Hurricane Irene / Any Storm Chasers?
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MasterBlaster
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Man, that sounds like a sweet rig!
vharrison
Island Girl
I am sorry to say this, but that is probably the sickest thing I have ever heard. Think about it. We could all use work but not at the expense of the destruction this storm has caused from the bottom of the Bahamian islands to the top of our Nation. Millions have been effected, and you could use this storm? No, not acceptable.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Can't argue with your logic, Gigi, but Chris no doubt meant that if there has to be a storm...... He wouldn't be suggesting getting work at other people's grave expense. Praying for a storm is not likely to make it happen, the people most in need of a reprimand are the ones who gouge when folks have little alternative. How about two grand plus to put a sheet over a roof....that was going on here after the big quake.
MasterBlaster
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I don't think he meant that with malice in his heart, Virginia.
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NeTree
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Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
Steady rain here and a couple of gusts. Wind is only supposed to get up to 50 mph. Took 65 mph sustained to rip the barn roof off last year, so I'm hoping everything has already been wind tested. Lights flickering now.
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
The saving grace if any is the storm has been down graded to a tropical storm rather that a hurricane .They planned for the worse but seems so far as to be less .Better that than vica versa .
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NeTree
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Indeed. Not much here; lights flickered, and the brook has flooded half our property, but the house is high and dry, and no trees down.
Paul B
I dig hammocks.
Hope all is well but I have a request on a professional level, I would be happy to collect tree failure pictures from those who would send them. whole tree failures, soil/root failures, broken limbs etc. If possible with species and max windspeed. It is for my own information regarding tree failure tendencies etc and for possible use in presentations. If requested I can watermark them with the photo owners name etc.
PM me for my email address.
PM me for my email address.
cybergeek23851
I like cats...
Alright, we're back home for the moment. It wasn't a tree as I thought. It was the roof blowing apart. The last piece of membrane roofing blew over our part of the roof and itt took out shingles along the ridge and breached through on both sides.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
SO I am guessing you will be house shopping next week?
arborworks1
Treehouser
I'll stay home on this one. Doesn't appear to be alot of damage that will warrant many out of town crews.
I do still have the urge to storm chase though. Just like being able to help folks out. Maybe we should assemble a unit of treehousers that are willing to assist in natural disasters.
Jerry B could be the boss/videographer...
I do still have the urge to storm chase though. Just like being able to help folks out. Maybe we should assemble a unit of treehousers that are willing to assist in natural disasters.
Jerry B could be the boss/videographer...
Paul B
I dig hammocks.
MSNBC is on in the background, some news hound just suggested that there are more than 500 trees down in the Boston area. Sounds like a bunch of work for someone.
arborworks1
Treehouser
I think Greg is on that.
Paul B
I dig hammocks.
Nah, I bet he has people for that. 
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NeTree
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Not as many trees down, but this old Silver Maple didn't make it. Neither did the truck or the car next to it. In North Brookfield.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
OUCH!
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NeTree
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Mostly lots of flooding. This is our property. The wee little brook that borders two sides got a little heavy, I'd say. (Red house is the next door neighbor's place, on the downhill side of the property)
MasterBlaster
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That poor truck!
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Could have been a lot worse... I remember one back in the 80s... Even Worcester and some surrounding areas lost a lot of trees. Boston and the Cape were a friggen mess. Tree fell right over a students car at the dorm across the street from me in Leicester.
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NeTree
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Butch, that poor truck is only two months old. The car- they bought in the spring.
Wow...hope everyone is OK, thanks for posting the pictures, I was getting tired of watching that lifeguard hut hit the boardwalk in Jersey...I was watching the telly on and off all day, very New York/New Jersey oriented coverage. Looks like all the rain saturated the ground and trees were toppling all around. I bet there were a few tornadoes too jusdging by the snapped and shattered stumps.
BTW, we got Tropical Storm Jose today, it formed almost on top of us, and blew past 50 miles to the west, gust to 50kn, day passed off as normal but a bit windy, lovely and sunny the whole time. It deadwooded my ebony quite nicely. I left the doors open and got the house dusted...(I'm quite sheltered!)
BTW, we got Tropical Storm Jose today, it formed almost on top of us, and blew past 50 miles to the west, gust to 50kn, day passed off as normal but a bit windy, lovely and sunny the whole time. It deadwooded my ebony quite nicely. I left the doors open and got the house dusted...(I'm quite sheltered!)
Labour of Love
Treehouser
We got some water (if ever there was a need for an 'understatement' font, now would be it). Water still rising and more rain coming. Does my daylily field still exist? Daylight will tell the story. Pix from 5-6 PM on my FaceBook page (Kate Butler)
vharrison
Island Girl
Kate, it looked like Vermont really had some flooding, you okay?
