As many of you probably know, I am still slowly recovering from Hurricane Isabel. I have finally removed the remains of my shed, and I am making good progress on splitting the wood left over from the downed trees. This weekend I decided to do something about the large stump from one of the trees. It was too big to pull out, and would have taken a LOT of effort and digging, and using the chainsaw in the dirt to remove. So I did what any other red-blooded American would do… I made it into a chair, with an armrest, and a beer holder.
Of course to make this happen I had to do many things with my chainsaw that my user manual warned could result in grievous bodily harm and/or death. In other words don’t try this at home, or at least don’t try this in my yard where I may be found liable. For info on the correct way to use your chainsaw, here is a great guide.
Now if I can just get some sort of shed up in the yard I will be about done with this recovery process. Hopefully, just in time to get behind on my spring and summer yard work.
March 24th, 2004 at 2:56 pm
Where do you live that you were affected by hurricane isabel? How much work do you have left to do to clean up from the storm?
March 24th, 2004 at 2:57 pm
Oh, and I’m asking because I’m reporter currently writing a story on the ongoing relief process from Isabel. Drop me an email and I’ll ask you more questions if you’re willing to chat more. Thanks!
March 24th, 2004 at 4:48 pm
My response if anyone else is interested.
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I live in Vienna, VA and the heavy rains and tropical storm force winds that came through the area knocked over two trees in my yard, crushing my shed in the process. I also had damage to a couple of areas of my fence.
I still have to build a new shed, finish repairing my fence, and finish splitting and removing the wood from the tree. So hopefully I will be done in the next month.
It has taken me this long because I have only been able to devote 5-8 hours a week to the clean up. Our insurance did not cover any of the damage so I have done most of the work myself with a bit of help from friends and neighbors.
Here is a link to some of the pictures.
http://randy.amber.org/pics/hurricane_isabel/Hurricane_Isabel.html
March 25th, 2004 at 8:51 am
hey, don’t forget about the crushed deck furniture!
March 25th, 2004 at 10:33 am
Oh yeah, the tree also flattened two pieces of outdoor furniture, and a charcoal BBQ grill. Although I have managed to hammer the grill back into a mostly usable shape.
And I tore a couple of shirts in the cleanup, but I don’t think that counts.