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I Lost a Fence In The Wind Storm

Anonymous032819 — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:41:47 GMT

Some may make fun of me for "complaining" about winds, cold, and rain.

Where I live in Northwestern California, we just had one hellva storm come through, where wind gusts were over 50 miles per hour.

And yes, tonight it's supposed to get down to around 30 degress, which is unusual for this time of year.

Does it get much colder in other parts of the country? Of course it does. There are places that regularly have sub-zero temperatures, but that's why I don't live there.

And an inch of rain in burn areas can cause a lot of damage.

I guess some have never heard of mud slides, or seen the damage that they can do.

But, be all that as it may, last night during one particular stron gust of wind, I heard a loud BOOM!

Today, I went out to survey my yard, and discovered this.

The wind had knocked down my fence.

No wonder my dad hated strong winds.

He was from Kansas City, Mo and knew the damage that strong winds could do.

I put in a work order with the landlord, but with it being the holiday weekend, it probably won't be replaced until next week at the earliest.

Re: I Lost a Fence In The Wind Storm

Bird mama — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:45:18 GMT

@Anonymous032819 I'm in SE Michigan and nothing gets me walking the floors like wind. We are under a wind advisory today until 9 pm with wind gusts up to 50 MPH.

I can take rain, I can take snow. Wild wind - not so much.

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CrazyDaisy — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:46:41 GMT

Stuff happens.....

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Sooner — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:50:01 GMT

@Anonymous032819 So sorry this happened! Wind and hail can sure cause a lot of damage! I hope it gets fixed soon for you!

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Allegheny — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:57:36 GMT

I am sorry about your fencing.

Right now in SW PA it is beautiful for November. 63 degrees with a sunny blue sky and windy. Very unusal for us, we seem never to have breezy or windy weather in spring or summer or on a sunny day. I like the wind.

But not where I at my home. There are too many big trees behind our house. If there are high winds after dark I am in the basement, sometimes I will even sleep down there or in the garage in my car. I know one day one of those trees is going to come down on the house.

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deepwaterdotter — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:04:03 GMT

@Allegheny wrote:
I am sorry about your fencing.

Right now in SW PA it is beautiful for November. 63 degrees with a sunny blue sky and windy. Very unusal for us, we seem never to have breezy or windy weather in spring or summer or on a sunny day. I like the wind.

But not where I at my home. There are too many big trees behind our house. If there are high winds after dark I am in the basement, sometimes I will even sleep down there or in the garage in my car. I know one day one of those trees is going to come down on the house.

That is why we are having a hickory tree professionally uprooted and hauled away next spring.

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catter70 — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:13:34 GMT

So sorry, @Anonymous032819 . Hopefully, the weather will calm down for you now. I'm in N.E. Pa. and the wind is picking up. I hate th wind too, as I have a large maple in my front yard.I'm hoping the wind (gusts 45 to 50 mph) starting tonight will at least get rid of the remaining leaves on it, as we are to have rain, snow and ice starting Sat. night. Not a lot, but a heavy wet, snow can brings trees down. If I were you, I'd have 2 of those cinnamon rolls for breakfast tomorrow. Take care of yourself.

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Sheila P-Burg — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:19:46 GMT

@Allegheny ..... We were 62 degrees yesterday. This morning about 7:00 the winds came in. Had a little rain, not much. Under a wind advisory until 9:00 p.m.The winds have only gotten up to 35/40 miles an hour but sound horrible. I agree with a few others .... the wind really bothers me. Hopefully they die down soon!

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JYWilliams — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:38:58 GMT

Sorry this happen to you. Today we had gust over 50 miles per hour and some people lost power. Tree limbs & power poles where knocked down. The day before it rained all day.

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MalteseMomma — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:44:37 GMT

An everyday ,50 or 60 mph is normal for me on my high ,windy hill here in N.J......

We have to tie everything down,summer and winter......lol

Winter,summer all year round! I like to say I live in the North Pole........lol

When my kids were little,I would go down the hill to shop with my kids in their Snowsuits........lol ,everyone else was coatless.............lol

At least we know our air is good.....lol

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BlueFinch — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:49:51 GMT

@Allegheny I'm having two huge trees behind my home 'topped' next week for that very reason. Better safe than sorry.

