Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 21-May-2019 15:09 <=-
Finally found out why I was just getting an all-black picture when
trying to look at the eagle nest at Arconic.com: the floodwaters took
out the equipment! It's there but waterlogged.
Well, that would explain it..... ;)Yes! Things weren't quite making sense. Yes, I do have a video issue
here with one utility but wasn't creating the same visual error. OTOH their feed indicated the number of people watching at that time, which varied, and why would someone be watching a black picture? (Same reason
I was listening to click-hiss on the radio station years ago! <gg>)
Half-thought I may have done something to screw the display up here,
though that didn't quite make sense. Yes, test on a different
computer would make sense, except for those 'But Firsts'! Did finally
check on my cell phone, first with Firefox, then with Chromium - both
black. Happened Chromium was set to a smaller picture and a couple of
swipes below the pictures was the comment re: the flooding of their
equipment.
Just had to be able to see the comment.... ;)And the comment was down a bit: video feeds at the top, beneath a 'welcome' type announcement of where the the feed is coming from, a
bit of sponsorship blurbby Arconic, then the history of the parent
birds and the offspring over the tears. That followed by some comments which had the announcement of the feed-flood issues. Ideally the
flooded equipment announcement would have been at the top but probably
an easier said than done situation with the way the web page is coded.
Will they be able to resume the monitoring later, or is the equipment
destroyed by the flooding....?
And as a side note to that the eaglets are being named 'Windy' and
'Storm' - seems appropriate! :) They have posted some stills at
https://www.arconic.com/eaglecam/
Very appropriate.... ;)<looking outside> Especially this year!
Finally found out why I was just getting an all-black picture when
trying to look at the eagle nest at Arconic.com: the floodwaters took
out the equipment! It's there but waterlogged.
Well, that would explain it..... ;)Yes! Things weren't quite making sense. Yes, I do have a video issue
here with one utility but wasn't creating the same visual error. OTOH their feed indicated the number of people watching at that time, which varied, and why would someone be watching a black picture? (Same reason
I was listening to click-hiss on the radio station years ago! <gg>)
Or the same reason you were watching... checking on the eaglets
and finding a black screen.... ;)
Half-thought I may have done something to screw the display up here,
though that didn't quite make sense. Yes, test on a different
computer would make sense, except for those 'But Firsts'! Did finally
check on my cell phone, first with Firefox, then with Chromium - both
black. Happened Chromium was set to a smaller picture and a couple of
swipes below the pictures was the comment re: the flooding of their
equipment.
Just had to be able to see the comment.... ;)And the comment was down a bit: video feeds at the top, beneath a 'welcome' type announcement of where the the feed is coming from, a
bit of sponsorship blurbby Arconic, then the history of the parent
birds and the offspring over the tears. That followed by some comments which had the announcement of the feed-flood issues. Ideally the
flooded equipment announcement would have been at the top but probably
an easier said than done situation with the way the web page is coded.
Probably... The ideal place for the announcement would actually
have been above the video feed... so that people would see that
before the black picture....
Will they be able to resume the monitoring later, or is the equipmentAnd you didn't answer this part of the comment/question... ;)
destroyed by the flooding....?
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 28-May-2019 09:17 <=-
Finally found out why I was just getting an all-black picture when
trying to look at the eagle nest at Arconic.com: the floodwaters took
out the equipment! It's there but waterlogged.
Well, that would explain it..... ;)
Yes! Things weren't quite making sense. Yes, I do have a video issue
here with one utility but wasn't creating the same visual error. OTOH
their feed indicated the number of people watching at that time, which
varied, and why would someone be watching a black picture? (Same reason
I was listening to click-hiss on the radio station years ago! <gg>)
Or the same reason you were watching... checking on the eaglets andThat too! ...And with the constant rain doesn't look like the drying
finding a black screen.... ;)
out or the repairs will be done any time soon; darkening up for
another round of rain this morning and they're predicting severe
weather late this evening.
Half-thought I may have done something to screw the display up here,
though that didn't quite make sense. Yes, test on a different
computer would make sense, except for those 'But Firsts'! Did finally
check on my cell phone, first with Firefox, then with Chromium - both
black. Happened Chromium was set to a smaller picture and a couple of
swipes below the pictures was the comment re: the flooding of their
equipment.
