It got a bit windy last night

deltaohioz5

15 years ago

I planted that spruce tree over 30 years ago. At least I'll have some wood for the fire pit this summer.

Frank

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
15 years ago
first pic.. i was fixating on the leaning tree.. didnt even see the fallen one..

i am about 15 miles north of the MI border ...

around midnight.. it sounded like a train roaring over the house for an hour ....

no damage here though.. that i have found anyway ...

do you think the near 60 degree [completely abnormal] heat wave the few days before complicated the plants in pots??

ken

ken
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
15 years ago
i had nightmares of limbs falling on my house.... and killing me in my sleep

like i havent mentioned that a few hundred times.. lol ..

ken
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deltaohioz5
Original Author
15 years ago
This warm spell probably didn't help Ken. I moved a bunch of the Green Giants into a hoop house today.

Frank
bengz6westmd
15 years ago
Winds I'd guess gusting to 70 mph yesterday -- power off for 6 hrs. Roof tiles, rain-gutters & even some siding on my house blown off. Limb off a dead Siberian elm broke & barely missed my 20' Chinese elm.
mrgpag SW OH Z5/6
15 years ago
Frank - are your hoops still standing? We had our flight out of Dayton delayed 5 hours Thursday morning due to the high winds, but didn't observe much damage driving to the airport. Wind wasn't quiet as bad as when Ike roared through last September.
Marshall
deltaohioz5
Original Author
15 years ago
Marshall the hoops are good. I doubled the the perlins on them just for that reason.

Frank
gardener365
15 years ago
Dang, I'd say so. Hope you didn't lose much.

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amccour
15 years ago
All of my trees are fine, thankfully, although the weather front thoroughly screwed up my sinuses and I've done nothing but sleep for the past two days.
vicki63
15 years ago
starterdude where are you at in Ohio? trumbull county had a peak wind gust of 66mph at the airport. i am in se trumbull county by pa state line. vicki
deltaohioz5
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15 years ago
I'm 20 mi. west of Toledo. My insurance adjuster told me that they had 80 mph wind gust around Columbus. I saw several large trees down today when I went up to my daughters house in Ann Arbor.

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