hurricane ike: My Experience With Hurricane Ike III - The Recovery Begins
- 10/12/08 05:25 PM
Sunday September 14, 2008 - 8:45am Woke up (WIDE AWAKE) around 6:30 and jumped out of bed ready to work! Too bad...thunderstorms rolling in (more feeder bands from Ike) and I've only got minutes before the bottom drops out of those clouds! Went next door to assess the damage. Tree did bust through the roof in 2 places that I can see. I'm going to need: Sheetrock & paint all ceiling & ½ the walls in the living room, Couple of joists & beams in the attic, couple of squares of decking and shingles, carpet in 3 rooms and baseboards in … (2 comments)
What a night! This tree (far left, almost out of picture) split down the middle & fell toward my house, knocking down a second tree (both were neighbor's trees!). They both fell onto a tree that leans naturally over my house. Luckily (not so luckily, as I later found out from my insurance adjuster), the tree didn't fall onto or, more importantly, into my house! THAT was the loud crash I heard but refused to go check on just over 3 hours ago! I thought it went through my roof & … (2 comments)
Sunday September 14, 2008 - 8:45am;)
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