Marc,
Where do you live? Chicago :)
Glad to hear all is OK and no one was hurt. Buildings and even cars can be
replaced.
I remember hearing about a storm like that in Europe fairly recently and I
heard upstate NY also had a storm like that that almost cleared entire
mountainsides of trees.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Sayer" <marc@gracieland.org>
To: "Roadster list" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 3:07 AM
Subject: Re: Windy!
> Boy oh boy did we have a windstorm pass through here today. It went on for
> about 2 hours or so and got pretty bad. Two *huge* trees in neighbors'
yards
> went down. One smashed into our garage and shop, the other took out two of
our
> fences in the back yard. Another smaller tree in another neighbor's yard
took
> out a section of the only remaining fence :-( When the first big tree went
I had
> my dogs out for a quick potty break and two of them were back behind the
shop
> where the tree landed. Luckily they were all right, though one of the did
get
> hit by some debris and got the scare of his life. A number of other folks
in
> the area also had trees come down. I watched as one fell right on a car
and
> took out part of a carport too. As bad as it was for us, the neighbor who
> lived between us and one of the trees that hit us, had it land on their
house!
> Power and phones were down for about 45 mins too. Well, the insurance
adjusters
> will be busy around here tomorrow. Sure glad I didn't have a Roadster
project
> or my 510 Trans Am car in the garage!
>
> Turns out this was the worst windstorm in this area in 30 years or so.
Wind
> gusts hit 95 mph at the coast (1 hr away) and 62 mph here in town.
Sustained
> winds in town of 50+ mph. It was really something.
>
>
> --
> Marc Sayer
> 82 280ZXT
> 71 510 2.5 Trans Am vintage racer
>
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