2021 at the Hammond Barn

[Bob Carriere]

SURVIVED the latest storm inside the barn with Grant....holing on to the side door that cannot be latched from the inside...... wind was sucking it open then slamming it shut..... everytime it opened I got a bcket ofwater and saw things flying around......apparently just a linear microburst but what a blow job.....House and barn are OK but100s of trees iether uprooted or broken 8 to ten feet off the ground....... those were big fully mature trees cracking awaylike match sticks...... real weird inside the barn in the dark having to listen to the wind and cracking noise. One canvass tempo garage was stripped clean only the pipes left the other one 20 feet away which was a tattered shelter scheduled to come down was not touched......NO CMPs were damaged......

Been surviving with the generator.....power was off for 7 days......

.....but we made it.......

Now have a life time of firewood to pick up

Bob

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

..... real weird inside the barn in the dark having to listen to the wind and cracking noise.

You'll have to advise Grant to change his diet then. Still, probably safer than being outside. Probably.

Glad you got through OK.

[Grant Bowker]

I will try to improve my diet - but refuse to stop eating.


More seriously, Hammond is rarely (if ever) mentioned in the Ottawa media in spite of only being literally only a couple of km outside the city limits of Ottawa (or about a 45 km drive from central Ottawa).

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.

[maple_leaf_eh]

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!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

SURVIVED the latest storm inside the barn with Grant....holing on to the side door that cannot be latched from the inside...... wind was sucking it open then slamming it shut..... everytime it opened I got a bcket ofwater and saw things flying around......apparently just a linear microburst but what a blow job.....House and barn are OK but100s of trees iether uprooted or broken 8 to ten feet off the ground....... those were big fully mature trees cracking awaylike match sticks...... real weird inside the barn in the dark having to listen to the wind and cracking noise. One canvass tempo garage was stripped clean only the pipes left the other one 20 feet away which was a tattered shelter scheduled to come down was not touched......NO CMPs were damaged......

Been surviving with the generator.....power was off for 7 days......

.....but we made it.......

Now have a life time of firewood to pick up

Bob, Grant, you must have "shat seven colors of shit" as we say in Dutch

Glad you came out alright, and you have a story to add this to your fireside stories

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Bob, Grant, you must have "shat seven colors of shit" as we say in Dutch

ROFL . Hanno, what are the actual Dutch words for that phrase? It's certainly one to keep in my lexicon of "colourful" phrases.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

ROFL . Hanno, what are the actual Dutch words for that phrase? It's certainly one to keep in my lexicon of "colourful" phrases.

It there ever was a thread threadjacked...

"I am scared shitless" = "Ik schijt zeven kleuren stront".

Disclaimer: this is not profanity, this is discussing lexicon

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

ROFL . Hanno, what are the actual Dutch words for that phrase? It's certainly one to keep in my lexicon of "colourful" phrases.

And yes, this is about education of people's reactions. Apparently Hungarian has many similar idiomatic expressions and comparisons.

Joining the thread late, I donated $50 to a riding stable in Navan (ie one town diagonally northwest of Hammond) where our dog breeder kept a saddle horse. The large enclosed arena was knocked down and crumpled by the winds. The donation is a show of support to our friend's friends.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Need a new series for 2022....... but we SURVIVED.

Here you go Bob and Grant: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=33436