Yesterday afternoon we had a horrific thing happen.
There had been storm warnings but the weather here was quite calm.
My So was outside and I had looked out the window right at the same time the thing happened.
A tree that measured 15' in diamater fell and it landed on 4 of my dog fences.
It missed some of my coops by mere inches. It missed the house by about 20'. Luckly so far nothing was killed but with the debree of the tree its too dence to see underneath. I'm hoping none of my free range birds were killed.
I have so many chickens thats its hard to tell.
All four dogs made it but there houses look like a penny you might place under a train wheel to get squised.
The incident blacked the area out for many miles.
Power was eventually restored to customers, except for us.
There was no way to restore power until more of the tree was removed. The remaining limbs were two high in the air for new lines to be run. This is where the problem comes in. The contractor that does the trim work for the power company said it was the homeowners respronsibility but the power company said it was the contractors responsibility so basically we didn't have power for 24 hours.
{that sucks}
It turns out the power company won there argument
but with devasting results. I have many baby chicks in seperate brooders. What I did was build a hot fire in my wood heater and kept it going during he night. The bad news is I had a bator full of eggs and they were due to hatch on the 24th. 24 hours with no heat going to them.
I can assure you that I totally P. O.ed both contractor and the power co. well until after 1:00am this past morning.
With me being sick for over three years now I didn't need it. Its sad because the tree that fell offered much needed shade for us and our animals.
IDK what I will have to do now. All I have done is cry thus far. Here is another pic but I have alot more if anyone wants to see them.{dial up}
As you can see the tree got my ride. Isn't life grand!!!!!!!!!!!
But hey we are alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Edited to say that the pics don't do any justce to the devastition[sp}
The incident blacked the area out for many miles.
It turns out the power company won there argument
With me being sick for over three years now I didn't need it. Its sad because the tree that fell offered much needed shade for us and our animals.
IDK what I will have to do now. All I have done is cry thus far. Here is another pic but I have alot more if anyone wants to see them.{dial up}
As you can see the tree got my ride. Isn't life grand!!!!!!!!!!!
But hey we are alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Edited to say that the pics don't do any justce to the devastition[sp}
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