Chapter 2 :~) - The aftermath
I'd be remiss if I didn't emphasize how lucky we are. To see how others faired in our area, please look at the stories and photo gallery in our local paper. Destructive winds blow through South Sound. There's some remarkable pictures in the Photo Gallery
So with that in mind… here's the relatively minor mess we found.
The whole yard is covered with a carpet of branches. You can't even tell where the driveway is.
We actually pushed this old TV antenna over during one of the lulls. It had broken loose from where it was mounted to the porch and was turning and swinging. I feared it would bend and punch through the roof so during a lull in the storm, we pushed it over. Rosie's place is visible in the background.
Rosie came over around daylight and we made some coffee on the barbecue. Behind, a rather thinned out forest. The tree guy quoted a thousand dollars to thin and "windsail" the branches on just one of the big trees in the yard. I don't need it now. I'll have to find some older pictures to compare, I know it looks different, I see a lot more daylight through there than I used to, I think half the branches and some of the trees are gone. The wind was coming from roughly that direction.
The view from the back forty...
Rosie's place lost the siding in two places like this... I guess these things flapping is what she listened to all night.
ecurbh started piling up the larger branches...
And raked the driveway. It looked better already :~)
And the sun came out and cheered all our spirits. It's a new day :~)
That's all for tonight, I'm beat and can't do no more! Coming tomorrow:
Chapter 3 - The horse
Chapter 4 - Ramius to the rescue!