From: U26703@uicvm.uic.edu (Scott Graves)
Newsgroups: alt.whine
Subject: Re: The Great Chicago Flood II
Date: 15 Apr 92 17:43:50 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago


In article <BMr0rE.Jvy@world.std.com>, adamg@world.std.com (Adam M Gaffin) says:
>
>In article <92105.235556U45301@uicvm.uic.edu> Mary Jacobs                     >
><U45301@uicvm.uic.edu
>writes:
>>Imagine, if you will, DEEP SEA DIVERS being lowered through the sidewalks
>>at the Chicago Board of Trade. . . .  30 feet of swirling water
>>and submerged heating plants await them.

I saw them bringing up this guy last night on the news, and the guy reading
the news kept going on and on and on about how the breathing apparatus works
going into no greater detail than absolutely necessary becuase it's perfectly
obvious to anyone with half a brain and he obviously doesn't have that much,
and not giving me any of the information I want to know, just saying how
nice the diver's suit looks and how many tubes are sticking out of his
mask, and finally when they get the mask off the anchor (not the kind you
submerge in water, the kind that reads news on tv, although I probably
wouldn't object if you submerged this guy in water) seems to think it of
monumental significance that the diver is smiling when I would be smiling
too if I had just surfaced from the Great Chicago Flood which friends of
mine are already starting to blame on water commissioner, which would make
sense if it weren't for the fact that the water commissioner isn't responsible
for the things that led to the flood, but it does have a great deal to do
with water, so there is some logic to it none the less, but right now the
major focus of the news (and the Daley administration) seems to be who
should they can in response to this funny tragedy instead of why the
stupid civil engineers can't think of a better solution than dumping
sandbags and mattresses on the hole to plug it up, and I think they should
plug it up with the french toast from the cafeteria here at UIC but let's
face it, the french toast would be too massive and cause the rest of the
underground tunnels to collapse and I don't think the city could afford
to pay what the caf is asking for their french toast, at least until that
disaster relief fund comes in from the feds . . .
*fluuuuuuussssssssssssssssshshshshshshshhhshshshshshshshshhshshhsshshhh*

>
>Didn't think there was much everyday call for deep sea divers in Chicago.
>Did they fly 'em in from the coast or something?
>
No, they just had to get the guys who do the record keeping at UIC to
go down there.  They're used to it, everybody knows the financial records
at UIC are kept in 40 feet of rushing water.
Anybody else notice the uncanny recurrence of the number "40" in the
flood stories?  Sounds like a biblical harbinger to me.
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate biblical harbingers!!!!

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