In some bizarre non-running related news:
Irma came through North Georgia a couple of weeks ago.
We were without power for 4 days. Minor damage: a few limbs down and a split branch in a giant oak behind our screen porch.
This afternoon DW and 2 DCs (darling cats) and I were on the screen porch (between DopeyBadger sightings)
DW: I haven't seen that broken branch yet. I'm going to go out and look at it.
Me: Don't go out UNDER it. Look from the driveway, over the house.
DW goes and looks.
We come in from the porch and...
30 seconds later, KA-BOOM! The branch fell and took another one with it!
If you are thinking 'it's a branch, how big of a deal can it be?', there are 2 branches, maybe 30+ feet long and a foot in diameter. It's probably 2-3000 lbs of tree!
The good news is other than a bird feeder and some garden ironwork, there's no damage to the house, porch, retaining walls or sidewalk.
Someone (not me) must be living right!
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