--- On Wed, 3/18/09, Shannon Stoney <shannonstoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
From: Shannon Stoney <shannonstoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: keeping negatives dry and safe on the
gulf coast
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 2:25 PM
Good idea. We use those for papers, documents, etc. I guess if
there is no substantial flooding, where they would float and then
capsize, they would work. They could be on a high shelf.
I saw a lot of floating and capsizing in NOLA after Katrina. But
my biggest worry here is not catastrophic flooding, but rather a
tree falling on the roof and letting in rain.
--shannon
On Mar 18, 2009, at 12:30 PM, eyefem2001@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Shannon,
>
> I'm in Houston as well. Honestly, I never considered it (maybe I
should... big trees missed the house by a few yards during
Ike!!).... I saw plenty of rented storage buildings that lost their
roofs during the storm. Some rental places are better than
others. How about heavy-duty plastic storage bins kept in your
house or office? Not fire-proof, but would likely be kept dry (if
not blown away!).
>
> Guess I'm not much help.. but I am also very interested in
suggestions.
>
> Valerie
>
>
>
>
> --- On Wed, 3/18/09, Shannon Stoney
<shannonstoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Shannon Stoney <shannonstoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [pure-silver] keeping negatives dry and safe on the
gulf coast
>> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 12:09 PM
>>
>> Hi, every summer I leave my darkroom in Houston and go to TN to
be a farmer
>> again. Every summer for the past ten years I have parked my
negatives in my
>> partner's office, at the University of Houston. It seemed like a
safe place,
>> as it was a relatively new building, with sprinklers for fire,
etc. At least,
>> it seemed safer than our old house. But that proved not to be
the case: last
>> summer, Hurricane Ike blew the roof of his office building, and
his office got
>> really wet. Luckily my negatives were in a file cabinet that
didn't get
>> wet, but it was close.
>>
>> So, I'm trying to figure out how to keep them dry in the event of a
>> hurricane this summer. We have a better house now, but it could
still get a
>> tree blown down on its roof. His office building is fixed
supposedly, but you
>> never know. I have been thinking that I would like to find a
storage place,
>> maybe like a rented storage, for my negatives over the summer.
What kind of
>> place should I look for? I have a lot of negatives, some in
plastic binder
>> boxes, and some 4x5 negatives in paper sleeves in cardboard boxes.
>>
>> I have a fireproof waterproof safe in TN where I keep a few of
my most precious
>> negatives, but it doesn't hold very many, and bigger versions of
this safe
>> seem pretty expensive. Do other folks on this list worry about
flooding and
>> fire? how do you protect your negatives when you're gone, etc?
>>
>> --shannon
>>
>>
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