Save Our Roof?
This house in Austin, Texas, has "SOS" painted on the roof, as can be seen in satellite imagery from Google Earth. As the house doesn't appear to be sinking into the ocean, I can't imagine what the emergency is. Calling 9-1-1 would seem faster.
Anyone here live in Austin?
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Keep Austin weird. (that's their slogan, isn't it?)
Yes, I it is! I had forgotten. I zoomed out a little more, and this house is right next to a huge junkyard, with a bunch of earth movers on the other side of it. Maybe it's just a general "get me out of this crappy neighborhood" feeling.
"This is not the house you're looking for!"
You know, in case the local police have a pesky helicopter.
The house to the left also has something written on the roof, but I can't quite read it because of the shadow from the tree.
No, the tree's obscuring it too much.
I wonder if they have gotten the attention of the authorities. I'd be loath to write SOS on my roof because people in true need of rescue do that and I want rescuers to always trust that means someone is in real trouble.
I'd like to know what is on the roof to the left. What Chasing the Dollar says is true, these inconsiderate home builders, build huge McMansions that overshadow their neighbors. Remember Willy Loman in Death of A Salesman, boxed in by all the tall apartment buildings, the light obliterated from his garden? I think McMansions are more despicable in that they are single family homes. No one needs that much space. No one. Also big SUVS are a hazard to others. It keeps the selfish driver high-up and able to see for a distance, but blocks out the views of other drivers and will likely kill those in normal-sized vehicles in the event of an accident.
If people need big vehicles or four-wheel drive, how about the old station wagon or the van, in cases where people have many children? We really seem to have forgotten how to be good neighbors.
Lucy
or maybe "Zappa for Pres".