My great-great-grandfather is still entombed in the SW PA coal mine he worked in due to a mine collapse. Given the financial hardships his family faced due to his death, he absolutely would have preferred the penthouse.

I didn’t realize they made knitting needles that big 🤯 What size are they?

Mourn-scrolling is exactly what I’ve been doing … I think I’m going to go for a walk too.

Oof that’s rough. Here’s hoping they channeled that rejection into an excellent dissertation offense! xkcd.com/1403/

I would love to listen in on this forum. My work is at the local and state level so impacts to FEMA ripple down quickly.

Living the MI snow bird dream!

I knit and am trying to get back to reading actual physical books. I learned the hard way that I can’t read using the kindle app on my phone as the lure of doomscrolling is too much 😅

I’m a tv/video knitter as well!

My in-laws tried to escape MI winter last year by going to Galveston. The cold weather chased them there and they spent their whole trip shivering and looking longingly at the beach. MI winters will follow you!

You have achieved the holy grail!

Hazard mitigation also saves money too: according to NIST every $1 spent on hazard mitigation saves $6.