Perils of the Red Barrel, Ep. 2
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rain_gryphonAs I noted earlier, we had a bit of a storm Wednesday afternoon.
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Here, you can see my nice new red trash barrel, with its exposure to imminent destruction by traffic well illustrated.
The limb that fell off the Ash tree was one where the Starlings have nested for years.
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You can see the sad little hole which is all that's left of their home. Fortunately, all of the babies were gone, and nobody got hurt, but it's still sad. I've watched babies coming out of that hole many times.
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So, early Thursday morning, we had another storm, with rather more-widespread destruction. This time a big ol' branch from one of the maples fell off.
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Again, the Red Barrel has survived a near-miss!
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From the back, the grey car and the red barrel are almost entirely obscured. The blue car initially appeared to be untouched, but such was Not the Case!
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As I sawed up and hauled away the branches, I found... that my side mirror was smash-ed! (say it in a Dexter's Laboratory voice).
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As well as the top of the frame on the driver's side.
I'm inclined to accept this as a sign from the Fates that they're not gunning for me personally - just busting up my stuff a bit. I'm astonished that no glass was broken in the blue car, and (so far as I'm able to tell) the weather sealing around the doors stills seals. Both doors open just fine, and the damage to the side mirror looks to me as though it can be glued. The wires are still in place, and the mirror motors work. It hit just absolutely perfectly, on the strongest part of the frame, where the door pillar, shocks, and tires took the load vertically. A few inches inboard, and it would have caved in the roof, and busted all or most of the glass. A few inches the other way would probably have damaged the grey car rather severely, as well as busted out the driver's side glass from the blue car. I'll take this. No real functional damage inflicted, plus it makes the blue car look rather rakish and disreputable. :)
Addendum: The constant rain and cool weather get tiresome, but on the good side, Indiana will have record crops this year. You'd be pardoned for reading the MSM and accepting that America is all burned up and dry, since that story is constantly pushed. In the Midwest, it is an absolute jungle. Such intense greens, everywhere you look!
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The storm knocked these pears off the crumbly little Pear Tree. They're not entirely ripe, but will get that way soon, if stored in paper bags. I'm not yet sure what I'll do with all of these.
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Here, you can see my nice new red trash barrel, with its exposure to imminent destruction by traffic well illustrated.
The limb that fell off the Ash tree was one where the Starlings have nested for years.
Click to EmbiggenYou can see the sad little hole which is all that's left of their home. Fortunately, all of the babies were gone, and nobody got hurt, but it's still sad. I've watched babies coming out of that hole many times.
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So, early Thursday morning, we had another storm, with rather more-widespread destruction. This time a big ol' branch from one of the maples fell off.
Click to EmbiggenAgain, the Red Barrel has survived a near-miss!
Click to EmbiggenFrom the back, the grey car and the red barrel are almost entirely obscured. The blue car initially appeared to be untouched, but such was Not the Case!
Click to EmbiggenAs I sawed up and hauled away the branches, I found... that my side mirror was smash-ed! (say it in a Dexter's Laboratory voice).
Click to EmbiggenAs well as the top of the frame on the driver's side.
I'm inclined to accept this as a sign from the Fates that they're not gunning for me personally - just busting up my stuff a bit. I'm astonished that no glass was broken in the blue car, and (so far as I'm able to tell) the weather sealing around the doors stills seals. Both doors open just fine, and the damage to the side mirror looks to me as though it can be glued. The wires are still in place, and the mirror motors work. It hit just absolutely perfectly, on the strongest part of the frame, where the door pillar, shocks, and tires took the load vertically. A few inches inboard, and it would have caved in the roof, and busted all or most of the glass. A few inches the other way would probably have damaged the grey car rather severely, as well as busted out the driver's side glass from the blue car. I'll take this. No real functional damage inflicted, plus it makes the blue car look rather rakish and disreputable. :)
Addendum: The constant rain and cool weather get tiresome, but on the good side, Indiana will have record crops this year. You'd be pardoned for reading the MSM and accepting that America is all burned up and dry, since that story is constantly pushed. In the Midwest, it is an absolute jungle. Such intense greens, everywhere you look!
Click to EmbiggenThe storm knocked these pears off the crumbly little Pear Tree. They're not entirely ripe, but will get that way soon, if stored in paper bags. I'm not yet sure what I'll do with all of these.
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Date: 2021-08-17 01:07 pm (UTC)I'm glad your car damage is fairly cosmetic. I just got my Subaru out of the shop, clipped a young elk taking my wife's out of state boss back to the observatory after picking him up from the hospital ER, he had his first kidney stone strike. It wasn't huge front-end damage, but it messed up the hood and loosened the nose quite a bit, made it very hard to open the hood.
At the observatory, they say you haven't truly become one of them until you've hit at least one elk or deer. This would be my third in sixteen or seventeen years. Go, hunters! ;-)
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Date: 2021-08-17 09:10 am (UTC)no subject
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