The big wind...

[GlueGuy]

The storm that hit the west coast on Saturday was a humdinger. They reported winds of 87 mph a little ways from us, and we are higher & more exposed. I guestimate that they must have been 90+ mph.

It showed. A section of our roof (roughly 8x8) got torn off. The debris flew over that section of the house, and impacted another section and broke the skylight. The damage is easily $2K or $3K, but we'll know more today after a contractor looks at it.

The winds last night were fierce, but considerably lower (maybe 70 mph). No further damage, but the buckets on the floor are filling fast!

Anybody else on the west coast get hit?

The GlueGuy

 

[Bird]

Sorry to hear that, Bill. Hope it isn't too bad getting it fixed.

 

[Joe_W]

We had big wind here last night too. It got so bad the wife got up and went in the other bedroom to sleep. She said her eyes were burning and she couldn't catch her breath. Brown fog can be a real moving experience sometimes.

Joe W.

 

[TerryinMD]

Joe,

Brown fog??? Sounds ominous.....

Terry

 

[Joe_W]

Hi Terry,
I don't know if ominous is the right word for it, maybe debilitating would be closer. Probably would be good to flush out the caves in Afganistan. I know I can clear a room pretty quickly after a meal of chili. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Joe W.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by Joe_W on 11/29/01 03:33 PM (server time).</FONT></P>

 

[Bird]

OK, Joe, some of us, including me of course, were just a little slow catching on./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[MossRoad]

Man, I didn't get it either until I read bird's reply.

<font color=green> MossRoad </font color=green>

 

[njrqs]

Joe

I bet you can't blow the roof off though !!!!!!

<font color=blue>Neil from OZ.</font color=blue> /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[TerryinMD]

I've been had............./w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Terry

 

[MikePA]

Real sheet raiser, was it? /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[Harv]

GlueGuy -

We definitely experienced some of that wind here (East Bay) and up at the property (foothills), but miraculously suffered no ill effects. Lots o' pine needles, leaves and even some branches on the ground, but that's about it.

Have to admit, though, it wasn't a good night for sleep. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

 

[GlueGuy]

<font color=blue>Lots o' pine needles, leaves and even some branches on the ground</font color=blue>

Neighbor on the next ridge calls that "salad on the driveway" /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

<font color=blue>Hope it isn't too bad getting it fixed</font color=blue>

Me too. The contractor was up today. Will be meeting with my better half for dinner & we will be talking about it....

The GlueGuy