today was crazy windy here in west LA

[greatbiggary]

Gusts in excess of 40mph. Who wants to go find fallen trees!?

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[marcus132]

All of those huge, leafy dried pumpkin vines that I attached to the front of the house are just naked strings now. :-(

[greatbiggary]

Awww, they looked really good, too. The blue tarp I attached across the eave of the back of the house and tied to the 4x4 posts across the patio to create a sloped awning, necessary when it rains to keep all the stuff back there safe. It tore apart today. This was the first day I tried moving all 40 or so of my small trees outside, and I put them on top of a rack I built. The tarp fell on them all. I heard the wind and ran outside to find it laying on all of them. Luckily only minor damage, but it was a pain moving them back in with the back door slamming shut before I'd get to it, and the tarp whipping all around the back patio, attacking me. It actually tore the grommets out of the tarp, and I learned there's a thick nylon cord inside the folded over edges for extra support. It snapped the cord on both sides

[fub]

Maybe wait for the wind to die down a bit -- otherwise the fallen trees might find you!

[timb]

you should really be here after a hurricane. it's like a splintery buffet.