Just had to be able to see the comment.... ;)
And the comment was down a bit: video feeds at the top, beneath a
'welcome' type announcement of where the the feed is coming from, a
bit of sponsorship blurbby Arconic, then the history of the parent
birds and the offspring over the tears. That followed by some comments
which had the announcement of the feed-flood issues. Ideally the
flooded equipment announcement would have been at the top but probably
an easier said than done situation with the way the web page is coded.
Probably... The ideal place for the announcement would actuallyYes, would make more sense from the viewer's perspective. LIS maybe "can't" because of the way things are coded. At least I found out the reason and don't have to try to correct that problem.
have been above the video feed... so that people would see that
before the black picture....
Oh! Thought I had. Monitoring will continue - eventually. At theWill they be able to resume the monitoring later, or is the equipmentAnd you didn't answer this part of the comment/question... ;)
destroyed by the flooding....?
time the announcement indicated the primary problem is some of the hardware is underwater. Is able to be out in the rain and possibly
even under water for a short period of time -- a normal flood event but not extended like we're having currently. They're hoping when the
water goes down and the equipment dries out the feed will continue,
else will have to replace the water-damaged hardware. Didn't state but I'm hoping they also move whatever hardware is in the water now gets
moved to a higher position. Of course that may be easier said than
done: the splice site for the extension would still be under water.
... It's National Librarian Day. So everybody shhhhhhhhh.
Finally found out why I was just getting an all-black picture when
trying to look at the eagle nest at Arconic.com: the floodwaters took
out the equipment! It's there but waterlogged.
Well, that would explain it..... ;)
Yes! Things weren't quite making sense. Yes, I do have a video issue
here with one utility but wasn't creating the same visual error. OTOH
their feed indicated the number of people watching at that time, which
varied, and why would someone be watching a black picture? (Same reason
I was listening to click-hiss on the radio station years ago! <gg>)
Or the same reason you were watching... checking on the eaglets andThat too! ...And with the constant rain doesn't look like the drying
finding a black screen.... ;)
out or the repairs will be done any time soon; darkening up for
another round of rain this morning and they're predicting severe
weather late this evening.
Just doesn't want to stop... Our weather seems to be mostly
settling in... after much cooler than normal and rather wet, but
not as bad as yours, we are finally looking to be getting normal
spring highs in the mid 70's for much of the coming week... and
not too much rain in the forecast... Lake Ontario is higher than
normal though, and we're starting to get flood warnings for the
lakeshore whenever there's any rain expected along with more than
light winds... Fortunately for me, we aren't all that close to
the lake itself... :)
Yes, would make more sense from the viewer's perspective. LIS maybe "can't" because of the way things are coded. At least I found out the reason and don't have to try to correct that problem.
True... quite likely it wasn't possible, even though it would
have been more useful... :) And a good thing to know that it
isn't on your end... :)
Oh! Thought I had. Monitoring will continue - eventually. At theWill they be able to resume the monitoring later, or is the equipmentAnd you didn't answer this part of the comment/question... ;)
destroyed by the flooding....?
time the announcement indicated the primary problem is some of the hardware is underwater. Is able to be out in the rain and possibly
even under water for a short period of time -- a normal flood event but not extended like we're having currently. They're hoping when the
water goes down and the equipment dries out the feed will continue,
else will have to replace the water-damaged hardware. Didn't state but I'm hoping they also move whatever hardware is in the water now gets
moved to a higher position. Of course that may be easier said than
done: the splice site for the extension would still be under water.
Nobody was expecting record flood levels and duration...
Hopefully it will just be a case of needing to dry out.... In the meantime, the eaglets may grow up and fly away.... ;)
... It's National Librarian Day. So everybody shhhhhhhhh.
Now that's an outdated attribution... most librarians nowadays
allow quiet talk, anyway... ;)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 02-Jun-2019 12:28 <=-
That too! ...And with the constant rain doesn't look like the drying
out or the repairs will be done any time soon; darkening up for
another round of rain this morning and they're predicting severe
weather late this evening.
