And has been since Thursday, courtesy of the North East Ice Storm, V. 2008. At the height of the storm, my neighbor’s willow tree fell on his service entrance, taking out his power and tripping the circuit breaker on the utility pole for our power. The rest of the street, they are just [...]
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Weather Emergency Information
I am not sure if it is just me, or is there more severe weather than there used to be? Around these parts, we have had several storms come through that have caused a lot of damage or injuries. In the last year alone we have had:
Flooding (several instances, at least four people [...]
All that snow
All that snow, all that deep deep snow had to go… We have been graced by an end of winter storm, on the order of about 22 inches deep. So I spent the better part of yesterday morning digging out. It was not that bad is the snow was relatively light compared to [...]
Baby its hot outside!
Yesterday it was 68 degrees here. Broke all sorts of records. I took the opportunity to do some yard work, clean up some of the mess left by the past storms. I also took the time to walk up the road and take a look at some of the storm damage from [...]
Our roof leaks no longer
One of the more expensive discoveries was the condition of our roof. When standing on it, it looked like it was in good condition. The shingles were laying flat and not curling up around the edges and there were only a few broken ones that I could see. What was not evident [...]
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