Hi Folks!
Had a bit of 'fun' here: derecho storm through the entire state of Iowa
Monday ==> winds locally 96 MPH and IIRC Cedar Rapids 107 MPH. Did good
until the neighbour's pine tree (about 45' tall) snapped about 12' from
the base: snagged a power line and broke it. There goes the power!
Due to the storm over 8,000 people lost power here in Bettendorf,
40,000+ in the rest of the Iowa Quad Cites. Don't recall the numbers
for the Illinois side but the repairman we were chatting with yesterday
said conditions were worse on that side -- Moline has a lot of ravines
which will make restringing wires more difficult.
Oddly even though 100 MPH winds no damage to the house: did blow off a
couple of strips of vinyl siding which landed intact on the lawn and so
just need to be re-hung. Surprisingly the flowers are pretty much
undamaged: would think if a tree snapped they would have been
flattened: nope -- look almost as if nothing happened; a couple of
minor casualties like broken stems. Have a couple of plants which are
relatively delicate -- have broken leaves off when watering and they are
unscathed.
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