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Shadic The Adventure of Link Perfect Member                  Since: 11-18-05 From: Olympia, Washington Last post: 6471 days Last view: 6468 days |
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| Not really sure if this is the right board, so if a mod wants to, could they move it to the appropriate section?
Yeah, a tree Saturday morning at about 2AM hit the house... It's pretty bad, actually. And of course, seeing as how I am OBVIOUSLY the most lucky person in the entire world, the thing decided to hit my room. Only my room. The tree was big enough and bad enough however, that it's looking like the upper story of my house is going to have to be essentially replaced. 
That is the hole in my room. It doesn't appear that bad, but the hole is over 3 feet wide and almost two across. Also, that entire corner of the ceiling is broken, (If you look closely,) and has caved in about a foot. There is also a large crack in the wall. Somehow, my window did not break. 
There is my bed, untouched since the tree hit. You see those little dragon figurines there? They probably would have at least dented my skull when they can flying across my bed, had I been there. Right where the tree hit, there was a bookshelf full of them (That I didn't want in the first place,) and it literally threw the things across the room. Some went over 10 feet across the room and hit the wall on the other side. Now, you want to see the evil behemoth that smashed into my room? 
There is the base of it. The little house thing on the left is my sister's stupid play house. I don't get it, trees fell on BOTH sides of it, but none actually hit the thing. I would have been happy to see it go, honestly. 
There is another picture of the thing, and you can see a tiny bit of my house.. And now for an actual Tree Vs. House picture... 
The top story window on the right is mine, and that picture was taken by me the following day, as I stood atop the tree. It doesn't look too bad, because we had a tarp over the roof by then, but my room was actually hit harder than the Dining Room, which you can see was bludgeoned by tree branched on the far left of the house. 
And to finish it all off, there is a picture of my backyard and the general destruction. How that swing wasn't hit either, I'll never understand. So yeah, it's looking like repairs are going to be at least $20,000. However, we just switched to US Insurance (That fancy schtuff that only military officers can get,) less than two weeks ago, so it's all covered. |
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Alastor Fearless Moderator Hero    Since: 11-17-05 From: An apartment by DigiPen, Redmond, Washington Last post: 6465 days Last view: 6465 days |
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Mods can't move anything anywhere! Nor can admins, except Xk! We're all utterly powerless  |
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6506 days Last view: 6506 days |
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| This being Anya's Corner, I assumed by tree you meant 40 foot tall penis. | |||
D3stiny_Sm4sher Ninji  Since: 02-04-06 From: Searching for t3h g4t3... Last post: 6510 days Last view: 6510 days |
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| Yea, me, too.
But, dude, that is wicked! I mean, ya know, in a bad way. That's a big tree. How the heck did it fall? |
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6506 days Last view: 6506 days |
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Originally posted by D3stiny_Sm4sher Again, I think penis. |
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Thoughtless [Danielle] Thoughtless is my secret lover [Danielle] *flutters eyelashes* [Thoughtless] SECRET IS OUT I miss my two pussies :( (Part II) Since: 11-17-05 From: PR Last post: 6465 days Last view: 6465 days |
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| By Wurl's assumption of it being a penis we can point to the reason it fell was probably because it had an orgasm and simply flopped down.
That or not enough viagra. Sucks to be your house Shadic. |
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Schweiz oder etwas [12:55] (Dr_Death16); I swear, the word drama needs to be stricken from the dictionary, for I've heard it so many times, it will permanently be imprinted on my brain  Since: 11-17-05 From: Kingston, Rhode Island Last post: 6465 days Last view: 6465 days |
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| Well, Shadic, be glad you're alive, and I gotta say, good on ya that you got the insurance to cover your house's repairs.
