aftermath of the storm...

... it was mostly a 'non-event' here. A big limb fell but not on the new roof. On the chain link fence, fortitously far enough away from the house that there was no damage. It did crunch up the fence, and will require some professionals to come and repair when the limb is removed. Nothing urgent, but will eventually need to be fixed and made to look as if that crashing limb did nor really happen.

I sat here and typed off and on for hours, keeping one ear tuned in to the weather, along with the full- bore fretting of The Man Who Lives Here, so devoted to the Weather Channel. Listening to numerous thumps as things fell on the nearly new roof, but apparently no real damage at all. When I finally got out and walked around and inspecting, I did not see anything of note, only some small limbs that had fallen off overhanging trees.

A few bigger limbs out in in the yard, under all those big trees, where you would expect a lot of stuff to fall when a ferocious wind would blow. We did have some strong winds, but not nearly as bad as the weather guys had warned about, so though it will take me weeks to get it all picked up for trash truck, it was really not so bad. After looking at the weather map (a big mistake - just looking to give something to worry about!) it appeared the eye, though downgraded would pass directly over this area. Perhaps it did, but so much of the force had blown out, there was no serious damage, at least not at this address.

Lots of large trees uprooted, literally blown over. Lots of signs down, and probably some flooding in low lying areas here. I've noticed a few splintered utility poles, that would result in inconvenience, diminished/limited service in surrounding areas. But thankfully, blessedly, practically no damage here. Sorry it has taken so long to report, but I have been at work.

Some folk at work were sent to a store in metro Atlanta that lost power so long they had to trash all the frozen foods, fresh meats, anything in their big walk-in freezers and coolers. That same store you could view on youtube where the teenagers amused their foolish selves by setting off the fireworks display. Causing the suppression to activate, store to close over night, but amazingly reopen the following morning at 7 a.m.