A subfloor of plywood or another material other than concrete will make you feel more comfortable, Scott says. And with any wooden or laminated floors in the basement, allow for expansion along the sides during humid weather. Some materials can extend 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch or more.uch of your building material options will depend on local building codes and whether you can frame a wall directly to the foundation walls. Any wood that touches a basement wall or floor should be pressure-treated so it won't easily rot it if gets wet. Avoid building materials that can absorb water.
On November 10, 1975 the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior. All 29 crew members died. At the time, it was the worst shipping disaster on the Great Lakes in 11 years. Other shipping disasters on the Great Lakes, in which weather played a role include:
He even got fired from the set of Winter Dreams, an adaptation of one of his own short stories. Four days before Christmas in 1940, Fitzgerald died of a heart attack at Sheilah Graham's apartment. He was 44. His final novel, The Last Tycoon, was published posthumously a year later. Not many people came to F. Scott Fitzgerald's funeral. By the time he died he had managed to alienate many of the people with whom he spent the golden decade of his life. It wasn't until more time had passed that people appreciated how well Fitzgerald had captured a singular moment in American life.