Posted by Nicki C.
on August 24, 2009, 11:10 am, in reply to "Re: Ontario Folks"
Nikki | Message modified by user goodtime August 24, 2009, 11:16 am
Hi John, thank you for your concern. Glad to hear Vanessa and Cathie place were okay. We must have got a twister or a plow wind, because a huge gust knocked down a large maple tree in our front yard on thursday night, and part of it landed on our summer kitchen roof and part of it crashed on the power lines between the pole and the house, and also knocked off the top sections of our two selkirk chimneys. so we have a hole in our summer kitchen roof now covered with a tarp and waiting to be repaired, and no power since Thursday night, not to mention the huge tree (over 100 years old) and limbs were all over the house, yard, backyard etc. Also another tree which fell across our laneway and had to be cleared. The weekend was spent with chainsaws, and it was very nice to get a "work crew' of a few neighbours who came and helped us remove the huge tree limbs and also cut and clear away the debris. There is still a lot of work but it looks a lot better than it did Friday morning!
I am not sure when we will have the power back on, a neighbour lent us their generator which helps.
It took just a couple of seconds and it was all over with, sheesh!! No time to even be scared!! The good thing is that none of the dogs or us were hurt. Oh yeah, the wind also tore the metal roof off one of the dog runs in the front yard.
It is very inconvenient not having the internet (I am doing this from work), and all the other things we enjoy with having electricity. We have been there 25 years though and first time this has happened. It is a wake up call to keep our trees limbs from being too close to the house. Also it is nice to have neighbours who will come through for you in a crunch. Oh yeah another good thing, we have a large supply of winter firewood now without having to go in our back woods to get it!118 
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