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QueenDanceALot — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:50:44 GMT

Hey, at least you don't have to pay for it!

We had a hellacious wind come through this morning with torrential rain but it didn't last long. I was at work at the time. Just returned from my usual lunchtime walk and there were a lot of limbs down and trash containers blown all over yards.

Now it's sunny and beautiful and near 60 degrees but the wind is still blowing pretty good. Here comes some colder weather for the weekend.

Re: I Lost a Fence In The Wind Storm

Allegheny — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:51:52 GMT

@Sheila P-Burg wrote:

@Allegheny ..... We were 62 degrees yesterday. This morning about 7:00 the winds came in. Had a little rain, not much. Under a wind advisory until 9:00 p.m.The winds have only gotten up to 35/40 miles an hour but sound horrible. I agree with a few others .... the wind really bothers me. Hopefully they die down soon!

@Sheila P-Burg Right now it isn't that bad. Only about 20 mph with occasional higher gusts. From what I see on the on-line forecast around 4pm they are gradually going to diminish. No where near as bad as about 2 months ago. Had a hugh tree (thankfully in the woods) snap in half and a grove of maples totally uproot. Think those may have been straight line winds or even a dry microburst.

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Carmie — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 20:10:58 GMT

It was in the mid 60's yesterday and today it is 59 which is unusually warm here in South Central PA. Tomorrow is supposed to be windy.

Every area of the country gets bad weather sometimes. We get flooding and snow and sometimes high winds, but we have mountains that help with the wind. last year we had to remove a few trees from our yard because they were leaning and the roots were coming out of the ground. We had too much rain, over 61 inches.

Mother nature isn't always kind. The next few days are supposed to be worrisome for many parts of the county. I hope everyone stays safe and has a beautiful Thanksgiving, whether staying home or traveling.

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Spacrazy — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 21:43:57 GMT

Keep safe and we will hope for the best.

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MarthaStewardess — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:19:47 GMT

I live in Kentucky and we had 53mph wind gusts today. I was worried about my fence, but it has survived, thankfully.

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arrabella — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:24:44 GMT

@Anonymous032819 wrote:
Some may make fun of me for "complaining" about winds, cold, and rain.

Where I live in Northwestern California, we just had one hellva storm come through, where wind gusts were over 50 miles per hour.

And yes, tonight it's supposed to get down to around 30 degress, which is unusual for this time of year.

Does it get much colder in other parts of the country? Of course it does. There are places that regularly have sub-zero temperatures, but that's why I don't live there.

And an inch of rain in burn areas can cause a lot of damage.

I guess some have never heard of mud slides, or seen the damage that they can do.

But, be all that as it may, last night during one particular stron gust of wind, I heard a loud BOOM!

Today, I went out to survey my yard, and discovered this.

The wind had knocked down my fence.

No wonder my dad hated strong winds.

He was from Kansas City, Mo and knew the damage that strong winds could do.

I put in a work order with the landlord, but with it being the holiday weekend, it probably won't be replaced until next week at the earliest.

I feel your pain! We live in the upper desert in So. Ca. We also have a wood fence that would have been down if it wasn't for a strong row of olendar on the south side. DH will make the repairs after this storm is over.

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SeaMaiden — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:25:27 GMT

@BlueFinch wrote:
@Allegheny I'm having two huge trees behind my home 'topped' next week for that very reason. Better safe than sorry.

@BlueFinch Topping kills trees...you might as well just cut them down totally. Otherwise they will just die off and become hazardous in the future.

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Chicagosuburbangirl — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 01:49:14 GMT

That is sad and will be expensive and inconvenient.

I hope repairs will be expedient.

Stay safe.

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Pearlee — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 04:43:19 GMT

I feel sorrier for all the people here still without power going into Thanksgiving Day, from our 58 mph winds. It's cold here in the midwest.

A landlord having to fix a portion of a fence pales in comparison to thousands without heat tonight because their power is out. That's life; stuff happens.