Good Day. If you don't drop by the Coffee Shop then I know that you may be wondering why I have not made any update in a while, but my time has been spent doing disaster clean up. On May 25th, a tornado struck our neighborhood and caused quite a bit of damage. Fortunately my home somehow survived intact, but my next door neighbor's was completely demolished. Ironically, the small cottage next to it only suffered an area of roof missing, but moved 6" from it's foundation. Note that there used to be a large carport over those two travel trailers which both moved from their pad just below them in the picture.
I lost all of the metal roof and part of the plywood underlayer on the train shed. Here is my SIL stretching a tarp over the missing plywood.
Much of my barn was demolished. Another overhead drone shot made by my grandson.
You can see my train shed roof scattered in the field across the road.
Four other homes bordering on my property were partially damaged, mostly losing their roofs. Another neighbor lost about 40% of his barn.
The most prevalent damage at my place was downed trees. This one just barely missed the house.
Downed power lines were everywhere. The electric company at least marked them.
The real damage to the train shed came three days later when 2" of rain fell and seeped through the seams on the remaining plywood, through the attic and ceiling and onto parts of the layout. Not much, but the water on the floor got everything under the layout thoroughly soaked. Most of the ceiling seams are above aisles.
Being that the train shed is self-insured, I didn't have to wait on adjusters or insurance companies and I had repairs made and a new roof by 5-31.
Updating this thread has taken a temporary backseat. Debris cleanup is primary right now, and it will be followed by a tree removal service now that the ground has dried out enough for them to safely use ladders. It rained another 2" right after the roof was put on. In the meantime, I am carefully fixing the damaged laser-cut wood structures that have been affected.
I will continue with the layout thread updates just as quickly as I can find time. Please be patient. Thank you in advance for looking.