Weather Information From David Cameron, PhD.

I had asked some questions in the February ’09 newsletter that went out this morning and got a prompt answer from a Town Historian, David Cameron, PhD. Thanks David. You are always a great source of information.

Following are the answers.
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On snow and weather: I keep track of the weather for my own use, as my instruments are not sophisticated electronic ones but rather of the backyard type. Our total precipitation for 2008 was 99.915″ approximately: 20.21″ in our always-wettest month of November and 13.305″ for for December. Your results may vary, obviously. November is our normal flooding month in the western Cascades. Normally I forget to total the numbers at the end of the month and year, but Louise asked for an article she’s writing.

Index Avenue is 100′ wide, but that’s the exception and we’ve been told to include room for an anticipated railway branch line off the GN right-of-way up the north side of the North Fork Sky. It never was constructed, as the Index-Galena logging railroad went up the south side instead from its mill, also on the south side across the bridge. You can check the other street widths on the townsite plat map in Town Hall if interested.

On the Redmen’s Hall sorry collapse: The demolition company gave to the Index Historical Society a number of the floor joists, rather than hauling them off with the rest of the smashed up debris. They are 2″x12″ fir, most of them 26′ long, and in pretty good shape. Those of us who volunteered on very short notice to lug them off the street and through the snow for storage still are feeling the aches and pains — at least I am.

Bob Hubbard joked the next day that he was feeling “two inches shorter.”
So now the question is, what do we do with them that best will honor the memory of the missing hall?

Suggestions have ranged from creating new picnic tables to replace the rotted out ones on the museum grounds to constructing a stage in the park (perhaps) for arts festival performances to creating an outline of the building somewhere so that people can retain a feeling of how large it was. We really would like folks to share their thoughts and let the historical society members know. (They also can volunteer to pull nails!)