Heads on a swivel you folks on Eastern Seaboard. Flo's coming.

[Baymule]

I am glad that they are safe.

 

[Bunnylady]

Well, we've survived. Major mess, no power yet, just got phones back this evening. But there's something about seeing a medivac chopper skimming your treetops taking the shortest, fastest route to the hospital that makes anything we're dealing with seem minor.

 

[greybeard]

yes,I bet it is and it will be a 'mess' for some time to come. It does get better after awhile.

 

[farmerjan]

So glad to know that you are safe. Hope that others will be able to look at it as you do and be thankful that it could have been worse. We missed the brunt of it and have minor flooding and road closures, no power out in this area but some further south. Had a tornado warning yesterday about an hour southeast that was a little scary, but we were lucky to miss the bulk of it.

 

[Bunnylady]

We have a whole bunch of this

Hubby has about run out of fuel for the chainsaw.

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

 

[Baymule]

@Bunnylady I am glad that y'all are safe. Nothing else matters. The mess can be dealt with, any damage can be dealt with, but the important thing is that y'all are safe.

 

[greybeard]

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We have a whole bunch of this.

Yuck. Brings back bad memories. Once you get the pine tree top off the barn, make sure to sweep the needles of and you really should do so 1x/year going forward. The needles hold a lot of moisture and lead to rust problems even on galvanize, not to mention impeding water flow off the roof, which allows leakage around the roof joints and fasteners.

 

[Sheepshape]

Sorry to hear of the damage that the latest round of Wild Weather has caused.

Hopefully the worst is now over and the clearing up can be done.

Nature can be SO destructive.

 

[Bunnylady]

Yuck. Brings back bad memories. Once you get the pine tree top off the barn, make sure to sweep the needles of and you really should do so 1x/year going forward. The needles hold a lot of moisture and lead to rust problems even on galvanize, not to mention impeding water flow off the roof, which allows leakage around the roof joints and fasteners.

Florence pretty much settled the pine needle problem there, I think. I'm not sure there are any pines close enough to drop needles on that one any more. Probably won't have to get pine needles out of the gutter on the house any more, either.- the last tree at one end of the house is on the trampoline, while at the other end the tree is leaning so badly it'll have to be taken down .