Sandy..... Almost a miss

About 4-5 inches of snow on the ground at this point. Thunder and lightning. Power went out about 2245. Generator is purring along just fine. Time to hit the sack. :D
 
The Lo Boy SMV sign was down... zip tie was a temporary thing anyway. The plastic alligator has stayed put!
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Car....
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Can see the full moon though the light clouds, not much rain, low 60's out. All is good in the big city!
 
We escaped the brunt of this one, we did have some 50 + wind gusts, and lost some shingles off the shop roof. Trees down and scattered power outages. Feeling very luck in this part of the state. Back to work today.
 
My neighbor had 2 huge pine trees fall on his van, enclosed trailer and shed. The trees were on the west side of a 10 acre hay lot and had plenty of fetch.
 
So do I ...the piney borer Beatles are taking them out at a pretty good clip......sort of bitter sweet....I have to pay to get them cut down after they die ...but I am always glad when they are gone.
 
They really over-hyped the severity of the storm here. Compared to down East, we got nothing. Just high winds howling for most of the night. I lost power for about a minute around 6:30PM or so.

Heard a couple of big things come crashing down outside, but couldn't see anything obvious this morning. Going to have to take a closer look when I get home from work.
 
Not crazy bad here in Eastern PA either. Some high winds(but not as high as I expected. Power has been out since 8:30 last night.

One of my neighbors/friends had a big tree fall on his house, though. And this morning he was on the roof trying to do something with it, and he fell off. He is at the hospital now-he was able to walk to the ambulance, so I hope his injuries are not too bad.
 
Larry:

Is that your car :?:

Kind of weird, I am trying to get as many red and white pines growing on my property and y'all don't like em. They are great for lumber and if you have enough acreage with Pines on it, it would be worthwhile to check in with harvesters and gain some coin from the Pines. It is a high value material in both the construction industry and the cabinet/furniture industry. Ponderosa Pines are even higher value along with Yellow Pine.

Andy, I hope your neighbour is going to recover without any lingering damage. Falling off of a roof ain't no fun - ask me, btdt, the last time was 4 years ago when the ladder collapsed :shock:
 
Thanks, Rudi.

I saw him a few hours ago-he is doing pretty well.

He was sawing away at the tree on the roof, when a big branch came untrapped and whapped him on the back of the head, knocking him out and throwing him off of the roof. He landed on his hip on a big rock.

Luckily the fall was only about 9 feet, otherwise he might have been badly injured. As it is, he suffered a concussion, and has a huge bruise on his hip. He was in a lot of pain. I told him to wait until tomorrow!
 
Andy:

He is one lucky guy. That could have been really disastrous. The concussion would be worrisome especially for those over 50 ... I sure hope he can take NSAID's, cause if he can't tomorrow is gonna be interesting.
 
Found one of the things that came crashing down Monday night.

Big ol' willow tree next door, and I mean BIG, dropped another main branch. That's 3 now. Only the 2 biggest branches are left.

That tree really needs to come down, but it's a professional job and the new neighbors don't look like they can afford it right now. Luckily if it does come down it won't fall on any houses.
 
Willow trees are the worst! If they are not blowing out branches they are falling over. Not to mention the small leaves are just a pain to deal with. Seems the storms around here have taken care of most of them.

Sure glad the neighbor took down the maple that was rotting in a V at the base. That's one that a house (MY house) would only slow down, not stop :shock: The city Tree Warden deemed it a public hazard and required the owner to take it down.

I like trees, after all I am a tree rancher, but not near a building.
 
CapeCodCubs":3sxod63x said:
Sorry to see that Gary... :( ....we just lost some roof shingles.
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My own fault. I just had no other place to put them. Barns were full at the farm. I need to pound out the hood, It's stuffed the front top corner, replace a headlamp and post, hopefully repair the grill, and repaint.
 
Wasn't an almost miss on Staten Island. Fortunately I live on the North shore and we are well above sea level. I got a call from one of the food banks i use my pickup for this afternoon. They had cases of milk and clothing for people on the south shore that had lost everything in New Dorp Beach. Fortunately I had a full tank of gas for people line up at stations waiting for a delivery as in the 70's. A mile or 2 long lines. Any way 3/4 of a mile from the beach there were piles and dock timbers along side the road along with refrigerators, washers, and every thing of furniture you can dream of. this was along a beach front of 8 miles or so. That is a 3/4 mile by 8 mile area with 40 by 80 to 50 by 100 lots. I came away thanking God that I only lost my electricity for 30 hours or so. Some houses were just a pile of rubble and with others some walls are missing. people were walking around shell shocked. I had a pick up of heavy clothes and cases of milk. As I unloaded a woman came up to me and said thank you. She was so forlorne that I gave her a hug. She then asked where i came from. i said Richmond Seniors. She said my father used to be their repair guy. His whole house is gone and my in laws too. I had to leave before i started crying.
 
beaconlight":370tu3w0 said:
I had to leave before i started crying.
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I was not able to read this to my wife, a native of Laureton, Queens, without choking up. Her uncle's former house in Rockaway is gone. There are still several people we have not heard from yet.
 
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