Wednesday, October 27, 2010

The Big Blow of October . . .


The 'Big Blow of October' didn't do much damage in my immediate area.   I don't think there were many gusts above 45-50 mph in my yard.  My barometer did drop to 28.36 inHG.  It is reading 29.73 at the moment.  I was hopin for some significant rainfall, but only .16 made it to my rain gauge.  That makes .42 for October.  Gotta start rainin sometime . . . 

Most of the storm damage was south and east of me.  I heard that somebody's carport ended up in a tree.  I tracked it down this AM.  

blow 1

It is definitely in a tree. 

blow 2

And it is a pretty good sized tree . . . I'm guessing it is 25-30 feet off the ground.  I'm wonderin how they are going to get it out of the tree.  Also wonderin if their homeowner's policy will cover it . . . demolition clause maybe ???  I might run this one by my insurance guy and see what he thinks. . . 

The other 'big damage' area I heard about was over by Evansport.  Eight electric poles were broken by the wind.  

pole
The road was blocked off and I wasn't able to get close enought for a photo of any of the busted poles.  The busted poles were like this one . . . not exactly some of the smaller poles in the area.  

Drivin back home I saw another 'Bryan First' for me.  A little, well, she wasn't the littlest I've ever seen, blue-haired lady was drivin her moped down the street.  She had a back pack, was wearin a safety green windbreaker and had a slow moving vehicle on the back.  Wish I could've got a photo of her . . .

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