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paulz
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# Posted: 6 Feb 2024 12:03
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You’ve probably heard about the storm that hit the west coast. You other NA folks probably yawned, but for us bathing suit wearing, lollipop sucking weenies it was quite the event. I spent it at my city place to avoid the trouble. Still my awning blew down and just missed my hot rod. Winds were well over 100 they said.
Back at the cabin now. Branches everywhere, including one through the cabin roof. Just missed a skylight and the stove pipe. A new shingle and some interior trim should do it.
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 6 Feb 2024 12:35
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Well Paul, all that drama and you just get a goofy spear.....
SO Glad you are Ok!
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paulz
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# Posted: 6 Feb 2024 13:26
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The main focus was LA area and SoCal, I’m way north, past San Francisco. Still, our volunteer fire dept. had a busy night, couple accidents, trees blocking roads.. Only one fire.
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909
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# Posted: 6 Feb 2024 17:43
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Sorry to hear about the branch. On the bright side it could have been much worse.
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spencerin
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# Posted: 6 Feb 2024 20:22
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I'm sorry, Paul. I hope it's not a pita repair. It's good that the damage wasn't worse, and that no one was injured, too.
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ICC
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# Posted: 6 Feb 2024 22:24 - Edited by: ICC
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Sometimes retreat is a very wise move. I'm glad you are okay, glad the hotrod escaped, and too bad about the roof. But, it could have been worse.
I'm remotely watching the temperatures drop at home and see there is a storm warning with a 100% chance of snow and 25 degrees overnight with a drop to 6 F over a couple of days.
Meanwhile, here in Baja, it was 76 this afternoon, 71 now and dinner was fresh fish on the patio. Slight clouds.
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DaveBell
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# Posted: 7 Feb 2024 01:12
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Paul, is it time for a metal roof?
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paulz
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# Posted: 7 Feb 2024 07:56
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Thanks for the well wishes guys. Yup, could have been much worse. I haven’t followed the news, too busy cleaning up. Floods, mud slides, power outages I expect.
One of the seasoned firemen was telling me about the Redwood forest I am in. They don’t tend to fall over, instead they drop limbs (he calls them spears), such as what went through my roof, and the other hundred on the ground I’m chopping up now. I guess it’s because they grow straight up, no large branches going in off directions.
Metal roof? Hmm, not a bad idea if these “Pineapple Express†storms keep happening. Got 10+ years out of this one. Probably have to hire it out, which I’ve never done for anything. Getting too old and weak for that much of a job anymore.
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Steve_S
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# Posted: 7 Feb 2024 10:29
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Considering that CAT 6 Hurricanes are now on the books and soon F6 Tornadoes too, times are a changing... West Coast gets heavy rains & winds while East Coast gets 5 Feet of snow...
Interesting Times indeed.
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Aklogcabin
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# Posted: 7 Feb 2024 10:42
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We're finally out of the - 40 temperatures. Lots of snow around which means moose are cruising around the house daily. Finally warming up and we got up to 22 above. But it hasn't been too bad. Except roofs on buildings are starting to collapse from too much snow. Eh, guess we'll have that
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