Good Morning All. Partly cloudy and 66° this morning. Thunderstorms again last night that thankfully broke up just prior to getting here, ,and some headed south. That thunderstorm yesterday morning left 1.6" of rain in the gauge, but there was further damage regarding the train shed. More on that below. Cooler temperatures for the next few days, but the official forecast is showing thunderstorms for 9 of the next 10 days. David has sent his weather across the pond to us.
Real busy day coming up today. The roofer is due about 0800 to both inspect the roof on the house that he put on a couple of months ago, and measure and quote for the train shed replacement. I don't really need a quote, I just want him to get it replaced. He said that dependent on rain, he could get it this week.
Then we head to town to the makeup doctor appointment with the ENT guy, stopping ahead of that at the cell phone place to resolve my phone issue. Wife has decided that we both get new phones and they can transfer data and stuff while we are at the doctor. As soon as we return home, my contractor buddy is supposed to meet us at 1:00 with his partner and enough plywood and supplies to fix the places where it is missing. He knows that he needs to get that done quickly, or the roofing guy will get that part of the job as well. The fascia and trim can be done at any time later.
Then when all is said and done, we have to head to Dallas tonight for our grandsons combination birthday party. Their birthday's are a day apart, one will be 15 and the other will be 17. My how time flies! We will be eating at their favorite Italian restaurant, which is a good place but not as good as our local to us one is.
I did a lot of general cleanup yesterday. A lot of old stuff blew out of the collapsing barn and is scattered about the yard. Unfortunately I can't put it anywhere since my neighbor's tractor sustained a little damage and we couldn't get the trash dumpster moved back in place yet. Now the ground around it and the path back is super-saturated and I would have to repair wheel ruts if we do it before tomorrow...maybe. I have enough stuff to do without that hassle.
I also spent a lot of time cleaning debris out of the pool, leaves, branches and assorted junk that had blown into it. Note that it was perfectly clean on Saturday evening before the weather event. My chemical balance yesterday was good however, as any good news is welcome right now. Temperature is still a little low at 68°, but I am not having to add water.
Now the bad news regarding the train shed. While there was no damage of any kind from the tornado Saturday night, the rain yesterday did a number on it. It seeped between the plywood joints on the roof, thoroughly soaked the insulation in the attic, leaked through the seams in the plywood ceiling and soaked most everything inside. I was too depressed to really survey the layout, but I am hopeful that the wood doesn't swell too badly to require any major rebuild. I was expecting some water leakage, but not quite as much as I found. Fans are going full blast.
Troy - Good for your family that the Mom ordeal is positive so far. Continued best wishes.
Patrick - Belated Happy Anniversary.
Sherrel - If you see this, best wishes with the chemo this week. It was good talking with you Sunday.
Mike - That's what happens to almost all furniture in my brother's neighborhood. The scavengers know which Monday the city of Dallas picks up bulk discards, and they are out en masse on Sunday evening with their pick-up trucks and trailers and pretty much clean up.
I need to start my busy day, already fielded a phone call from my buddy contractor. The roofer will be here soon.
Everybody have a great day.
Nothing that was damaged was insured. But fixing the train shed roof is still cheaper than the insurance that I would have paid. The barn that I no longer actively use is in the process of being dismantled anyway.