Back when Hurricane Bob hit Rhode Island in 1989, a tree very nearly fell on my house... It clattered across telephone poles, and I only years later realized how close my family was to being destroyed by it. What area of the world do you live in? EDIT: I'll boot this over to General Chat. Seems like an interesting topic of discussion. (edited by Grey on 02-06-06 01:48 AM) |
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6506 days Last view: 6506 days |
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| Yeah, my house caught on fire once. And the fire was in the houses' proverbial pants (aka the basement). (edited by Wurl on 02-06-06 01:49 AM) |
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neotransotaku Sledge Brother Liberated from school...until MLK day  Since: 11-17-05 From: In Hearst Field Annex... Last post: 6467 days Last view: 6465 days |
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| you are very fortunate that you still have a house. Things could obviously be worse if the tree actually fell into the house as I've seen on the news occasionally in my area when it rains. | |||
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Shadic The Adventure of Link Perfect Member Since: 11-18-05 From: Olympia, Washington Last post: 6471 days Last view: 6468 days |
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| It was the winds, we had 50-60 mph winds that night, and we had just broken the record in Olympia for straight rainfall... The ground wasn't very hard.
Anyways, I live in Washington. |
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BMF54123 Since: 11-18-05 From: MOOGLES Last post: 6465 days Last view: 6465 days |
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| Wow.
I live in Spokane, and we got some pretty strong winds over here, but nothing quite like that. 
So, were you at home (elsewhere in the house, obviously) when that happened? |
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Trapster King Dedede Since: 11-19-05 From: Sweden Last post: 6573 days Last view: 6465 days |
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Originally posted by Wurl Quote of the week, guys! 
But daamn, thatīs a big tree. Be glad that the house wasnīt hit by the thickest part of it.
Good that you didnīt get hurt. We have lots of big trees around my house nad we have had strong winds raging here but no tree has fallen on our house. Yet. |
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LizardKing Bullet Bill  Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6468 days Last view: 6465 days |
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| I'm guessing that was caused by a polar low. Yeah, it must sort of suck to get a tree right into your house like that.
A tree has never hit our house, but I've seen one get uprooted, and take down our phone line. Though, usually the winds rarely get up to such high speeds in my hometown, because they're slowed down by all the mountains around here. |
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Sinfjotle Lordly? No, not quite.  Since: 11-17-05 From: Kansas Last post: 6466 days Last view: 6465 days |
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| Our trees here aren't tall enough to be blown over. Branches break easily though.
Its also flat... God, Kansas sucks, thanks for reminding me. Insurance + your home is standing + you're alive = things could've been worse.   |
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Shadic The Adventure of Link Perfect Member Since: 11-18-05 From: Olympia, Washington Last post: 6471 days Last view: 6468 days |
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| I was downstairs, in the office when it happened.
I sort of had the "Damn, there's a storm and my room is most in danger." sense going on, so I decided that downstairs on the opposite edge of the house would be a better spot to go. If the power had still been on, I probably would have been in my room, on the phone or the computer... But I was not, so I'm guessing that it was a good thing, eh? Yeah, things could have been worse, but now we've discovered a leak in the pipes this morning, oi. |
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Andy Zora Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6794 days Last view: 6794 days |
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| Was anything else then your house wrecked? Like video games or somthing.......(look outside window at maple tree.........moves computer and videogames to the basement).
It's good to hear that you are okay though. (edited by Andy on 02-06-06 12:13 PM) |
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Snow Tomato Snap Dragon  Since: 12-31-05 From: NYC Last post: 6486 days Last view: 6471 days |
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| Wow, that is my biggest fear. This tree outside of my window comming and crashing into my room. It'd kill me because it'd land exactly where my bed is.
You are so lucky you're alright. That could have done some SERIOUS damage. Pretty big tree. |
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Sion Im Back Baby!  Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6466 days Last view: 6465 days |
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| Thats why Im happy I live in a city. | |||
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Shadic The Adventure of Link Perfect Member Since: 11-18-05 From: Olympia, Washington Last post: 6471 days Last view: 6468 days |
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Originally posted by Mrs. Sion We have better air quality out in the middle of nowhere.. Especially for me now, with a nice breeze in my room. But yeah, those dragons that you see would have killed me, or at least bruised the hell out of my head.. Each one is at least 3 pounds, more likely 5, and they came flying across my room who-knows-how-fast. |
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Sion Im Back Baby! Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6466 days Last view: 6465 days |
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| That may be true, but its only a 5 minute walk from my house to the store. While you have to pack supplies for a 3 day quest. |
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