The following advice comes from Russell Janes, certified electrician and building consultant; and Adelso Rodas, owner of AR Plumbing, Inc. A properly functioning sewage pump is essential to floating home living. Most residents are familiar — either personally or through a neighbor — with the serious consequences of a malfunctioning...
Breakfast at the Bay Model proved a popular format for the Floating Homes Association’s annual Membership Meeting on Saturday morning, February 21. FHA Events Chair BettyAnn Kram and her team of volunteers set out a lavish buffet of bagels, muffins, quiches and fresh fruit. Firehouse Coffee rounded out the menu....
As of Friday, February 13, loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are available to Marin County businesses, private nonprofits, and residents to offset physical and economic losses from the storm, flooding, and king tides from December 31 through January 5. The SBA, in collaboration with local agencies, has...
A capacity crowd jammed the meeting room of the Bay Model on February 7 for a community gathering to discuss the effects of flooding due to high tides and storms. The event was hosted by Supervisor Stephanie Moulton-Peters and her aide Doreen Gounard, a long-term resident of Galilee Harbor. The...
According to Sausalito Currents, seasonal high tides, aka King Tides, will return to Southern Marin from Thursday, January 29 through Monday, February 2. Based on tide predictions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), tide levels may be sufficient to impact roadways in low-lying coastal and bayside areas....
The Advisory Board of Marin County’s Zone 3 Flood Control District, meeting after the king tide flooding early in January, advised flood control staff to go back to the drawing board for the District’s project to pump flood water from Marin City into the Bay and to study ways...
Red Shield Insurance is now requiring the installation of a sump pump in the hull of each floating home before they will renew or issue a new homeowner’s policy. The FHA has negotiated a group discount for the Floating Homes community with A & R Plumbing. The FHA is not...
The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Monday that the new year started off with the highest tides of the century, swollen even further by a confluence of meteorological conditions. As the paper put it, “The trifecta of a super moon, an incoming storm system’s strong winds and heavy rains resulted...
During a Sunday morning lull in the storm, residents of Gate 6 ½ Dock noticed ominous clouds of what seemed to be smoke billowing out of the two large transformer boxes that provide household-voltage electricity to our homes. A quick call was placed to 911 and soon two firetrucks came...
Periods of rain are now predicted from December 31-January 4, coinciding with King Tides on the mornings of January 1, 2 and 3 which we reported earlier. As a reminder, here are the projected King Tide times, dates and water levels: Thursday, January 1 – peak tide @ 8:41 a.m....