Monday July 3, 2006

 

Cleanup From Yesterday’s Storm

 

The carpenter crew were the first to arrive this morning, when they came to assess the damage.  After we called our insurance company, they went to town to order lumber and supplies.  They were finished by early afternoon.

 

Then our local grandchildren arrived to help clean up the tree.  Jana, Jenna, and Diana.

 

Jordan liked to see how many pieces he could get on the bag wagon!

 

 

Jenna, Josh, and Nathan

 

Jared getting a ride!

 

Our daughter-in-law Chris brought lunch.  That was so thoughtful.

 

Gloria and Ian’s specialty today was mud pies!

 

Our phone line was reconnected just before lunch and the electric company came in the early afternoon.  I suppose they will have a long day – as we are not the only ones without phone and electric.

 

It is so nice to have electric again – we certainly take that forgranted!

 

Cleanup continued all afternoon.  Chris did her share of raking.  She may have sore muscles tonight.

 

Nathan

 

Jenna

 

Even the spouting repair men came today!

Less than twenty-four hours later, the roof is as good as new.

 

The generators that were used to keep our freezer and refrigerator cold, can be put away.

 

However not everything is in such good shape!

When I plugged in my office equipment, smoke sizzled out of this surge protector – probably the reason we smelled burnt plastic in the basement office.

This is the list of electrical items that were “fried” due to the electrical surge when the tree hit the wires:

1 treadmill, 1 garage door opener, 1 computer, 1 fax machine, three – maybe four phones, 1 laser printer (color), 1 air conditioner, 1 adding machine, 1 DSL Internet hookup set – which means I am out of commission in the office for a few more days.  I am so grateful for our son Jere’s help in taking the computer to TCW and ordering replacement items for us, as we were busy with cleanup.  It appears that the harddrive is not damaged.  PTL! 

Our children and neighbors made this time so much easier with all their help. 

Thank you everyone.

I am doing this entry from our son Jere & Kristen’s house, who live one mile away.