Sandy claimed some big'uns

glad everyone is ok, take some pics for us once the weather smartens up a lil more

Joful said:

Wife just called and said she spotted some roof damage from the winds. Looks like I'll be doing some roof repair after work tonight.

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Looks like you got out with a few scratches compared to some.
Some roof work & you'll be almost good as before she hit. Be careful up there
Glad all OK.
At least we know the wood down near you will not end up in a land fill

Joful, be careful on the roof.
Make lemonade when handed lemons. I know you will.

Walnut a real shame for sure but will still make firewood or many other things too.

I know I shouldn't think like this, but last night as Sandy was passing by us, all I could think of was the scrounges for this morning. When this morning came and I made some calls there was hardly anything to be had.

Thankfully we did ok. Just no power but have the gen and jotul going. Got down into the 30's last night. Early for me but glad i have wood in the shed. Just like money in the bank.

My Oslo heats my home said:

I know I shouldn't think like this, but last night as Sandy was passing by us, all I could think of was the scrounges for this morning. When this morning came and I made some calls there was hardly anything to be had.

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I was thinking the same thing.....did see a couple of possible scrounges, but I've got my own mess to deal with at the moment....then I'll hit the streets

My Oslo heats my home said:

I know I shouldn't think like this, but last night as Sandy was passing by us, all I could think of was the scrounges for this morning. When this morning came and I made some calls there was hardly anything to be had.

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I only saw a few scattered here and there, not as bad as I thought it would be. My brotheres neighbor did promise me the two downed trees on his property.

Any tree big enough to have its truck fall on the house has been removed. Only have one left next to the garage. I don't miss any of them and my truck is cleaner. Still many trees here, but at least they won't come in through the roof. A big oak fell on the property across the road. Soil was not deep enough. Ledge here most everywhere just a couple of feet down.

Only 1 tree down on street. And i spoke to the property owner and he is keeping it. He did tell me that an older woman up the street alittle farther had a tree go down in her backyard that he cut up for her and now she wants all her trees taken down. He said that this saturday he is going to do that. He said he would cut up a entire oak and leave it for me to come get. I will probably go up there with the husqvarna and give him a hand, and make a firewood "connection" cant hurt...

My Oslo heats my home said:

I know I shouldn't think like this, but last night as Sandy was passing by us, all I could think of was the scrounges for this morning. When this morning came and I made some calls there was hardly anything to be had.

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Why not? One man's firewood scrounge is another man's storm cleanup. Woodcutting is a public service after a storm.

We were pretty lucky also. Damage tally around the house-

One 80 foot white pine, top half split off.
One 60 or 70 foot unidentified tree in the back yard blown down.
One small half dead tree in the dog run blown down.
One small piece of roof shingle in the yard - still don't know where my roof is missing that piece
Damage to house - none!

I haven't been in my woodlot yet, so that could be a complete fiasco but they'll grow back

My neighbor had three big boys come down on his land. I cut a 60 footer out of his driveway yesterday morning and he has a HUGE oak that came down at the end of our road. I'll probably start on that this weekend. His house was also unscathed.

I took today off to be with my daughter on Halloween so I will probably get some cutting done this morning. I'll take some pics when I do.

After spending the night in the basement in case something hit the house, I was a little disappointed to find only two small maples down in our yard, one of which was already damaged. My risk management approach has been to prioritize taking down large trees on the SW side of the house, since this is the prevailing thunderstorm direction, so I was a little extra concerned about those high winds from the North.
Hope everyone else here was safe too.

TE

My Oslo heats my home said:

know I shouldn't think like this, but last night as Sandy was passing by us, all I could think of was the scrounges for this morning. When this morning came and I made some calls there was hardly anything to be had.

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Same here but thankfully Sandy did us little harm in upper DE. Drove around yesterday and the only downed tree to be seen was Bradford pear split down the middle (which is the 4th Bradford pear I've see go that way)

I was at Camp and we lost 36 trees total lots of pines tones of leaners, lots of work ahead

Joful said:

There are more trees down than I know what to do with. If I had the time, I could likely scrounge 3-4 years supply from this storm, but unfortunately, I have my own mess to attend.

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Attend to your stuff, I bet there'll be wood to be had after you get your stuff squared away.

Got lucky, I did not lose a single tree or even a shingle off the roof.

That said, I identified 5 problem trees during Irene that could do serious damage to my home during a storm like that (and are likely to come down on it), but I never had them taken down. I will have them laid down over the coming weeks (as soon as the tree services cool it on the price gouging). The trees are 2X the size of anything I have ever cut down, they are all leaning toward my house and are very close to it. Bring them down is outside of my skill set.