Just doesn't want to stop... Our weather seems to be mostly settlingThere are times when 'on the beach' is nice but then having a little distance isn't always a bad thing!
in... after much cooler than normal and rather wet, but not as bad as
yours, we are finally looking to be getting normal spring highs in
the mid 70's for much of the coming week... and not too much rain in
the forecast... Lake Ontario is higher than normal though, and we're
starting to get flood warnings for the lakeshore whenever there's any
rain expected along with more than light winds... Fortunately for me,
we aren't all that close to the lake itself... :)
BTW, there was a breech in the floodwall at Burlington, IA, late
yesterday afternoon, flooding into their downtown. I've been bad and
not seen the news/looked online to see the extent of their damage.
Problem was the sand has soaked in water since April, so over two
months, and none of the temporary flood walls in the region have gone through that length of use.
<eaglecam black screen>
<finally saw post equipment underwater>
Yes, would make more sense from the viewer's perspective. LIS maybe
"can't" because of the way things are coded. At least I found out the
reason and don't have to try to correct that problem.
True... quite likely it wasn't possible, even though it would haveYes to both. I don't know coding -- have fiddled with some really
been more useful... :) And a good thing to know that it isn't on
your end... :)
simple stuff so have a barely-scratch-the-surface idea. To have the
idea of a top-post of the issue is easy, to actually do it -- for what little I know probably easy, but then might screw up/overlap/etc.,
with the original coding's placements and just make a mess.
Will they be able to resume the monitoring later, or is the equipmentAnd you didn't answer this part of the comment/question... ;)
destroyed by the flooding....?
Oh! Thought I had. Monitoring will continue - eventually. At the
time the announcement indicated the primary problem is some of the
hardware is underwater. Is able to be out in the rain and possibly
even under water for a short period of time -- a normal flood event but
not extended like we're having currently. They're hoping when the
water goes down and the equipment dries out the feed will continue,
else will have to replace the water-damaged hardware. Didn't state but
I'm hoping they also move whatever hardware is in the water now gets
moved to a higher position. Of course that may be easier said than
done: the splice site for the extension would still be under water.
Nobody was expecting record flood levels and duration... Hopefully itYes: missing their growing up, but as you said no one was anticipating
will just be a case of needing to dry out.... In the meantime, the
eaglets may grow up and fly away.... ;)
the flooding to last this long. From what I recall of the posts
indicated the 'box' the hardware is in can be submurged for a while
but after a while the water leaks in. Remember reading something indicating they could tell the water was coming in and starting to
cause problems.
... It's National Librarian Day. So everybody shhhhhhhhh.
Now that's an outdated attribution... most librarians nowadaysEven when I was in school the library was quiet but some low-level
allow quiet talk, anyway... ;)
talking was allowed -- seemed as long as wasn't disturbing the other patrons was OK.
BTW, there was a breech in the floodwall at Burlington, IA, late
yesterday afternoon, flooding into their downtown. I've been bad and
not seen the news/looked online to see the extent of their damage.
Problem was the sand has soaked in water since April, so over two
months, and none of the temporary flood walls in the region have gone through that length of use.
And there just comes a time that it can't hold any more....
<eaglecam black screen>
Will they be able to resume the monitoring later, or is the equipmentAnd you didn't answer this part of the comment/question... ;)
destroyed by the flooding....?
Oh! Thought I had. Monitoring will continue - eventually. At the
time the announcement indicated the primary problem is some of the
hardware is underwater. Is able to be out in the rain and possibly
even under water for a short period of time -- a normal flood event but
not extended like we're having currently. They're hoping when the
water goes down and the equipment dries out the feed will continue,
else will have to replace the water-damaged hardware. Didn't state but
I'm hoping they also move whatever hardware is in the water now gets
moved to a higher position. Of course that may be easier said than
done: the splice site for the extension would still be under water.
Nobody was expecting record flood levels and duration... Hopefully itYes: missing their growing up, but as you said no one was anticipating
will just be a case of needing to dry out.... In the meantime, the
eaglets may grow up and fly away.... ;)
the flooding to last this long. From what I recall of the posts
indicated the 'box' the hardware is in can be submurged for a while
but after a while the water leaks in. Remember reading something indicating they could tell the water was coming in and starting to
cause problems.
