windy weather

[heehaw]

i do believe the wind blew harder here tuesday than it ever has: blew off about a dozen shingles from the house, some from the garage, a storage building and the well house: even blew half the roof off a Martin house.
i made a quick trip to lowes and glued em back on the house, but didn't get to the other buildings, and with the weather we have now, i guess it will be a day or two before i do. i called the insurance co this morning, i doubt they will do anything, since i have the roof "sorta" fixed now, but i don't think that roofing cement should be considered a permanent repair..at least it will hold till things slow down in the roofing industry here and i can do a little shoppin for a roofer. folks were lined up at lowes buying shingles...
heehaw

 

[Tig]

I have a half built garage about 10 miles from where this truck blew over yesterday. If I braced it as well as I think I did I will start putting steel on the walls Monday.
Belleville Intelligencer - Ontario, CA

 

[ToadHill]

One of the local banks has a weather station on top of the building, they recorded a gust yesterday of 93mph.

 

[waynokakid]

You didn't slow it down much Heehaw. Gusts in excess of 50mph at West Plains, MO. Blew some roofs off and lots of shingles too.

 

[Bird]

I know we had gusts as high as 52 and have heard it was over 60 some places. My wife mentioned seeing some shingles in the street down the block but I don't know where they came from. The bigger news was the grass fires that got out of control, burned off lots of acres, and a few homes even. And while we didn't actually see any fires here at home, we could sure see and smell the smoke.

 

[heehaw]

had fires up at the old Army base, Ft Chaffee: burned a bunch of buildings: they were the old wwII barracks that needed to be torn down, but couldn't because of asbestos, or so the rumor went.
heehaw

 

[HickoryNut]

I went out yesterday morning half asleep to feed stock and saw my ol' Lawnboy sitting out in the rain, grumbled about one of the kids leaving it outside before I realized it was sitting on the slab where my 8x10 garden shed used to be. I made a 1/2 mile through the woods to the east and I still ain't found my tin shed but did find a trampoline that I'd never seen before.

 

[jinman]

The bigger news was the grass fires that got out of control, burned off lots of acres, and a few homes even.QUOTE]

There's trouble in Paradise...
The fires in Paradise, TX were all around the place where Kathy and I got married. As far as I know, the building did not sustain any damage.

 

[heehaw]

if you were west of me i'd look around for your shed: going thru town, Russellville, there are shingles laying on the highway about every where you go. i kept watching for house with architectual shingles, because thats what i am considering, then i found one and someone was up on their roof working too: kinda makes me lean back towards metal.
heehaw

 

[biggerten]

One of the local banks has a weather station on top of the building, they recorded a gust yesterday of 93mph.

What, were the politicians in town for a debate?