Ack wrote:I heard on the radio about the fatalities in North Carolina. How did things turn out for you Luke?
Not too bad. Have been cleaning up since about 7am, but there are a lot of hanging branches that are at least 20' in length and probably over 6" in circumference. A few trees are down in our neighborhood, but it was great to see everyone out early in the morning starting to clean up. Great neighbors, great neighborhood.
I'm out a storm door and a few sections of my wooden privacy fence. The door, I'm not too worried about as that should be covered by homeowner insurance. The fence is a different story. I've been trying to nail the fence back to the fence posts, but with sub par results.
A friend of mine's house in New Bern has some standing water on the first floor, nothing too worry about, but still a pain in the rear end. I was worried about the third floor of my place since that is where all my games/comics/movie room/arcade dwells, but no structural damage, and every shingle is intact on the roof. That said, cleaning up all the leaves, twigs, branches, and limbs on over a third of an acre isn't much fun.
My wife's school is closed indefinitely, but it looks I'll back at the office tomorrow morning (I'm assuming), which is good news. Besides the offices, my building is nearly 1million sq. ft., so I'm anxious to see what damage (if any) has been done to inventory.
But our power is back on, and all is well. I really enjoyed the few hours the power was out. The wife and I played cards and board games, which is always good times. The only thing that really sucks is that our VP's uncle recently passed, and is unable to attend the funeral due to the flood. That, and my cousin (like many others I am sure) is stuck at an airport and will miss a few comedy gigs. Luckily all I had planned for this weekend was planning for next weekend.
Hope everyone else fairs as well as I did.
