Hi! Wow, did you ever call it (I reviewed my LJ entries from the past week)...I had NO idea when the storm started how bad it would be. We get snow all the time...but we've never had so much so early. I had no idea that the trees would get ripped up this badly. No one here did! I tell you, right up until the snow started we were all told that it would be 2 to 4 inches of wet snow but none of it would stick. That's why I took those pictures on Thursday; it freaked me out because it started much earlier than it was supposed to and it was ALL sticking, especially in the trees.
I'll pass that news about property value on to my Mom. She could have had it MUCH worse. She just replaced a flat front porch roof about a month ago with a new-built pitched roof that has ice shields. Plus she removed our old ancient tree from the front of the house as it had finally died. That thing was HUGE and over 100 years old...it would have surely come down even though it had few leaves. Her street looks like a bomb went off.
Generators are an awesome idea. There were absolutely none to be had here. Everyone snatched them up right away. Keep gas on hand for it if you get one, because five gallons lasts maybe 15 hours if you're lucky and that's just about long enough to go find more. Around here some places ran OUT of gas because the deliveries couldn't get through (120 miles of the NY state thruway was closed for almost two days).
Your oak trees sound lovely. Unless one falls down entirely you're probably safe...30 feet away is a good distance. I don't know who planned out the back yard of our home...those silver maples are just 10 feet from our foundation. That's a recipe for disaster! I still can't believe we didn't get anything crashing through our bedroom window.
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Date: 2006-10-17 02:21 pm (UTC)I'll pass that news about property value on to my Mom. She could have had it MUCH worse. She just replaced a flat front porch roof about a month ago with a new-built pitched roof that has ice shields. Plus she removed our old ancient tree from the front of the house as it had finally died. That thing was HUGE and over 100 years old...it would have surely come down even though it had few leaves. Her street looks like a bomb went off.
Generators are an awesome idea. There were absolutely none to be had here. Everyone snatched them up right away. Keep gas on hand for it if you get one, because five gallons lasts maybe 15 hours if you're lucky and that's just about long enough to go find more. Around here some places ran OUT of gas because the deliveries couldn't get through (120 miles of the NY state thruway was closed for almost two days).
Your oak trees sound lovely. Unless one falls down entirely you're probably safe...30 feet away is a good distance. I don't know who planned out the back yard of our home...those silver maples are just 10 feet from our foundation. That's a recipe for disaster! I still can't believe we didn't get anything crashing through our bedroom window.