On Saturday, September 22, 2012 11:30:45 AM UTC-4, G. Ross wrote:
Charlie Self wrote:

On Monday, July 2, 2012 10:17:39 PM UTC-4, sal wrote:

"sal" wrote in message



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Sorry about the post,I should have realized there were many in the US. under



extreme durress what with the floods, tornado's and terrible wild fires.





It was a mess and we've still got some firewood in the yard. It will probably be there this time next year. I don't do chainsaws any more. We were very, very lucky compared to others. We really lost only the food in both freezers and two refrigerators. And no, insurance didn't cover it. Our deductible was too high for that. We were fortunate in being able to drive 15 miles and sleep at the oldest kid's house, where power was still on: those 88 degree nights are not charming at my age.



Hi Charlie Hoss,



Glad you made it through. I know about those deductibles. Lightning

struck a big pine about 10 ft from my shop. Zapped my well pump, Nova

DVR lathe, two telephones, security lights and misc. small

electronics. Everything is up and running again.



Bought your book on making wood puzzles and am busy at work making

little cubes of cherry and bradford pear. For the grand kids (after I

learn how to solve them myself).



Good to hear from you.



--

G.W. Ross



Earn cash in your spare time,

blackmail your friends.

Late reply. We're STILL waiting for Apco/AEP to come in and cut a tree limb off the service entrance drop. It's not interfering right now, but my insurance will kick in for sure if we get another heavy windstorm. Otherwise, we lost a freezer and two refrigerators worth of food and nothing else, so we didn't make the deductible. We do have a huge branch messing up the yard, but that can sit until it rots for all I care. It cuts a lot of square feet out of the needed lawn mowing if nothing else. We missed part of one night's sleep, so it's almost a no harm-no foul deal for us. Many, many people had it much worse here and elsewhere.