Hopefully next year will be better.... :)
... It's National Librarian Day. So everybody shhhhhhhhh.
Now that's an outdated attribution... most librarians nowadaysEven when I was in school the library was quiet but some low-level
allow quiet talk, anyway... ;)
talking was allowed -- seemed as long as wasn't disturbing the other patrons was OK.
And nowadays, there's even more permitted... I think there still
is some amount of not disturbing the other patrons, though....
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 08-Jun-2019 09:08 <=-
BTW, there was a breech in the floodwall at Burlington, IA, late
yesterday afternoon, flooding into their downtown. I've been bad and
not seen the news/looked online to see the extent of their damage.
Problem was the sand has soaked in water since April, so over two
months, and none of the temporary flood walls in the region have gone
through that length of use.
And there just comes a time that it can't hold any more....Unfortunately right. I could make guesses about why the failure;
quite sure there are a few teams of people with all sort of degrees and experience looking into it.
Nobody was expecting record flood levels and duration... Hopefully it
will just be a case of needing to dry out.... In the meantime, the
eaglets may grow up and fly away.... ;)
Yes: missing their growing up, but as you said no one was anticipating
the flooding to last this long. From what I recall of the posts
indicated the 'box' the hardware is in can be submurged for a while
but after a while the water leaks in. Remember reading something
indicating they could tell the water was coming in and starting to
cause problems.
Hopefully next year will be better.... :)Hopefully! And I'd guess a few changes would be made such as mounting
the box that leaked higher. ...Another one of my little what-if
exercises as I have no idea of location, contents, etc., etc.
... It's National Librarian Day. So everybody shhhhhhhhh.
Now that's an outdated attribution... most librarians nowadays
allow quiet talk, anyway... ;)
Even when I was in school the library was quiet but some low-level
talking was allowed -- seemed as long as wasn't disturbing the other
patrons was OK.
And nowadays, there's even more permitted... I think there stillProbably so. Humans are just noisy, but need to be respectful of the other person.
is some amount of not disturbing the other patrons, though....
... What is a pet peeve? Do you have one? What do they eat?
BTW, there was a breech in the floodwall at Burlington, IA, late
yesterday afternoon, flooding into their downtown. I've been bad and
not seen the news/looked online to see the extent of their damage.
Problem was the sand has soaked in water since April, so over two
months, and none of the temporary flood walls in the region have gone
through that length of use.
And there just comes a time that it can't hold any more....Unfortunately right. I could make guesses about why the failure;
quite sure there are a few teams of people with all sort of degrees and experience looking into it.
And hopefully they will come up with solutions and better flood defenses... :)
Nobody was expecting record flood levels and duration... Hopefully it
will just be a case of needing to dry out.... In the meantime, the
eaglets may grow up and fly away.... ;)
Yes: missing their growing up, but as you said no one was anticipating
the flooding to last this long. From what I recall of the posts
indicated the 'box' the hardware is in can be submurged for a while
but after a while the water leaks in. Remember reading something
indicating they could tell the water was coming in and starting to
cause problems.
Hopefully next year will be better.... :)Hopefully! And I'd guess a few changes would be made such as mounting
the box that leaked higher. ...Another one of my little what-if
exercises as I have no idea of location, contents, etc., etc.
Probably lots of people will be engaged in re-thinking things due
to this years record flooding events.... :)
... What is a pet peeve? Do you have one? What do they eat?
Probably they eat contentment... leaving one discontented with
the situation.... ;)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 13-Jun-2019 12:42 <=-
BTW, there was a breech in the floodwall at Burlington, IA, late
yesterday afternoon, flooding into their downtown. I've been bad and
not seen the news/looked online to see the extent of their damage.
Problem was the sand has soaked in water since April, so over two
months, and none of the temporary flood walls in the region have gone
through that length of use.
And there just comes a time that it can't hold any more....
Unfortunately right. I could make guesses about why the failure;
quite sure there are a few teams of people with all sort of degrees
and experience looking into it.
