Choice Cuts!

Sunday September 14, 2008 - 8:45am Woke up (WIDE AWAKE) around 6:30 and jumped out of bed ready to work!  Too bad...thunderstorms rolling in (more feeder bands from Ike) and I've only got minutes before the bottom drops out of those clouds! Went next door to assess the damage.  Tree did bust thro...

Saturday September 13, 2008 - 8:40     What a night!  This tree (far left, almost out of picture) split down the middle & fell toward my house, knocking down a second tree (both were neighbor's trees!).  They both fell onto a tree that leans naturally over my house.  Luckily (not so luckily, as I...

Wednesday September 10, 2008 - around noon It's become obvious that in the next 2-4 days we'll either: Get a category 3+ direct hit -  OR  - Get a category 3+ near miss Either must be treated exactly the same, as a near miss could actually be worse than a direct hit.  It's really just a big (200 ...