Re: [OT] My Hometown blew away!

On 2024-11-24, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

On 11/24/2024 5:08 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

On the 22nd, winds from the Pacific weather event ripped through my
hometown. Hawthorne won the Northern Nevada wind race!
The town is at the south end of a wind funnel, and 100 mph winds are not
unheard of. I even experienced a few. They make you light on your feet.
Also, watch your six as the town moves ten feet to the south. ;)
 
[ObFood last night] steak, mashed potatoes and my ubiquitous canned
green beans.
 
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We had that last hurricane.  Depends on building codes.  Here, we are
built for 150 mph, some will be 180 now.  Most places never see more
than 60 t0 75 around the country and code is about 90 to 100.  Amazing
the damage it can do. .

We had a shingle-lifting wind come through a few weeks after we
bought the house in 2000.  My husband was able to patch it with
some roofing cement; his kludge lasted 10 years.

If we got a _real_ wind, I fear the roof would just lift off the
house.  Neither of us has crawled into the eaves to investigate,
but the rafters are either just perched on the top row of concrete
block, or there's some sort of nailer that they're toe nailed into.

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Cindy Hamilton