Hello and thanks to all for the vibes and prayers! We are doing just fine other than sweating bullets. 90 degrees and high humidity. :nothappy: Poor Wilbur is having a hard time so I took him to a hotel last night. I am worried, his panting is bad. Vibes for WILBUR please :heart3:
We got the generator repaired last night so we have some power. But that will not run A/C. Most of the stuff in the fridge/freezer had to be tossed out. The cats... well... they are sleeping all the time due to the heat and not eating much at all. I have not eaten much, either, come to think of it. There is much work to be done. The service we have received in the community has been nothing but excellent. EXCEPT for NIPSCO.... our power company. Nothing like COM ED in Illinois. They don't even answer calls. Now they are saying power up tomorrow by 5:00 just in time for the nice cool weekend. BOY, this week has been the hottest so far this year and it figures we all lose power up and down our street. We are the last to get repaired because the power company takes care of the largest outages first. I think the microburst hit our street - just rolled on down in about 40 seconds.
I was in the laundry room Monday and knew a storm was coming BUT there was NO warning of what came. I heard a very LOUD LOUD LOUD train noise. Opened the laundry room door and screamed TORNADO to Larry. Shut the door and started to grab pets to head for the basement. I am telling you, there was NO time and I will never forget how fast this came and went. I honestly think these microburst are extremely dangerous because the meteorologist can't predict them and warn people. I am very, very thankful that no one was hurt on our street. Only major damage to house/home. Very sad to lose the Oak trees. I lost my favorite on our property. :shame: The top of it blew off and landed in my neighbor's front yard. It is gone. Just a tall branchless trunk standing tall. :disa: The electrical/power lines are all torn up and on the ground. Much repair still needed to get power up again.
OH :lol3: AND now today we have our carpenter here installing our hardwood floors which was scheduled for this whole week. He had started on Monday BEFORE the storm hit. With the generator, he can use his saw. So, it IS very, very, very crazy here right now!!! The house is all in disarray with furniture everywhere so the hardwood can be installed and the "storm" room repaired. HURRY UP POWER COMPANY :cross:
Here are some pictures:
ROOF: WE HAVE A PITCHED RUBBER ROOF:
View media item 165758View media item 165760LIMB THAT WENT THROUGH THE ROOF:
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INSIDE:
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OTHER YARD PICTURES:
BIG CRANE TO REMOVE TREE FROM ROOF:
View media item 165765ANOTHER UPROOTED OAK:
View media item 165766ANOTHER VIEW OF THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. OUR HOME WAS SURROUNDED BY TREES/DEBRIS
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We got the generator repaired last night so we have some power. But that will not run A/C. Most of the stuff in the fridge/freezer had to be tossed out. The cats... well... they are sleeping all the time due to the heat and not eating much at all. I have not eaten much, either, come to think of it. There is much work to be done. The service we have received in the community has been nothing but excellent. EXCEPT for NIPSCO.... our power company. Nothing like COM ED in Illinois. They don't even answer calls. Now they are saying power up tomorrow by 5:00 just in time for the nice cool weekend. BOY, this week has been the hottest so far this year and it figures we all lose power up and down our street. We are the last to get repaired because the power company takes care of the largest outages first. I think the microburst hit our street - just rolled on down in about 40 seconds.
I was in the laundry room Monday and knew a storm was coming BUT there was NO warning of what came. I heard a very LOUD LOUD LOUD train noise. Opened the laundry room door and screamed TORNADO to Larry. Shut the door and started to grab pets to head for the basement. I am telling you, there was NO time and I will never forget how fast this came and went. I honestly think these microburst are extremely dangerous because the meteorologist can't predict them and warn people. I am very, very thankful that no one was hurt on our street. Only major damage to house/home. Very sad to lose the Oak trees. I lost my favorite on our property. :shame: The top of it blew off and landed in my neighbor's front yard. It is gone. Just a tall branchless trunk standing tall. :disa: The electrical/power lines are all torn up and on the ground. Much repair still needed to get power up again.
OH :lol3: AND now today we have our carpenter here installing our hardwood floors which was scheduled for this whole week. He had started on Monday BEFORE the storm hit. With the generator, he can use his saw. So, it IS very, very, very crazy here right now!!! The house is all in disarray with furniture everywhere so the hardwood can be installed and the "storm" room repaired. HURRY UP POWER COMPANY :cross:
Here are some pictures:
ROOF: WE HAVE A PITCHED RUBBER ROOF:
View media item 165758View media item 165760LIMB THAT WENT THROUGH THE ROOF:
View media item 165761
INSIDE:
View media item 165762View media item 165763View media item 165764
OTHER YARD PICTURES:
BIG CRANE TO REMOVE TREE FROM ROOF:
View media item 165765ANOTHER UPROOTED OAK:
View media item 165766ANOTHER VIEW OF THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. OUR HOME WAS SURROUNDED BY TREES/DEBRIS
View media item 165767View media item 165768View media item 165769View media item 165770
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