We were pretty lucky in our neighborhood with only little damage, mostly fallen tree branches. Here are a few photos I took while walking to our landlord’s house to pay the rent:
August 6, 2008
100 years ago
Last week, we got a letter from The Department of Water Management explaining a project to install a new water main underneath our street. The project, which isn’t expected to be completed until late September, is to replace the old main that was installed in 1908. Included in our letter was a list of facts about what was going down one hundred years ago:
1. Henry Ford introduced the Model T car.
2. Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council and announced that “women are not physically fit to operate automobiles.”
3. A New York City regulation made it illegal for women to smoke in public.
4. The first Mother’s Day was observed.
5. The first time a ball signifying the new year dropped in Times Square.
6. The first Gideon Bible was placed in a hotel room.
7. The first horror movie Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde premiered in Chicago.
And since I have been going video crazy lately, here is one of the workers workin’.