And hopefully they will come up with solutions and better floodHopefully.
defenses... :)
One side effect from the flooding will be the removal of
decorative planters which are in the median. I'm not sure what they
were initially installed to do -- they look OK, but not great. Not to keep on-coming headlights out of the eyes. Anyway, with the flooding
they found it bit more challenging to install the HESCO barriers
because the barriers were in the way. Haven't heard if the planters
will be moved elsewhere or what will become of them.
Nobody was expecting record flood levels and duration... Hopefully it
will just be a case of needing to dry out.... In the meantime, the
eaglets may grow up and fly away.... ;)
Yes: missing their growing up, but as you said no one was anticipating
the flooding to last this long. From what I recall of the posts
indicated the 'box' the hardware is in can be submurged for a while
but after a while the water leaks in. Remember reading something
indicating they could tell the water was coming in and starting to
cause problems.
Hopefully next year will be better.... :)
Hopefully! And I'd guess a few changes would be made such as mounting
the box that leaked higher. ...Another one of my little what-if
exercises as I have no idea of location, contents, etc., etc.
Probably lots of people will be engaged in re-thinking things dueLike those planters! Yes, I'm thinking there might be a lot of
to this years record flooding events.... :)
changes. LIS in a little while back, the railroad(s) elevated their
tracks and Davenport has to work around that to allow cars over the tracks. Generally just can't pile a dumptruck full of dirt on either
side, grade, pave and call it good: have to consider longer trucks
which would 'bridge' and have wheels in the shallow and the trailer
body resting on the tracks.
The discussion on various options for a permanent floodwall has come
up again -- the big item causing a 'no' is the view along the River. I don't know the geography well enough but perhaps a combination of
sections of permanent walls with sections of the temporary walls (permanent posts, insert panels between when necessary) along with the HESCO barriers at cross street intersections would work.
... What is a pet peeve? Do you have one? What do they eat?
Probably they eat contentment... leaving one discontented withNeed to find one to eat discontent.
the situation.... ;)
BTW, there was a breech in the floodwall at Burlington, IA, late
yesterday afternoon, flooding into their downtown. I've been bad and
not seen the news/looked online to see the extent of their damage.
Problem was the sand has soaked in water since April, so over two
months, and none of the temporary flood walls in the region have gone
through that length of use.
And there just comes a time that it can't hold any more....
Unfortunately right. I could make guesses about why the failure;
quite sure there are a few teams of people with all sort of degrees
and experience looking into it.
And hopefully they will come up with solutions and better floodHopefully.
defenses... :)
And hopefully there are solutions to be found... :)
One side effect from the flooding will be the removal of
decorative planters which are in the median. I'm not sure what they
were initially installed to do -- they look OK, but not great. Not to keep on-coming headlights out of the eyes. Anyway, with the flooding
they found it bit more challenging to install the HESCO barriers
because the barriers were in the way. Haven't heard if the planters
will be moved elsewhere or what will become of them.
They were a nice idea on paper, maybe they needed more attention
than they were able to be given... They were probably just
someone's idea of beautification... :) Maybe they'll be moved
somewhere more practical...
exercises as I have no idea of location, contents, etc., etc.
Probably lots of people will be engaged in re-thinking things dueLike those planters! Yes, I'm thinking there might be a lot of
to this years record flooding events.... :)
changes. LIS in a little while back, the railroad(s) elevated their
tracks and Davenport has to work around that to allow cars over the tracks. Generally just can't pile a dumptruck full of dirt on either
side, grade, pave and call it good: have to consider longer trucks
which would 'bridge' and have wheels in the shallow and the trailer
body resting on the tracks.
Yup, lots of issues to consider....
The discussion on various options for a permanent floodwall has come
up again -- the big item causing a 'no' is the view along the River. I don't know the geography well enough but perhaps a combination of
sections of permanent walls with sections of the temporary walls (permanent posts, insert panels between when necessary) along with the HESCO barriers at cross street intersections would work.
Sounds plausible.... I'll agree that it's a shame to lose the
view of the River... but one does need to control things somewhat
when the River is endangering....
... What is a pet peeve? Do you have one? What do they eat?
Probably they eat contentment... leaving one discontented withNeed to find one to eat discontent.
the situation.... ;)
Ah, but peeves are peevish.... ;)
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