Endless BS thread

[dutch]

Just one of those days

yes... we have a pretty serious winds going on right now... Already took the roof of my machine shed...
Cars came out fine, tractor is still in there and my stash of hay is in the attic getting wet...damn!

 

[Old Iron]

 

[bob w]

Mother Nature can get pretty nasty at times. Glad you are okay.

 

[kenny c]

Dutch: I hope you fair well trough this. I hope this isn't your only stash of hay. You may be able to save some of it if you feed out the wet stuff before it gets moldy. Haying season was always a stressful time, worrying about moisture content and rain And to loose the roof on the barn I just can't imagine. Good luck.

 

[dutch]

not a lot of rain this past night... luckily. Looks like most of the 200 small bales are ok. Spend the day cleaning up the mess and salvaging and laying roof tiles. Still a big hole so I covered stuff with tarps where needed.

 

[MercuryMac]

It looks like the tractor is OK, right? Are there a few dents in the top?
I hope all will go well in the straightening out process.

 

[soltz]

Sorry about the roof
Love the tractor [cl

 

[dutch]

tractor is fine, not a scratch... the weather gods must like it too...

 

[DozerII]

Holy crap there is some wild weather going on the year. Hope the damage is not to extensive Dutch.

 

[Couper]

Gee Wiz Dutch....so sorry you are having to deal with this. That really tore up the roof. Glad the cars and tractor is ok. Work safe up there.

 

[dutch]

stormy weather forecast for tonight again... It would be nice if yesterday`s work wasn`t for nothing

 

[Couper]

Hope not pal..... I'm a prayer so I'll say one for you. Can you tarp it?

 

[dutch]

well, thank you Couper. I appreciate your thoughts.
Tarping the roof itself is no go. I`m not climbing old wood. I trust steel constructions

The tractor is in my shop, so if more of the roof comes down, it probably won`t do too much damage. If the firewood gets wet ,it will dry. If the hay gets wet (which would suck) I will plough it under and something new will grow...
It`s all relative. 4 people died in this storm. The need prayers more than I do.

 

[Couper]

Good Thinking on not going up on the roof and that's a healthy attitude. I had flood damage hear last storm.... last year, for got the name already.

I've never had flood damage, never had water comer in the house, never saw water come from the direction it came, if anything it comes from the creek 400' away but never in the house, 35 years ago came up to my driveway.

It was very disturbing watching that water rush across my back yard like that, and a lot of work to fix the damage. The water caused the damage inside, but the water didn't cause the damage to the outside wall of the house The sheathing had holes rotted in it big enough to put my fist thru....about 6 of em. Didn't know it cause they were under the siding which I did 25 years ago. My fault cause I had the grade built up above the slab on that side of the house.

Had to take the sheathing up 24", the sheetrock up 24" the whole depth of the house.

Another storm was coming 2 days later and they called for more rain fall than we had the first time. I dig a 12" x 18" deep trench that went from te front of the house to the rear, put a bucket with holes in each end with a big azz sump pump in each bucket. Worked like a dog to get ready and glad I did. I've never saw rain coming off my gutters, across my yard like that ever. Was very scary.

Anyway.....although I was working frantically to clean up, rip things up and to get ready for that next wave, I somehow never got mad....I got frustrated but never out of control.

What kept me even was many people died in that storm, folks drowned in basements and all sorts of ****. No one died here....so I was lucky and blessed. It could always be worse pal.

Sorry for the long read...... You'll be fine, just stay off the roof.

 

[earthman]

Just got caught up with all of this. Thinking this is enough of catastrophes for this year.

 

[forbigpicture]

 

[earthman]

Randy Stone
"American Graffiti was released in 1973. At that time, the white 58 Chevy was only 15 years old. Imagine that movie being released today, with Ron Howard’s character driving a 2007 Impala."

 

[forbigpicture]

 

[soltz]

That is sooo true

 

[smallfoot]

Boy, my mind was in the gutter on the punch line before it got there...