Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Wind time-bomb 2
An interesting contrast to last week's observation of delayed windstorm damage.
This morning a new time-bomb has struck, at the other end of the same block. Today's house is at the other end of a maintenance spectrum as well. The first victim is a well-kept late-50s rancher. This one is a poorly kept rural-looking mess. It has a big lot full of big stuff: cars, trucks, trailers, swimming pools, swing sets, and unidentifiable items. All of the stuff is bent and broken, some from windstorms and some from other causes. An amazingly perfect museum of ruin.
Today's delayed damage: a giant branch of a deciduous tree decided to break and fall. There hasn't been any meaningful weather lately. BLESSEDLY cooler than normal, some breeze, some rain, but nothing that should cause any problems.
The branch fell across a chain-link fence and an old Chevy van. It bent the fence which was already bent in the same place. The van had been precariously perched on a jackstand with the rear axle off, and the branch knocked the van off the jackstand.
In other words, the tree that was already damaged damaged a fence that was already damaged and damaged a van that was already damaged.
Bad luck? Not really. Guaranteed luck. (I understand this only too well; I was in a similar position for several years and finally pulled all the way out of it in 2011. Goddamn hard work, but worth it.)
The previously mentioned time-bomb was pure bad luck. Those homeowners had been doing all the right things, but the Nov windstorm was so big that roofers were unavailable to fix the original damage. 
Labels: Heimatkunde
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