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JL8Jeff 03-13-2010 03:25 PM

Crazy weather
 
My mom just called and said they had a tree knocked down onto the house by the high winds. The whole root ball just pulled out of the ground and it's resting across the roof of the garage from the back all the way over the front of the house. Sounds like it's going to be a fun cleanup job. Normally they need to worry about the power going out and the sump pump keeping the basement dry.

T69SS 03-13-2010 03:29 PM

Have a few situations just like that around my neighborhood. If its not snow, its 4" of rain and high winds.... ugh

WildBillyT 03-13-2010 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff (Post 689219)
My mom just called and said they had a tree knocked down onto the house by the high winds. The whole root ball just pulled out of the ground and it's resting across the roof of the garage from the back all the way over the front of the house. Sounds like it's going to be a fun cleanup job. Normally they need to worry about the power going out and the sump pump keeping the basement dry.

Tell them to get a Basement Watchdog. 2 pumps and a battery backup.

JL8Jeff 03-13-2010 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by WildBillyT (Post 689228)
Tell them to get a Basement Watchdog. 2 pumps and a battery backup.

They have a backup system with battery and a generator in the garage with an extension cord that runs to the pump in the basement. They got hit a couple of years ago when power went out for a day and they weren't home that night when the battery backup ran out of power so the basement got about 6" of water and ruined a lot of stuff.

I just got done clearing a big dead branch out of the road in front of our house.

Squirrel 03-13-2010 04:33 PM

yeah, huge tree fell in my backyard before

Tru2Chevy 03-13-2010 05:28 PM

Tons of large branches down in my neighborhood, and on campus here at work.

- Justin

Anti_Rice_Guy 03-13-2010 05:57 PM

Just got home from a family party in Clinton. Tons of branches down, rivers already rising quick, and they crest 24 hours after rain stops! Had to take a few detours due to police roadblocks. We also have a big evergreen uprooted and saw several piles of wood where the trees blocked the road.

//<86TA>\\ 03-13-2010 06:12 PM

we have a big pine tree down in the front yard, no damage fortunately

BurninrubberGT 03-13-2010 07:04 PM

really wish this was snow...

water alarm in the basement went off an hour ago, surprised it took that long

//<86TA>\\ 03-13-2010 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by BurninrubberGT (Post 689256)
really wish this was snow...

water alarm in the basement went off an hour ago, surprised it took that long

snow? my god that would be awful. I dont care to deal with 5' of snow and 70mph winds:shock:

BonzoHansen 03-13-2010 07:36 PM

We've already had this as snow 3 times. I'm good.

deadtrend1 03-13-2010 07:43 PM

Trying to get to jens house this afternoon. I seen one tree resting agaist the power lines. I don't know how they weren't ripped down. So I seen a state cop five miles later cleaning debrit from the road so I told him about it.

Then went to go on a backroad through bass river and tree down right in the middle of the road.

Tru2Chevy 03-13-2010 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by deadtrend1 (Post 689262)
Trying to get to jens house this afternoon. I seen one tree resting agaist the power lines. I don't know how they weren't ripped down. So I seen a state cop five miles later cleaning debrit from the road so I told him about it.

Then went to go on a backroad through bass river and tree down right in the middle of the road.

Too bad you didn't have the Jeep....

- Justin

madness410 03-13-2010 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by deadtrend1 (Post 689262)
Trying to get to jens house this afternoon. I seen one tree resting agaist the power lines. I don't know how they weren't ripped down. So I seen a state cop five miles later cleaning debrit from the road so I told him about it.

Then went to go on a backroad through bass river and tree down right in the middle of the road.

smart man. 95% of all other americans would say..oh, that sucks..not my problem.

my fire department received 22 calls from 6pm to now..anything ranging from broken traffic lights to flooded basements to structure fires. our scuba truck, and boats are evacuating an apartment complex in middlesex....crazy weather man

wrong generation 03-13-2010 11:43 PM

tree's and branches down all over the place here as well

iv been listening to the scanner all day. the cops and firedepartments have been very very busy all day long due to the weather.

deadtrend1 03-14-2010 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy (Post 689277)
Too bad you didn't have the Jeep....

- Justin

The little side path that runs along the road was flooded. I did line my truck up with it and think about it for a minute. But decided to just turn around and get back on the main road. I could have made it but its just as easy to go around.

maroman88 03-14-2010 07:59 AM

wat... a..... mess..... paramus and oradell are disasters, im stuck at work for who knows how long, i was allowed to go home to sleep for 6 hours last night

WayFast84 03-14-2010 09:27 AM

Grand Parents had about 5 inches of water in their basement at about 11:30 last night before we called it quits. On the way home my mom goes "this is where the" SPLASH "puddle is" and the car died and wouldn't start. I saw the puddle but it sure didn't seem that deep... Oh well I hated that car anyway, Hopefully it will be a cheap fix and Ill trade it in for something nice.

alamantia 03-14-2010 09:58 AM

My flight landed in Newark at 5:20pm last night... I have never been so scared of anything in my life.

jts98z28 03-14-2010 10:28 AM

this weather sucks im trying to take out my transmission for the first time and im wearing trash bags to try to keep dry but its not working

BigRocsFirebird 03-14-2010 10:28 AM

we have no more trees in our yard. we lost 5 a couple years ago so we took the last 3 down before they came down.

JL8Jeff 03-14-2010 10:45 AM

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Some pictures of the tree that fell on my parents garage.

//<86TA>\\ 03-14-2010 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff (Post 689341)
Some pictures of the tree that fell on my parents garage.

any serious damgage?

there are a bunch of trees down in town here, and a pretty good sized one on a house.

JL8Jeff 03-14-2010 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by //<86TA>\\ (Post 689350)
any serious damgage?

I don't think it's too bad. The smaller branches helped absorb the impact I think.

//<86TA>\\ 03-14-2010 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff (Post 689352)
I don't think it's too bad. The smaller branches helped absorb the impact I think.

are you removing it? or having somebody else do it?

if you need a hand let me know


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