Bad, Bad Weather - Page 2

Rfdillon · April 26, 2015

Bill, so sorry to hear of your storm. We are all wondering what the damage was?

gregory · April 26, 2015

Middle bay light winds were clocked at 73 mph they did see a few tornados
My garden took a battering but it will rebound

Starlight · April 26, 2015

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Originally Posted by gregory

Middle bay light winds were clocked at 73 mph they did see a few tornados
My garden took a battering but it will rebound

Seen on the local and national news how bad Mobile got hit and all them unturned boats. Sure hope they find the rest of them missing folks.

AlittleSalt · April 26, 2015

A tornado is on it's way. Less than 20 miles away. We are going to a better structure.

b54red · April 27, 2015

Thanks for all the concern and kind words. We were very fortunate and even have internet service back tonight to go with the power that came on this morning. Ah air conditioning.

I don't know yet how high the winds got but I believe they were actually stronger than the bad hurricane we had here many years ago where winds topped 80 mph. but the saving grace was how short the duration was. I don't think the hard winds lasted more than 10 or 15 minutes but they sure did a lot of damage in a short time. There were some huge trees just totally knocked down like they were twigs and many a tree had the top half just snapped off just from what I can see from my yard. I never got around to driving around but my wife went a mile to see her mother and had to drive through parking lots and around trees and power lines just in that short trip. I don't even know if she could have gotten over there early this morning but the city has had crews out working since last night clearing streets and restoring power.

I had some plants damaged quite severely but they are young and most will recover. Good thing they were well tied up. The ones that weren't were flat on the ground or broken. Lots of shredded leaves on the tomatoes. Funniest thing I saw was what happened to my beans. I have them supported by a rack so they won't fall over and on Friday I was thinking I would have a good crop of beans to pick. When I checked them the plants were pretty beat up but almost all the bean pods that were nearly mature had just blown away. Hopefully they will make more.

It will take me days to pick up all the debris in my yard and garden and I feel like I am one of the lucky ones in my neighborhood. I will have to have my old pear tree taken out of the tops of my dogwoods and my neighbors shed which it didn't damage much. I'm so glad we had all the pine trees cut down shortly after buying this house. I had 27 large pines and I'm sure if they were still in the yard I would only have about 10 to 15 still standing. I always hated raking pine straw and picking up pine cones as a kid and now I see what a good thing that was.

Bill

clkeiper · April 27, 2015

Awful. Sorry you have had it so bad. The wind was terrible up here for a few days last week and the downright cold for the rest of the week. Frost or freezing every night. It is really early for gardening up here, so storms would be just a lot of mess to clean up , but to have your garden destroyed... uggg! Holler if you need plants. I'll mail you some if you need. I have a greenhouse full of stuff... but mostly "normal" varieties because thats what sells. I do have a few odd balls, though, so ask if you have a need and I'll tell you what I have.

efisakov · April 27, 2015

Bill, what a weather. So sorry. As long as people are alive, plants can be replanted.

bower · April 27, 2015

Glad to hear you have power back and your losses weren't too severe, Bill. Pines are more shallow rooted as well as being softwood, so I guess they're the first to go.

About the bean pods - we had a similar thing here with Hurricane Igor a few years back. It was a fruitful autumn with lots of dogberries and partridgeberries on the bushes.. but after the storm they had simply vanished. Not one berry could be found laying on the ground.

I'm glad it's spring time, you'll have lots of bounty to come, we hope.

Rfdillon · April 27, 2015

I'm just glad you all are doing well; everything else can be replaced!

Worth1 · April 27, 2015

I hope Salt is okay, a tornado was in his area.

You and your loved ones okay Salt?

Worth

barefootgardener · April 27, 2015

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Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

A tornado is on it's way. Less than 20 miles away. We are going to a better structure.

Praying all is well and you are safe.

Ginny

ChristinaJo · April 27, 2015

Hope y'all south of the metroplex are ok. They sure got hit last night.

Starlight · April 27, 2015

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Originally Posted by Worth1

I hope Salt is okay, a tornado was in his area.

You and your loved ones okay Salt?

Worth

I been wondering about Salt too. Sure hope him and his family are safe. I keep hoping he will post, but he maybe without power. Just hope they all made it to a safe shelter.

