary's Lovely Legs
(I am trying to stop an outbreak here and you're driving the monkey to the airport.)
To: esryle
The homeowners were later found driving nearby....
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posted on
06/17/2004 9:53:33 AM PDT
by
r9etb
To: esryle
Note to self... Get empty 55 barrel drums out from underneath house before the next rain.
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posted on
06/17/2004 9:54:49 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: r9etb
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posted on
06/17/2004 9:55:28 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Larry381; AAABEST
Now it looks like the owner of this fine floating trailer home has things under control.
To: esryle
Never park too close to the river bank in spring.
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posted on
06/17/2004 9:58:54 AM PDT
by
familyofman
(out of the night when the full moon is bright comes a horseman)
To: familyofman
I guess you folks have never seen a houseboat? LOL
To: esryle
House Spotted Floating Down Ohio RiverHopefully, the Senate will soon follow...
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posted on
06/17/2004 10:07:43 AM PDT
by
sourcery
(This is your country. This is your country under socialism. Any questions? Just say no to Socialism!)
To: kjenerette
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posted on
06/17/2004 10:07:43 AM PDT
by
Van Jenerette
(Our Republic - If we can Keep it!)
To: Bacon Man
House Spotted Floating Down Ohio River
Hey, remember that guy Mike House that we went to high school with? Guess we know what he's doing now!
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posted on
06/17/2004 10:13:19 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(This dog bite me.)
To: esryle
let us sing one song for the old Kentucky home, as the old Kentucky home floats away.....
To: Conservababe
I guess you folks have never seen a houseboat? LOL
Does one store that in a boathouse?
A houseboathouse?
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posted on
06/17/2004 10:22:34 AM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your Friendly Freeper Patent Attorney)
To: DannyTN; aculeus; dighton; general_re; BlueLancer; Constitution Day; chance33_98; Lijahsbubbe; ...
Spotted house alert.
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