If ya got some time, got some pictures of what Hurricane IRMA did to our house.  Think we need some home improvement?  Still no power.  Send this from a friend's house.  Needless to say, we will be out of pocket for a while.  NO, no one was hurt and we are living in our travel trailer with borrowed power from our next door neighbors.

 

Fred's new look

man...

I feel for ya...

Oh my gosh! That was a big old tree, Fred! Was it an oak tree??

 

Surely did a job on your house. Glad no one was hurt.

Sorry that happened to you.  A real mess and since it is a tree your insurance isn't much help I'll bet.

Hope you get it fixed, and power back, soon Fred.

Cal

What a mess. Hope you get the house repaired soon and get back to living in it quickly.

Wow, that's really painful. Hoping for the best.

Wishing you the best in reconstructing your life.

Pulling for you Fred. I'm sure it's frustrating and a major inconvenience, but fortunately no one was injured.

Take care friend...

Glad that you and your wife are ok.

 

Glad you are ok!

BIG ole Oak - estimated 125 years old.  insurance company has been a dream so far.  they were here within 2 days and wrote a check right then.  The contractor we are going to deal with says that they will interface with the mortgage company and the insurance company and all permits that will be required.  Now it's just waiting on City permits and inspections - yuck...

 

Thanks guys for all your thoughts and good wishes.  Ifn ya don't see me on here much for a while you will know why.

 

CIAO

Glad to hear that nobody was hurt there.   Hope you can work with your contractor to make sure you get decent plywood and drywall where needed.

Amazing thing about this "exercise" - NOTHING damaged inside.  This house was built in 1910 and used real 2 By material.  Was told that if our house was built in the '60s, it would have taken out the entire corner of the house (an then some).  es, we were very fortunate, indeed.

Update - lost power on 9/11 and "MAY" get it back on today 10/6

Framers are just about finished with their work

Drying in the roof today (hopefully)

New tropical storm do in here Sunday (YIKES)

 

Wow, that long without power had to be excruciating. Hope they get you back up, keep us posted.

2 hours ago, Fred Wilson said:

Update - lost power on 9/11 and "MAY" get it back on today 10/6

Framers are just about finished with their work

Drying in the roof today (hopefully)

New tropical storm do in here Sunday (YIKES)

 

Great to hear everything is almost closed up. Sorry to hear you still don't have power. As Fred said, that has to be very painful. Hoping it's restored today.

Prayers that this next storm blows itself out before it gets there. Stay safe and keep us updated as you can.

POWER IS ON

Internet supposed to be back up tomorrow (means our house phones will work)

 

Good news indeed! http://

Back in the house - storm basically bypassed us - life is good

Thanks guys for all your concerns - it means a lot to us

NOW - to go make some sawdust and get the dust out of my brains