Milo
Anybody "lose" anything yet? A tree in my backyard is coming down one piece at a time. So far nothing seems to have damaged the house, though a large piece seems to have caromed off the roof on it's way to the patio furniture. Might need to by some new furniture, but hopefully the roof is unscathed. Looks okay from what little I could see. Whatever might be left in the morning is going to have to come down at some point. More about safety than the health of the tree now.
Foxrod
Nothing lost, just spread out my 2nd bag of ice melter/faux salt. My driveway has a bit of an incline so it got interesting parking in the garage...
Hobbes
Just really starting here. About 2-3mm ice so far.
Supposed to leave for the Soo tomorrow morning. Not looking good.
compuease
Glad I'm safe at home, went to Orillia this morning but came back mid afternoon to beat the worst of it... Definitely bending the trees here, wondering about hydro lines for sure..
compuease
Hobbes;365808 wrote
Supposed to leave for the Soo tomorrow morning. Not looking good.
Tell your daughter she has to make her own way home.. ;)
Just don't tell your wife I said that!
Milo
Branch from the tree in front has come down . . . neighbour wants to "cut it down". Told him he was crazy.
wildbill7145
Just some light, wet now here. I think the freezing rain is missing us, but when this all freezes tomorrow when we're supposed to go to the inlaws for xmas dinner... It's not going to be pretty.
Heard from a relative in Kingston that his street is encased in ice. Including the crane from the fire the other day that they were supposed to disassemble today. Not sure whether that went well or not. That's gotta be a lot of extra weight.
Milo
Neighbour is now outside with a ladder, yanking on branches to bring some down . . . I'll let you know when the ambulance gets called.
wildbill7145
Milo;365813 wroteNeighbour is now outside with a ladder, yanking on branches to bring some down . . . I'll let you know when the ambulance gets called.
Darwin's theory at work. That's just stupid.
Colin408
It's pretty much a hockey rink where I live... Roads are terrible and haven't been plowed or salted all day. No trees are down yet but I'm sure they will be come morning.
Milo
Well, after about 3 hours of frequently interrupted sleep, we have lost portions of two trees, one of which took out a portion of our eavestrough. Both trees will have to come down when safe to do so. Eavestrough on the upper portion of our backsplit will have to be replaced. Doesn't look like it damage the soffits or facia, but daylight may bring new surprises. Lot of "gunshot" style cracking and banging last night. I am sure there are people more affected than us, but sometimes Mother Nature can be a BITCH.
JohnnieH
PEI is on Storm #4 for this year. Expecting 15-20 cm of shit to add to the 50-60cm we've already had. Luckily no Ice Storm yet.
Stay safe Ontario!
Movowelling
We live downtown with 100 year old trees everywhere. This Hyundai missed a paint job by 1 foot
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Milo
Looks like it would have been more than a paint job . . .
Okay, looks like the damage is in . . . two trees written off, and a new eavestrough will be required. Soffits, facia and shingles look to be salvageable, but I am no roofing expert. We spent an eventful morning cutting down branches. I am a big guy (6'4" . . . maybe 275lbs.) You can imagine my delight at being 20' up an extension ladder sawing through frozen branches . . . I have done my feats of daring for the winter now . . .
Neighbours crab apple tree is a goner, a six inch thick main branch snapped while we were clearing our driveway, crushing part of the hedge on the property line. One big risk remaining is a similar sized branch that tilts toward his house. If it goes, so will his front window.
wildbill7145
Yeah, I'm a bit of a squirrel on extension ladders but even I wouldn't like being up there today. Too many variables. What it's standing on, braced against, etc.
Plus the damn thing's cold to hang on to.
Buzzzardd
Our power has been out since 7:45. No tree damage that I can see in the neighborhood.
Milo
Nice side note to the crab apple coming down . . . it has shattered the ice on a lot of the berries, so now a crapload of birds are flitting about the house, to say nothing of squirrels.
Milo
Yeah, I founf it strange that your neck of the woods seemed to get off lighter than mine. Little bit of role reversal . . .
trigs
pretty bad here in hamilton. already had a few huge branches off the front tree fall down.
Movowelling
Can't get enough
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