Worth1 · April 27, 2015

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Originally Posted by Starlight

I been wondering about Salt too. Sure hope him and his family are safe. I keep hoping he will post, but he maybe without power. Just hope they all made it to a safe shelter.

I am about to be on the move but will check in from time to time.
If I dont see him around I will give him a call later on.

Worth

pauldavid · April 27, 2015

Sorry to hear about the damage. We also had a tree fall on our house Wednesday. Thank the Lord that no one got hurt, but have some huge holes in our roof.

April 26, 2015	#17
gregory Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: mobile zone 8 Posts: 83	Middle bay light winds were clocked at 73 mph they did see a few tornados My garden took a battering but it will rebound __________________ Zone 8 Mobile AL

April 27, 2015	#21
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	Awful. Sorry you have had it so bad. The wind was terrible up here for a few days last week and the downright cold for the rest of the week. Frost or freezing every night. It is really early for gardening up here, so storms would be just a lot of mess to clean up , but to have your garden destroyed... uggg! Holler if you need plants. I'll mail you some if you need. I have a greenhouse full of stuff... but mostly "normal" varieties because thats what sells. I do have a few odd balls, though, so ask if you have a need and I'll tell you what I have. __________________ carolyn k Last edited by clkeiper; April 27, 2015 at 09:02 AM. Reason: spelling

April 27, 2015	#22
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	Bill, what a weather. So sorry. As long as people are alive, plants can be replanted. __________________ Ella God comes along and says, "I think I'm going to create THE tomato!”

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April 26, 2015	#16
Rfdillon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 121	Bill, so sorry to hear of your storm. We are all wondering what the damage was?

April 26, 2015	#19
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	A tornado is on it's way. Less than 20 miles away. We are going to a better structure.

April 27, 2015	#20
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Thanks for all the concern and kind words. We were very fortunate and even have internet service back tonight to go with the power that came on this morning. Ah air conditioning. I don't know yet how high the winds got but I believe they were actually stronger than the bad hurricane we had here many years ago where winds topped 80 mph. but the saving grace was how short the duration was. I don't think the hard winds lasted more than 10 or 15 minutes but they sure did a lot of damage in a short time. There were some huge trees just totally knocked down like they were twigs and many a tree had the top half just snapped off just from what I can see from my yard. I never got around to driving around but my wife went a mile to see her mother and had to drive through parking lots and around trees and power lines just in that short trip. I don't even know if she could have gotten over there early this morning but the city has had crews out working since last night clearing streets and restoring power. I had some plants damaged quite severely but they are young and most will recover. Good thing they were well tied up. The ones that weren't were flat on the ground or broken. Lots of shredded leaves on the tomatoes. Funniest thing I saw was what happened to my beans. I have them supported by a rack so they won't fall over and on Friday I was thinking I would have a good crop of beans to pick. When I checked them the plants were pretty beat up but almost all the bean pods that were nearly mature had just blown away. Hopefully they will make more. It will take me days to pick up all the debris in my yard and garden and I feel like I am one of the lucky ones in my neighborhood. I will have to have my old pear tree taken out of the tops of my dogwoods and my neighbors shed which it didn't damage much. I'm so glad we had all the pine trees cut down shortly after buying this house. I had 27 large pines and I'm sure if they were still in the yard I would only have about 10 to 15 still standing. I always hated raking pine straw and picking up pine cones as a kid and now I see what a good thing that was. Bill

April 27, 2015	#23
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	Glad to hear you have power back and your losses weren't too severe, Bill. Pines are more shallow rooted as well as being softwood, so I guess they're the first to go. About the bean pods - we had a similar thing here with Hurricane Igor a few years back. It was a fruitful autumn with lots of dogberries and partridgeberries on the bushes.. but after the storm they had simply vanished. Not one berry could be found laying on the ground. I'm glad it's spring time, you'll have lots of bounty to come, we hope.

April 27, 2015	#25
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I hope Salt is okay, a tornado was in his area. You and your loved ones okay Salt? Worth

April 27, 2015	#27
ChristinaJo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: NE Texas Posts: 425	Hope y'all south of the metroplex are ok. They sure got hit last night.

April 27, 2015	#30
pauldavid Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NE Louisiana, Zone 8A Posts: 1,179	Sorry to hear about the damage. We also had a tree fall on our house Wednesday. Thank the Lord that no one got hurt, but have some huge holes in our roof.