Postby mickeydee » Fri Oct 02, 2015 9:43 am
Thanks for the kind thought Healey. Yesterday - Thursday - was spent locating and attaching my home made storm shutters, basically 4ft 1/2" plywood squares, the idea being to save the glass from flying debris rather than put up a stout wall against the incoming waves, God I hope not but its a possibility.
I wish I had a HeNe laser so I could do a sight from the top row of concrete foundation blocks to the tree by the beach to discover how much we have to play with re: flood levels. The realtor said 9ft above high tide but I doubt it, looks more like 6ft to me. Which makes all the difference if it was a case of moving valuables up into the attic, not that that would matter much as a flooded house would be a disaster anyway.
My mate had his house flooded and the mold growth was amazing, he had to strip out all the drywall up to four foot above the floorboards and chuck away all his appliances. The mold spores got him despite all that, he always had problems with allergies. Me, I'm fairly bulletproof in that department but not as tough as I used to be, putting up the window protectors damn near killed me, severe chest pains that lasted all night and are not yet gone away, probably pulled a muscle but it hurt and my knees don't enjoy ladder work anymore.
Whats really worrying me more than the flooding danger, is three huge pine trees at the bottom of the garden, they're top heavy to start with and with saturated soil their roots won't stand up to high winds for long, one can only hope they go over in another direction but if they come down onto the roof, well, thats that for the building. The trouble with these blasted storms is figuring out the odds with enough time left to do a runner if need be.
The forecasts are all over the place about the best forecast is the knowledge that whatever the idiot on Wavy 10 says it definitely will NOT be that! That has to be the most pathetic local TV station of all time, entirely manned by morons, amazing that a huge naval base should be served by such a joke of a station.
So today its bringing in the flotsam and jetsam before it becomes that, bicycles, mower, potential projectiles like tomato plant frames and maybe hollering for a bail out by my daughter who lives on Wallops Island which is the highest point for miles around. So far, so good, the garden isnt under water - yet - thats a big plus. If it wasn't for my aches and pains I'd be feeling relatively cheerful!
