Astoria, Oregon ~ December 20, 2010
This is the season when heavy rains (which we've had plenty of) send logs and debris downriver.
I like the logs, they add an element of interest and sense of place, but they don't do much for the buildings. This log, as they often do, has drifted toward shore. The only problem is, because of the buildings and the damage caused when the waves get high, the logs have to make their way back out to the river.
This is the bay between the buildings that the log has to traverse to get back out into the Columbia River. Sometimes they go with the tide, and sometimes they need help. If they are heavy enough, it's not that easy to help them. Depending on the tide and current, I've seen them get all the way out to where you'd think they would drift away (only to give someone else a possible headache), and then they drift back in to await the next tide. Sometimes they won't leave, and they have to be sawed up when the water is low. Anyway, it's something different to break the routine. I like hearing them clank and bang against the building's pilings.
As someone pointed out, this is very bad for the pilings under the buildings. I do help the owner keep the logs away, but when they are banging I still enjoy it. Can't help it :)
4 comments:
i have a great idea...i mean, i can pick them up for my residence after my retirement, with free!
I remember previous log photos...but I would have guessed the time for logs rolling down the river on a Sunday afternoon (oh, wait, isn't there a song like that?) would be in the summer...
Yes, I would guess that logs banging against wooded pilings would tend to do a little damage after awhile...
Hope you're doing well!
I understand that the diversion of having a log come to shore would be fun... but liking the banging...? Like for how long? Sounds like a bad version of the Chinese water torture... drip, drip, drip... or bang, bang, bang... How long before you go insane? :-D
We definitely don't have this problem in Jackson. What other kind of debris do you see? Hopefully nothing icky!
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