http://charleskiblinger.com/bgt/ Citizens Request Burke-Gilman Trail Repairs and Improvements. en-us 2009-11-07T08:44:52-08:00 http://charleskiblinger.com/bgt/bgt_archives/001223.html Big rains recently; diverted my commute slightly to pass through the area of former flooding. All is well.... Charles 2009-11-07T08:44:52-08:00 http://charleskiblinger.com/bgt/bgt_archives/000372.html Rode through last week; seems to be fine. A little repair work goes a long way, don't it?... Charles 2008-11-17T18:12:40-08:00 http://charleskiblinger.com/bgt/bgt_archives/000355.html I had occasion to travel to and from the UW yesterday. There has been a fair bit of rain over the last few days. The drain still seems to be working fine.... Charles 2008-01-09T09:58:55-08:00 http://charleskiblinger.com/bgt/bgt_archives/000353.html My commute no longer takes me past the old flooded part of the BGT, and that section has been closed in any case for quite a long time while repairs were made to the Fremont bridge. However, a recent visit... Charles 2007-10-24T21:59:28-08:00 http://charleskiblinger.com/bgt/bgt_archives/000300.html The trail through Fremont, and under the Fremont bridge and the Aurora overpass, has been closed for at least a year(?), and will be closed for a while longer yet I think. More repairs to bridge structures or something. Bikers... Charles 2006-04-14T10:47:46-08:00 http://charleskiblinger.com/bgt/bgt_archives/000285.html Reiterative update: It rained cats, dogs, etc. over the last 48 hours, but rides to and fro have been entirely flood-free.... flooding Charles 2005-04-29T11:13:42-08:00 http://charleskiblinger.com/bgt/bgt_archives/000282.html Thanks all! It was raining pretty steadily when I rode to work this morning, but the drain seems to, well, drain. Case closed. I urge my tens of readers to pass on their thanks to the parties involved.... Charles 2005-04-07T11:33:04-08:00 http://charleskiblinger.com/bgt/bgt_archives/000279.html Don't know why this never dawned on me earlier: 1:1000 1:250 (Photos courtesy of http://terraserver.microsoft.com. Photos were flown Thursday, June 13, 2002.)... Charles 2005-03-28T14:28:20-08:00 http://charleskiblinger.com/bgt/bgt_archives/000276.html Comment-spammers found me. Comments are now disabled sitewide. If you have comments you would like to see posted here please email them to me directly. I apologize for the inconvenience on behalf of the scum at these now banned IPs:... Charles 2005-03-26T12:26:31-08:00 http://charleskiblinger.com/bgt/bgt_archives/000265.html Hope so!... Charles 2005-02-10T11:33:48-08:00 http://charleskiblinger.com/bgt/bgt_archives/000264.html I emailed the Mayor's office about this site last week; Laurie Dunlap wrote me today: Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 16:03:47 From: Charles Kiblinger To: Laurie Dunlap Laurie.Dunlap@Seattle.Gov Subject: Re: Burke-Gilman repair requests Thanks -- it doesn't appear that anything... Charles 2005-02-07T16:11:26-08:00 http://charleskiblinger.com/bgt/bgt_archives/000260.html Second half of January, same old. --Photo courtesy of Ron Lindsay.... flooding Charles 2005-01-21T08:32:13-08:00 http://charleskiblinger.com/bgt/bgt_archives/000250.html Just for the record.... flooding Charles 2004-12-13T10:35:37-08:00 http://charleskiblinger.com/bgt/bgt_archives/000248.html Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:37:02 -0800 From: Charles Kiblinger To: Donna Canterna donnac@gvakm.com CC: Pauh Wang Pauh.Wang@Seattle.Gov, friends@burkegilmantrail.org Subject: Re: Drainage Problem, Burke Gilman Bike Trail Today's picture, for the record. Charles Kiblinger http://charleskiblinger.com/bgt/... flooding Charles 2004-12-10T10:43:26-08:00 http://charleskiblinger.com/bgt/bgt_archives/000247.html Subject: RE: Drainage Problem, Burke Gilman Bike Trail Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 10:33:09 -0800 From: "Donna Canterna" donnac@gvakm.com To: Charles Kiblinger Cc: Pauh.Wang@Seattle.Gov, friends@burkegilmantrail.org Hi Charles, Drain lines were cleared in November. Our contractor suspects that there is a... flooding Charles 2004-12-08T10:44:28-08:00