My hunting season may be screwed

[moooose102]

glad you "lucked out"! but you know what, it is ALWAYS better to be safe, than sorry. somethings, you just can't "do over"! i hope that all the hurricanes miss you. never been in one being a michigander. i did have a close freind who has been in a couple. they sound way to intense for my blood.

 

[Shawnee]

High-5 to Ya, McG !

But next time send your Contender stuff to me for safekeeping !

 

[koja48]

Glad you fared well, McG . . . and that you're back on-line. Just wouldn't be the same without your crotchety old self to read of and dialog with. Sounds as if you made prudent decisions when prudent decisions were paramount. That being said, now when the next storm approaches, why, just go on outside and shoot the sumbitch with a .223 . . . that'll surely stop it cold (sorry, couldn't resist.). God Bless.

koja

 

[hoghunting]

I'm glad you're ok and didn't suffer any damage, Mc. I was in Galveston last summer, and the pictures they're showing on the news don't even look like the same place. I'm amazed that 40% of the people in Galveston didn't evacuate for the hurricane.

 

[dagger dog]

MCgunner,

Ike hit us on Sunday at 1 pm sustained winds over 75 mph gusts to 85 mph, 2 hours plus. Power was out until 10AM today.

I live in an old farm house that built in the middle of the woods in 1929, HAD been surrounded by old mature oaks hickory sugar maple.

Now get this , had the 60 ft top of one maple break off and drop between my house and the garage, had another uproot and drop between my garage and RV trailer, and another maple between the trailer and the barn. DID NOT HIT ANY STRUCTURE, the worst was it ripped the fabric cover on my RV.

Sounded like a freight train, constant howl,could hear the trees crack with a loud POP then the THUMP as they hit the ground. I watched from the shelter of the north side (lee) of the house as Ike came over the ridge from the south.
Took down four other trees on the west side of my property.

The area I live in is across the Ohio Rive from Louisville KY, southern Indiana. our county had 20,000 out of power and the Louisville Metro area around 300,000.

I now have a greater respect for the people that are caught up in mother natures fury, can't fathom what it must be like to take the brunt.We just got the leftovers .

The prayer needs to be for the poor that had to ride this thing out!

 

[phantomak47]

Mcgunner,

I did not fare so well, a 18 foot part of a 50 ft. pine broke off around 8 am and landed on my roof, my back bedroom was destroyed which included all of the rafters , ceiling joists and even the Hip beam. To top things off I was able to get a tarp on my roof and even when I did tons of water got into my house. We had to move out and its going to take about two months until I will be able to move back in.

The good news is that my 3 month old daughter and wife are ok, although they were only about 15 ft away from where it happened.