Had a close call Wed night: A wild wind storm ripped through our town here in NW Wisconsin at about Midnight. We are a small town of 8,200 people. We lost over 800 (mostly mature) oak, ash, maple, basswood, pine, and spruce in the city limits with many, many homes and/or cars damaged. My in-progress daysailer missed a crushing blow by mere feet from a 70 year old white ash. Unfortunately, we had really hairy "twisting" winds (weather service says straight-line winds... Me thinks tornado that did'nt touch ground) and the ash, which had a heck of a lot of good board feet in it, was totally shattered, no lumber salvageable
. My own buildings were virtually unscathed but my neighbors were not so lucky - severe damage every where you look. Over 2000 homes in the county went without power, some still don't have any. My power was finally hooked back up late this afternoon. I couldn't get my darn 30 yr old generator to fire up (see new message) and lost alot of the perishable fresh cut flowers that my floral shop uses.
. My own buildings were virtually unscathed but my neighbors were not so lucky - severe damage every where you look. Over 2000 homes in the county went without power, some still don't have any. My power was finally hooked back up late this afternoon. I couldn't get my darn 30 yr old generator to fire up (see new message) and lost alot of the perishable fresh cut flowers that my floral shop uses.Bright side - work shall continue on the daysailer!...
Regards, Andy
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