Good Morning All. Partly cloudy and 68°, it's not raining! Upper 80's for a few days, then a couple in the low-90's. Nights are not going to be as cool as last night for a while. That's a bad omen for Tomato plants as their flowers do not pollinate with warmer nights. Rain slips in and out of the ten day forecast at the whim of whoever is in charge at the NWS. The days change more often than a newborn's diapers right now.
I need at least a day of dry conditions in order to collect debris from the yard that is left over from the tornado, which they are now classifying as an EF-3. Roof over the train shed was completed yesterday; I have gotten most of the debris out of the pool. No rest for the weary. Wife cajoled me for going to bed while it was still daylight last night, but that's the norm for me from June through August.
I was out in the train shed for a few minutes yesterday, listening to the sound of nail guns on the roof. The water damage is mainly to all of the boxes that are on the floor under the layout. I do seem to have some plywood warpage under one of the upper level staging yards. It may be fixable without too much effort. Several of the laser-cut wood structures will require rework. Cardstock roofs which are standard on American Model Builders kits will be replaced. I've found three so far. For the most part, I am just not touching stuff as I wait for ground foam and other landscape materials to dry out. The water leakage came through the ceiling along the seams between plywood sheets. There are four 32' seams running the length of the room; two of them are directly above aisles, so minimal to no soaking to the layout along those two aisles. Third aisle has seams on either side, and that's where most of the water infiltration occurred. My biggest scene with 11 laser-cut structures remained dry.
While this is a setback, all is somewhat easily fixed, much will need nothing. I haven't turned on the power yet, but I don't expect any issues there either. Most importantly, despite widespread damage around me in our small 70 acre enclave, no one was hurt. There were 7 deaths just a few miles east and I have read that there are over 100 injuries.
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Sherrel - Great news in yesterday morning's post. I have the same issue with children and grandchildren and light switches!
Chris - Absolutely heartbreaking tale regarding the new diesel. It's been a good 25 years since I had a floor model.
Chet - Good to see some more pictures, and some structures that I recognize extra well.
That's enough for now. Time to walk the yard and the mile down the road.