Hibiscus: Concerns about Irene's aftermath, 1 by JBerger

JBerger wrote:
Hey Michael, didn't you see me walking across the Passaic when it crested?????????? I read with interest your account of the NJ damage and you have some of it very accurate. The wind did much less damage than those many inches of rain did. Especially in your Northern area. That water had no place to go and as you said many people built homes in places that were flood zones already. You still have to feel sorry for them, except when they really begin to complain, then I just turn them off.

I am not sure where I live in NJ because some say I am in South , some say Central, so I say South Central. We were so lucky to have only lost our electric for 19 hours and had to have 6 old locust trees removed, one came down and others were topped, but they were old and ready to be removed anyhow. Irene just made it easier to get the tree man to come sooner. We are still cleaning up and the barns were spared as those trees lost their limbs. Some of our neighbors were not so lucky, they were out of electric for 5 days and their crops took a real beating. The Horse People, of which I am one, had problems getting water during the time without electric, but we are a group of persistent people and we make things happen , even walking on water at times.

I thought you were describing my hibiscus after the storm. I had the guys carry it in to the greenhouse because I had just transplanted it and the new growth was just coming out from some hard pruning. Now, since he is in the GH the blooms are popping out all over. He is over 5 ft. tall trimmed and one of these days I am just gong to let him die, but until then, I pamper him like the rest of them.

Stay dry up there in Nutley the rest of the week. More rain is coming and I am sure if you are like we are here, there is plenty of water in the soil. We have a Christmas Tree farm also and those trees just sucked up that rain and look great. There is always a positive to some negatives. Have a great day. JB Thanks for the link to the weather.....I will definitely check it out.