They should take them down before storms. TV crews love to film them rolling away as if that's an indication of how bad the storm is. All it means is that they are flimsy.
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I recently read a book entitled "...The Secret Life of Trees.." which also details the phenomena you describe. Fascinating book for folks like me who have long ago forgotten my college biology courses.
Was that perhaps "The Hidden life of Trees?"
Oh, even more confusing, there are two books called "The Secret Life of Trees."
One by Colin Tudge, the other by Robin Blackwell.
No live oak here. We have red, white, willow and pin oak here. They grow tall and proud and do not hold up well to the wind if the ground is soggy. Live oak grow out and less up and do a much better job of standing up in a wind.
Sorry for the confusion. The book I read is actually "The Hidden Life of Trees" by Peter Wohlleben. Our home is in a heavily wooded area and I had observed various conditions over time and decided to search the literature to learn more about my trees.
Not to be missed are the financial options available to the residents in the Carolina's that live within the "declared Disaster Area".
Here is a snapshot of some financial ideas that may be of value.
https://www.financial-planning.com/news/how-advisors-can-ease-tax-impact-of-natural-disasters
Here is a snapshot of some financial ideas that may be of value.
https://www.financial-planning.com/news/how-advisors-can-ease-tax-impact-of-natural-disasters
I'm back. New Bern stinks.
No, no, Sequoyah the Boat is fine but for a prow a bit damaged by an intimate encounter with a dock. I can fix that with a little fiberglass work. I may even put on a steel rub plate in case it ever happens again.
New Bern stinks literally. The streets, and many other spots of ground, are covered with a festering mud filled with leaves, twigs, seaweed, grass, and things I don't even want to think about considering I had to walk on it. I opened the doorway to the dockmaster's office to see if anyone was there, and that stinks, too. The water was three feet high in the building. I didn't go in. If anyone's there he's on his own.
The Grand came through well enough. Three boats sank, the end of A Dock was lost, some of the access ramps are missing, the gates are all bent out of shape, but the marina's still there. I was able to replace broken dock lines and otherwise tidy up Sequoyah. Some fenders are gone. Unlike some of the other boats her well rubbed prow is not holed, so there's no leak. The batteries are strong, so the bilge pump is working. Good thing. It may be several weeks before shore power is restored. If I have to I'll get some 6V golf cart batteries and wire them up in series as a backup.
Bridge Point Marina, just across the Trent River, is almost a wipeout. There's no telling where all those missing boats are. My guess is they're now navigation hazards in the channel, or some of them. Others fetched up with their masts, which are all that's showing, at crazy angles on the shores, the railroad trestle, and Heaven knows where else.
I'll return every few days until things are back to normal. In the meantime I'm ordering a few new fenders and looking for a hunk of stainless steel I can use as a battering ram on the prow.
But New Bern still stinks.
No, no, Sequoyah the Boat is fine but for a prow a bit damaged by an intimate encounter with a dock. I can fix that with a little fiberglass work. I may even put on a steel rub plate in case it ever happens again.
New Bern stinks literally. The streets, and many other spots of ground, are covered with a festering mud filled with leaves, twigs, seaweed, grass, and things I don't even want to think about considering I had to walk on it. I opened the doorway to the dockmaster's office to see if anyone was there, and that stinks, too. The water was three feet high in the building. I didn't go in. If anyone's there he's on his own.
The Grand came through well enough. Three boats sank, the end of A Dock was lost, some of the access ramps are missing, the gates are all bent out of shape, but the marina's still there. I was able to replace broken dock lines and otherwise tidy up Sequoyah. Some fenders are gone. Unlike some of the other boats her well rubbed prow is not holed, so there's no leak. The batteries are strong, so the bilge pump is working. Good thing. It may be several weeks before shore power is restored. If I have to I'll get some 6V golf cart batteries and wire them up in series as a backup.
Bridge Point Marina, just across the Trent River, is almost a wipeout. There's no telling where all those missing boats are. My guess is they're now navigation hazards in the channel, or some of them. Others fetched up with their masts, which are all that's showing, at crazy angles on the shores, the railroad trestle, and Heaven knows where else.
I'll return every few days until things are back to normal. In the meantime I'm ordering a few new fenders and looking for a hunk of stainless steel I can use as a battering ram on the prow.
But New Bern still stinks.
Ever seen the huge Banyon at the Watson/Ford museum in Fort Myers? I think they say it occupies an acre of land. Awesome.
That is a bunion. I have one just like that on my starboard foot.?
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