On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 13:13:23 GMT, Salty Thumb
wrote:

Frogleg wrote

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 14:18:26 GMT, "Cereoid-UR12-"
wrote:

Isabel has finally passed.

Damage from high winds, heavy rain and flooding has been considerable
but fortunately there has been minimal loss of life.

Considering what the eastern US has endured in recent years, Isabel
wasn't anything that we couldn't handle.

Speak for yourself, Cereoid. I just got (suburban) power back after 9+
days in the dark. A 50' black walnut is lying on the roof in back, and
several more down. The city (Hampton, VA) picturesquely estimates the
debris to be hauled away is enough to fill 55 football fields 9' deep.
Cost estimates for the Tidewater area are already over $1B. Not as bad
as Andrew in FL, but not exactly a picnic.

Power came back on yesterday evening for me, after being out since
morning on the 18th. Neighbor's (weak fast growing) tree wiped out their
fence and a couple of my tomatoes. Some other people in the city got
flattened, so I can't really complain.

Here we should point out that Frogleg is probably talking about a 50'
walnut tree and not some gigantic walnut seed (or strawberry ... umm
cultivar nudge).

^_^ Imagine the tree that produced a 50' walnut! No, it's a tree. All
the ones down and/or leaning horribly are black walnut...trees. The
80' pine is straight and tall, and the TV satellite dish nailed to the
roof is fine, too. I'm luckier than many. Phone wire is swinging about
3' off the ground, but phone works (after 3-day outage). No flooding
hereabouts. Just many, *many* big trees down. Anyone in the firewood
business should be in hog heaven with streets piled high in logs.