Louisville Floods & Racing History

re: Louisville Floods & Racing History

Carolyn in ND — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:32:02 GMT

Thanks for all the explaination of what you do & on the way some items are stored.

Being from the southern end of KY (now living in ND in an acient lake bed region) I know how those flash floods do. Now I get to experience a spring flood every year living in the Red River Valley of ND. Floods just aren't fun no matter how its spun.

re: Louisville Floods & Racing History

MtBFan (STILL) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:07:53 GMT

As a Houstonian (70 mi. from Galveston!) floods are as familiar as apple pie and the Kentucky Derby. My parents keep their paper financial records are in sealed bags in a firebox. Maybe if the track could ask for donations for a "vacuum-sealed"-type of trunk for some of the more valuable/older artifacts. Anyway, I'm going to go hit my head on my desk over and over. I was going to visit the museum in November, after my brother's wedding. Guess not.

re: Louisville Floods & Racing History

UK mls — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:44:54 GMT

Compact shelving is HEAVY, especially when loaded. Most buildings don't have the support structures in place to handle it, except the concrete floor of the basement. That's another reason such shelving ends up down there in buildings not built for the purpose.

re: Louisville Floods & Racing History

Abbie Knowles — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:07:13 GMT

I would hate my home to be flooded and although I never have been flooded thankfully, the village where i live has and so have many of my friends here and elsewhere in Gloucestershire where flooding was really bad a couple of years ago.

I really feel for all those in Louisville and do pray there will be no casualties!

i hope not much is lost from the Museum and that you can all save as much as possible.

Am really tired so please excuse any errors!

God Bless

Best wishes

Abbie

Hope all is well in Lexington!

re: Louisville Floods & Racing History

T.J — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:43:53 GMT

As a fellow archivist (and racing fan), I feel your pain. The archives where I work are located on the top floor of our building, so we sometimes get the ceiling leaks you mentioned, and we have space issues as well.