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ProdigalJunkMail

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Wed Jan-30-08 12:36 AM
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we got crap hitting the house...

man this is some serious wind we have going down here tonight...nothing HUGE has hit the house, but limbs are blowing out of some of the trees. I would say we just had a good 50mph gust...

MAN! I should be asleep...

sP

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SPKrazy

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Wed Jan-30-08 12:39 AM
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1. had it earlier

ripped the shinglesoff the neighbor's roof

few downsed limbs

d
oherwise not a lot of damage seen

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Wed Jan-30-08 12:40 AM
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3. when it dies down a little i will go out with the flashlight

and see what there is to see...shouldn't be too bad, but the noise has been fantastic! Glad all is alright with you...

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qnr

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Wed Jan-30-08 12:40 AM
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2. I shouldn't say this, but this is pretty funny when tied with the next post:

Hope everything stays small

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Wed Jan-30-08 12:41 AM
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4. well...that IS pretty funny

you can always count on the Lounge for something like that to happen!

LOL!!!

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Wed Jan-30-08 12:53 AM
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5. update...not that it matters

we have about an 80ft poplar that has given way in the greenspace behind our home...it came down and has smashed a bit of our fence and done some pretty good damage to the playhouse-type structure we have in the back yard. looks like i have chainsaw duty tomorrow after work!

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qnr

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Wed Jan-30-08 12:55 AM
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6. Yipes :( --- will it at least act to protect the house while it's down, or is it

in a different area?

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Wed Jan-30-08 12:58 AM
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8. the house is pretty safe...

there is really only one tree that could get the house and if it fell, given its distance it would likely just have the uppermost limbs hit and those are pretty small. i think the main house is good...but the playhouse...well, let's just say i will be recalling some of my old construction days as a teenager doing frame and roof work!

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SPKrazy

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Wed Jan-30-08 12:55 AM
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7. shit have you had a lot of rain?

for the soil to be loose enough for thtat?

amaizing not a lot of downed trees it blew and it blew hard!!!!

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Wed Jan-30-08 12:59 AM
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11. a lot of the trees here have been weakend by the drought

so i guess that is what got to it...though we have had some rain in recent weeks, i would certainly not think it was enough to loosen the soil THAT much.

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SeattleGirl

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Wed Jan-30-08 12:59 AM
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9. I was woken up by the wind this morning.

I am not the easiest person in the world to wake up, but holy shiite, it was blowing so hard this morning it woke me up! :scared:

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Wed Jan-30-08 01:03 AM
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13. i used to sleep like a log...

but now we have three little girls in the house and i sleep well...until there is a sound that is out of the norm and then i am up! right now i head sirens in the distance. sounds like the local police and firefighters may have been called out.

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Wed Jan-30-08 12:59 AM
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10. You might want to move to lower levels for the night...

if it's comfortable for you to sleep downstairs.

I'm sorry about your tree... :(

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Wed Jan-30-08 01:01 AM
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12. we are pretty safe upstairs...

thanks for the concern. we DO move downstairs when the tornado warnings are on, though! and i HATE losing trees, they just seem so noble...i lost a couple of HUGE water oaks a few years back and i nearly cried over that...they were so beautiful...

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Wed Jan-30-08 01:08 AM
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14. 33mph sustained winds -gusts up to 52

50 degree drop in temp in the last 6 hrs..wind chill at -24. pressure still dropping..northern illinois in the winter

what can be better?

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Wed Jan-30-08 01:10 AM
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15. i'll take my 44 degree high temp tomorrow, thank you very much :-)

but i will never forget the -42F with the 30mph wind last winter in Ottawa! when the canucks are complaining about the cold, you KNOW it is cold :-)!

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