Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Your Neck of the Woods Chat Summer 2012 Part 1, 0 by aspenhill

aspenhill wrote:
First time in my life that I was ever scared in a storm. Wind was fierce, limbs were hitting the house, power went out, and all I could think about was getting to the basement as quick as possible. The storm came and went in under 20 minutes, but lots of destruction here. Many trees are down and the power is still out with no estimated time for restoration. No land line telephone and no sprint cell service either. Have the generator hooked up and have the refridgerator, freezer, and a fan plugged in to it. Biggest issue right now is the huge oak tree half way uprooted and leaning over the house. Too dangerous to try to cut down ourselves, and will be trying to get an arborist out to take care of it. Best we could do was to tie a cable to it and put tension on it. First picture is one of the downed trees, second picture is Mike and our friend Bunky getting the cabling in place for the tree leaning over the house. I also hit some debris in the car and tore the transmission line - car has been towed to the dealership, but it was closed so I won't know the assessment until tomorrow. What an ordeal this weekend has been, but we are safe and sound.