Close, but yet so Far!

[House of Laughter]

I came home today to a 60ft tree that fell on my roof over the corner of the house where my 92g corner tank resides

Ooooo! So close -

House

 

[Melt]

if everyone is well.thats all that counts...with life you can replace . with out life you can't replace...

sorry to hear that

 

[wedfr]

Jim,

I hope everyone and everythign is ok. Let us know how you make out.

 

[jackson6745]

HOLY CRAP JIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is too close of a call. I would break out the chainsaw and cut down all the trees in reach of the tank Hope everything else is ok

[ September 10, 2004, 02:26 AM: Message edited by: jackson6745 ]

 

[alrha]

woah, thats a big tree to fall down just like that. was it THAT windy yesterday?
and Jim. a tree fell on your house and the first thing you do is post a pic of it on Manhattan Reefs? wow, you are loyal!

 

[heuerfan]

Holy smokes, sorry to hear about this. Glad no one was hurt, especially the tank!

How bad is the damage to the house? The REEF GODS must have been watching over your tank, that really was a close call!

Good luck!

[ September 10, 2004, 09:44 AM: Message edited by: heuerfan ]

 

[ShaunW]

Definately a close call. At least you will have plenty of fire wood for the winter or you could cut that sucker up and build your own custom made tank stand, .


Glad no one was hurt also.

 

[beyondnp]

Just get some of those kids you help teach to come over your house and move that tree out of the way!

Glad to hear nobody was hurt.

 

[4angel]

Thank GOD all is well and that only the tree fell. Im sure the family will enjoy planting the new one. Last I saw we had pretty close to five hundred members. Lets say we all plan a group pass by and help Jim get rid of the tree. break out the axes and the lemonaid!!

 

[House of Laughter]

All,

Thanks for the kind words and wishes - I am not sure, but I think Heuerfan was right, the reef gods were looking over me - no power loss, no major damage (mostly cosmetic aluminum gutters etc) and no one was home at the time. Repairs wont even exceed my homeowners policy deductible - go figure.

The irony is that we talked about taking this tree down last week - weird how stuff like that happens.

Well, my neighbor was kind enough to let me use his chain saw (big boy power tools rule) - and after a full day of serious manual labor ( I never knew trees weighed that much) I finished cutting it up and sorting out the branches etc. Sollby, if only we had a fireplace we could return our new boiler

All I can say is that it was one of the most unbelievable things I have ever seen.

Thanks again for the kind words - onto really business - anyone want to buy some corals

Jim

[ September 10, 2004, 09:30 PM: Message edited by: House of Laughter ]

 

[Vic8361]

Wow that was close. glad to hear you and your family are alright. Thank God.
Vic

 

[Rebels23]

WOW. Glad everyone's ok Jim. Looks like the tree heard you were thinking about cutting him down, so he said "If I am going down, I am gonna take some peopel with me"....

 

[House of Laughter]

Yeah, only he didn't succeed

Hope all is well.

Jim

 

[danny]

Hi Jim:

I am glad to hear no one was hurt but that's close.I have similar problem with a monster maple tree in the front of my house & since it is near the curb I cannot cut it down until (per town supervisor)it dies which then could be to late.

Dan

 

[House of Laughter]

Man, I would start to clowly poison that thing to get it out of the way - the last thing you want is "the call". Keep an eye on it, mother nature plays hard ball.

Jim

 

[House of Laughter]

Man, I would start to slowly poison that thing to get it out of the way - the last thing you want is "the call". Keep an eye on it, mother nature plays hard ball.

Jim