Frances Residue

The Z-shop is injured - but that was planned. The seven-year-old plastic roof (supposed to last only 4 years) was sliced in several places just before the storm so that it would tear away before the framework would be damaged. Sure makes a great disaster photo though.

The Big-O (see below) is fine and was not damaged. All the important tools and parts were moved into a covered shed. So after a little cleanup and a new roof (1-day job) the shop will be up and going again. However, we will wait a month of so before adding a new roof in case we get another unwelcome visitor. So a few parts rust – that is what Z-cars do. Besides we need to discard a few extra parts.

Our trees really did a great job at cutting the wind. It was quite amazing to stand in the car port and watch the oaks and pines whip around severely and not feel much of a breeze. The thing is not to plant them too close to the house or under power lines.

The greenhouse at work survived and that is great since it is made of glass. It was destroyed by hail once several years ago and we still find glass particles under the benches. Work is shut down due to power outage, but I am going in to move my hybrids out of the lab and back to the greenhouse. They need the light and with the doors open it is not too hot.

So for us anyway, life is getting back to normal and we were lucky. I sure pity those poor people without power or even worse without intact homes. Life can be really hard.