2021 at the Hammond Barn

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Originally Posted by Grant Bowker

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The attached photos all came from mainstream Ottawa media following the storm. No-one published the photos of toppled trees or broken power poles without other damage - they are just too common.

Incidentally, the Catholic church that lost its steeple is in Sarsfield, and my next door neighbour was scheduled to conduct Sunday service there as a relief priest. He showed up and the local leaders said they weren't going to have a service in the damaged building. He is a practical man, and wasn't going to endanger or distract worshippers so soon after the crisis. This is the second time the steeple has blown off.

[Bob Carriere]

The steeple was damaged in a storm a few years ago and rebuilt..... closer inspection shows the steeple went down nose first...bang into the parking lot.

The break seems to have occurred at a lower level this time since some of the original old dark brown beams are showing on the roof..... the new wood may have been stronger so it broke at a lower point.......

Away from the village.... one house have lost most of the roof shingles BUT the tempo canvass garage in front of the house was not damaged!!!! Some houses have lost the side plastic siding but the roof is OK......

Estimate for my truck repair of some minor damage caused by falling trees.....$5225...... apparently aluminum bodies repairs are billed at 25% more per our and parts are replaced rather than fix.

Now standing inline for a date at the body shop..........

The big job remains for field crops where farmers have to walk recently planted row crops (corn) and manually pick up odd pieces of lumber and sheet metal before the height of the crop hides them..... which could be disastrous and expensive when they harvest with combines......

Some tree plantations have been damaged as if some giant had stepped every 1000 yard huge areas in the middle of standing plantations have been snapped 10 feet high or leaning...... all of which will need clearing up because as they dry they increase the risk of forest fire ...... most where large enough to be harvested as hydro poles.....

A weekend to remember!