Thursday, August 31, 2006
Tropical Storm Ernesto
Ernie is starting to bring us some much needed rain. Remember I said that by Saturday, when things are flooded ... there's gossip of it still possibly reaching hurricane strength before making landfall. Right now, wind speeds are 60 MPH... winds are SUPPOSED to reach up to 69/70 and hurricane strength starts at 74.
Noone is particularly worried. I talked to a guy who didnt even know a tropical storm was coming ... he was just glad we were getting "some rain". That was just this morning. I didnt know whether to be sad or scared at his intelligence level. This wasnt a 'shut in' or an elderly person without access to news ... this was a married family man who works in the technical business, owns his own company, plays in a band ...
ANYWAY ...
I have a dead tree that really needs to come down. I just havent had the money to devote to it. I need to get estimates. With high winds coming, the tree only has two directions to fall - on my house, or on my next-door-neighbor's house. The angle of the tree is going to make it difficult and costly to have removed. Ah, well. Responsibility of a property owner, I suppose.
Noone is particularly worried. I talked to a guy who didnt even know a tropical storm was coming ... he was just glad we were getting "some rain". That was just this morning. I didnt know whether to be sad or scared at his intelligence level. This wasnt a 'shut in' or an elderly person without access to news ... this was a married family man who works in the technical business, owns his own company, plays in a band ...
ANYWAY ...
I have a dead tree that really needs to come down. I just havent had the money to devote to it. I need to get estimates. With high winds coming, the tree only has two directions to fall - on my house, or on my next-door-neighbor's house. The angle of the tree is going to make it difficult and costly to have removed. Ah, well. Responsibility of a property owner, I suppose.
# posted by Elims @ 12:40 PM 
