We knew Hurricane Ike, or the remnant's of Hurricane Ike were headed our way. We slept upstairs and around 6 am we heard some pretty wild gusts of wind. I finally got up around 7:30 because I heard Kevin chasing pillows outside. Kevin got a new handy dandy Oregon Professional Wind Station and when he checked it the wind gust was up to 28 mph. So we decided to get on our 4-wheeler and go take a drive around the property to check things out. We found several trees down around the farm (pictures to follow) but when we go back to Delmus', we found that a gust came through and wiped out his tree which fell on his power line which fell on his fence and subsequently snapped his power pole next to his house like a twig.
The power lines dangled over the left of the street so the "men" had to stand around and make sure that no cars hit the exposed wires. Not only at Delmus' but all over the tri-state area. And yes, power was indeed knocked out. For 2 days for us and 4 for Delmus and 7 for some. Come to find out that as we left for our trek around the farm, and 83 MPH gust came through. BUT we did not get any rain to speak of!! Our grass is BURNED up! It would have been worth it all if we had got the 2-4 inches of rain they said we would get. Oh! Wait! We were out of school for a day! There was a silver lining after all!! YEA!
We knew Hurricane Ike, or the remnant's of Hurricane Ike were headed our way. We slept upstairs and around 6 am we heard some pretty wild gusts of wind. I finally got up around 7:30 because I heard Kevin chasing pillows outside. Kevin got a new handy dandy Oregon Professional Wind Station and when he checked it the wind gust was up to 28 mph. So we decided to get on our 4-wheeler and go take a drive around the property to check things out. We found several trees down around the farm (pictures to follow) but when we go back to Delmus', we found that a gust came through and wiped out his tree which fell on his power line which fell on his fence and subsequently snapped his power pole next to his house like a twig. 
The power lines dangled over the left of the street so the "men" had to stand around and make sure that no cars hit the exposed wires. Not only at Delmus' but all over the tri-state area. And yes, power was indeed knocked out. For 2 days for us and 4 for Delmus and 7 for some. Come to find out that as we left for our trek around the farm, and 83 MPH gust came through. BUT we did not get any rain to speak of!! Our grass is BURNED up! It would have been worth it all if we had got the 2-4 inches of rain they said we would get. Oh! Wait! We were out of school for a day! There was a silver lining after all!! YEA!
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Men gotta feel like they are doing something! FOr some reason that picture makes me giggle.
Yep, looks like what passes for work on the farm. The only one missing is Moneymaker. I guess he's on lockdown now though?! hah
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