[Rhodes22-list] Glag I hauled

[Mary Lou Troy]

Always think tree.

Someone hauled and stored a small workboat at the neighbors just over 
our property line. Next to the woods. A very tall willow oak came 
down and engulfed the boat. Fortunately the ground was so soft it 
drove the trailer jack into the ground and the branches of the tree 
dug in keeping the tree from crushing the boat. They worked all day 
to get branches off of the front of it. Looks like there is some 
damage to the outboard cowl and I can't see the transom of the boat 
so I'm not sure about damage there. They haven't moved it yet so 
there may be more damage to the trailer. Remarkable that the boat 
wasn't crushed. The tree fell at the end of the storm pointing East. 
If it had somehow pointed Northeast (less likely) it would have taken 
out our shed/workshop.

Looking at all the trees and branches that fell around here, I'm 
amazed that there weren't more on structures.

Glad your boat is OK Lee.

Mary Lou



At 01:15 PM 8/30/2011, you wrote:

>Wow!  After reading all of your hurricane stories I feel soooo lucky.  I
>think Rummy had the worst damage without earthquake or hurricane.
>
>Our neighborhood was built in nontidal wetlands which is realtor-speak for a
>swamp.  After the swamp was developed some of the ancient oaks are now more
>exposed and when their shallow roots get saturated it's easy for a good wind
>to come knock them down.  We had lots of big trees fall around us but none
>of them hit our house.
>
>Some miniature pines fell at the marina but only one landed on my baby.  The
>top of one of the pines was resting over the cockpit and the boat was
>covered in needles, branches and sap.  The cockpit drain was clogged and
>with the weight of all the water and the motor, the boat was doing some
>serious listing.  It looked terrible but after draining and cleaning there
>was no damage!  Here are a couple of pictures after most of the clean-up and
>after moving my boat to the adjacent slip:
>
>
>http://old.nabble.com/file/p32366183/IMG_1281.JPG IMG_1281.JPG
>
>http://old.nabble.com/file/p32366183/IMG_1285.JPG IMG_1285.JPG
>
>My big concern was a huge tidal surge (I think we had six inches)--wasn't
>worried about getting hit by a tree.
>
>Lee
>1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
>Kent Island, MD
>
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