[NoDrama43]

Ike made his way to Ohio today and made a mess. We had 50mph sustained winds with 80 mph gusts. I lost about ten huge trees , my well house is crushed, and I drug a bunch of roof shingles out of the pool.

Last week I planted 750 lbs of grass and 350 lbs of fertiliser, then blew 160 bales of straw on it. It was rained on twice in the last ten days and was just starting to germinate. Needless to say 80% of it is history and the straw is all gone. Nothing like flushing a grand down the toilet.....

it pales in comparison to the texas coast and galveston etc but it still sucks. Some of these trees are 48" in diameter. I will have to buy a saw to cut them up and its gonna take two weeks to get it all cleared.

A state of emergency was declared by my employer so I am now working mandatory OT till further. It is 3am here and not a single light can be seen for miles except for a full moon. There is no power on for miles and nearly every road is blocked by trees...... naturally my Verizon wireless modem is working though.....go figure

it could be worse. nobody was injured. My wife is at the house with a Colt 1911, and a generator with 20 gallons of extra fuel.

I definatly don't like IKE. Ike's a punk ass bitch!