Waterville USA flooded by Ivan

Grant

Thursday, September 16, 2004 3:52 PM
No links yet, but I just saw a clip on the news showing Watervilla USA in Alabama under several feet of water due to Hurricane Ivan. They have a wooden coaster there which could be seen in the background; the water level was about halfway up some of the buildings.

There were no reported injuries in the area, but it's not over yet. I hope the park and other parks, people, and properties in the effected area do not suffer too much damage.


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Mamoosh

Thursday, September 16, 2004 4:11 PM
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Cannonball Run was damaged...

EDIT -- see below for the real reason CCI no longer claims this coaster on their website.

mOOSH

*** Edited 9/16/2004 10:38:36 PM UTC by Mamoosh***

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Den

Thursday, September 16, 2004 4:12 PM
That, my friends, is the very definition of irony.

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Mamoosh

Thursday, September 16, 2004 5:26 PM
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No, this is the definition of irony ;)

Main Entry: iro·ny
Pronunciation: 'I-r&-nE also 'I(-&)r-nE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -nies
Etymology: Latin ironia, from Greek eirOnia, from eirOn dissembler
1 : a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other's false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning -- called also Socratic irony
2 a : the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning b : a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony c : an ironic expression or utterance
3 a (1) : incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result (2) : an event or result marked by such incongruity b : incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play -- called also dramatic irony, tragic irony
synonym see WIT

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Den

Thursday, September 16, 2004 5:41 PM
And that is the definition of "smartass." ;)

[url="http://www.livejournal.com/users/denl42"]My blog[/url] You said, "I'm gonna run you down." I heard, "I'm an orangutan."
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rollergator

Thursday, September 16, 2004 5:49 PM
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....and THIS is the picture they put in the dictionary...;)

http://www.coasterbuzz.com/forum.aspx?mode=info&PeopleID=2078

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Mamoosh

Thursday, September 16, 2004 5:57 PM
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No, that pic is the definition of ucking fugly ;)
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bellagio

Thursday, September 16, 2004 6:09 PM
Another thread goes way off the point, can we please stick to constructiive comments.
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Chernabog

Thursday, September 16, 2004 7:46 PM
In America, wall studs should be placed on 16" centers.

--Madison

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Mamoosh

Thursday, September 16, 2004 9:04 PM
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LOL Maddie!
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Rob Ascough

Thursday, September 16, 2004 9:17 PM
Sheetrock panels suck. Time to bring back REAL plaster walls!
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Charles Nungester

Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:00 PM

Mamoosh said:
Cannonball Run was damaged by a moderate hurricane a few years back. IIRC the top of the lift collapsed. There was some kind of trouble between the park and CCI because it didn't withstand the winds -- litigation, perhaps -- which is why CCI doesn't claim this coaster on its website.

Im pretty sure that didn't happen due to a storm or hurricane, The way I understand it, The lifthill just split intwo for no aparent reason and both the park and CCI were in court pointing fingers at each other.

Chuck, who could be wrong but has a pretty reliable source who's never lied to me about anything.

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Mamoosh

Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:05 PM
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You could be right, Chuck! Remember I was the one sure Hydra didn't have a prelift inversion.

mOOSH

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FLYINGSCOOTER

Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:13 PM
or, you could get plastered while placing the sheetrock on the wall...

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-Mark

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Zingo!

Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:20 PM
I think think the picture is pretty STUDly...

"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is." --Texas Governor George W. Bush, April 9, 1999, on the US intervention in Kosovo
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Mamoosh

Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:28 PM
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Wow...a pun *and* a compliment...sweet ;)
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Legendary

Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:32 PM
mOOSH, from what I know, the lift "split" because the park kept stopping trains up there. Hence the reason CCI fought it (not normal operation, etc).

Again, that's just what I remember! But I'm usually right, right? ;)

JC


OMG I have a new sig!!!
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Mamoosh

Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:34 PM
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Makes sense!

mOO "It's an S-curve" SH

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Thrillerman

Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:35 PM
Chuck, Matt,

I was told at one time that the park employees were starting and stopping the lift motor abruptly as the train was engaging the lift chain (or something along those lines). Anyways, this causes undo stress on the drive sytem and chainwheel at the top of the lift. If that was the case, the park was to blame for the lift hill splitting in two. I know from running the Dipper at Geauga Lake that we weren't supposed to stop the train as it engaged the lift as it could jam and cause the same problem. We had to wait until the train was on the chain completely before stopping it (according to the operations manual Big Dipper/1980).

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edit: Darnit Joe... you beat me to it! :) *** Edited 9/16/2004 11:49:39 PM UTC by Thrillerman***

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swampfoxer

Thursday, September 16, 2004 11:42 PM
I also heard that the local zoo flooded in Gulf Shores. The only animals that weren't evacuated before Ivan were the deer and the gators. Now, they have all escaped and the gators are on the loose. I heard one of them was shot and killed. Sounds like a horror movie!
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