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| [GMCnet] High winds [message #357789] |
Mon, 17 August 2020 21:56  |
stu@97381.com, Emery
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I had heard that parts of the Midwest had 100 mph winds last week. I was talking to Bob Dunahugh today and found out that it hit hard in Cedar Rapids, IA.
He told me:
>
>
> “I talked to a farmer last night that lives about a mile North of our house. He has his own weather station for his farm operation. He had readings of sustained winds of 100 to 110 MPH for just short of an hour. With some gusta in the 135 MPH range. His system isn't built to read anything higher. High wind gust for us is normally around 50 MPH.
> There WAS a large nuclear power plant about 9 miles from our house that HAD two tall cooling towers. Those towers are NO MORE. The big steel electric transmission towers didn't do too well either all over this part of Iowa. We're lucky to have a large substation just South of us. And all the power lines to our area, are underground.
> Repairs start at substation. We got lucky'. The Cedar Rapids area is at about 200,000 people. It's thought that there will be some areas that will not have power for weeks. Travel is still a problem in the Cedar Rapids metro area.
> This area is a large grain hub. So, we have lots of rail road tracks. And to see rows of freight cars blown off the tracks. Huge grain bins blowen apart. With billions of bushels of corn/beans on the ground from each bin. Now it's reported that over 23 million acres of crops are destroyed.
> As for our house. Three trees are on the roof. The West GMC garage/shop did well. Just missing shingles on the roof. It has 2 large overhead doors that face West. I paid well for really good doors 10 years ago.. That extra expense just paid off well.
> The East Yenko garage can hold 6 cars. That roof had 4 trees resting on it. With one large limb putting a hole in the South East corner of that roof. So, water was able to enter. Got the 3/4 in sheet rock ceiling, and the 36 inches of insulation above wet enough that about 25 sq ft of the ceiling came crashing down. Just missing three of the Yenkos in there. One valued at $330,000, The other 2 at $220,000 each. That was way past scary.
> Our commercial property, and apartments fared well. But we had a really nice rental house that didn't. Most of the shingles. Gone. Along with much siding. Then 2 triple pain windows got blown in on the West side.. And the glass from those 2 windows ( and other stuff. ). Blew out 2 windows on the East side of that same house. As to the 2-stall garage that was in the backyard. We haven't been able to find most of it. But that's OK. Because the wind delivered most of someone else's 2-stall garage where are’s was. That seems fair. RIGHT? GRIN.
> Bottom line. We got off scot free. With basically no damage. In comparison to the massive devastation that so many thousands ended up with. So many commercial buildings destroyed. And if your work place is still standing there’s no electric service on anyway. To see a metro area this size. Just black at night. So unreal.
> Our buildings have 4 ft footings. To be below the Winter freeze line. Our water/sewer lines have to be 4 ft below ground level. 6-8 inch outside walls. 36 inches of insulation above the ceilings. Our structures are built to withstand extreme cold. But not this. Bob Dunahugh”
I don’t know if other GMCers in the area have damage but it’s likely.
Emery Stora
77 Kingsley
Frederick CO
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| Re: [GMCnet] High winds [message #357797 is a reply to message #357789] |
Tue, 18 August 2020 09:07  |
JohnL455
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I’m an hour NW of Chicago and it was a derecho, big straight line winds. You could hear it coming and every tree was bent to the east. GMC indoors. I had wired all the patio furniture to keep it from becoming projectiles. The tree crews had just trimmed at the road powerlines and my service is underground so no interruptions. O’hare area a bit worse and big damage on Chicago’s northern lake shore (Rogers Park) where several tornados touched down in the city. My tomato cages were bent over but easily bent back and tomatoes fine. Pretty lucky.
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
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| Re: [GMCnet] High winds [message #357798 is a reply to message #357789] |
Tue, 18 August 2020 09:23 |
Ken Shaffer
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yes, our area, Cedar Rapids and Marion Iowa was hit very hard. National
news isnt covering this devastation much, but it is unreal! I was also
lucky like Bob was and only had minimal damage compared to so many here.
Many roofs have been ripped off and almost all have been damaged. So many
structures completely destroyed. This storm hit us one week ago yesterday
and we still have 30,000 people without power. I took a crew of "young
muscle" to Bob's house to help him get the trees off his roofs and cut up
the many trees that had fallen on his property. He is in pretty good shape
now and has power. So he is safe. Both our GMC's were undamaged! :)
On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 9:56 PM Emery Stora via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
>
> I had heard that parts of the Midwest had 100 mph winds last week. I was
> talking to Bob Dunahugh today and found out that it hit hard in Cedar
> Rapids, IA.
> He told me:
>>
>>
>> “I talked to a farmer last night that lives about a mile North of
> our house. He has his own weather station for his farm operation. He had
> readings of sustained winds of 100 to 110 MPH for just short of an hour.
> With some gusta in the 135 MPH range. His system isn't built to read
> anything higher. High wind gust for us is normally around 50 MPH.
>> There WAS a large nuclear power plant about 9 miles from our house
> that HAD two tall cooling towers. Those towers are NO MORE. The big steel
> electric transmission towers didn't do too well either all over this part
> of Iowa. We're lucky to have a large substation just South of us. And all
> the power lines to our area, are underground.
>> Repairs start at substation. We got lucky'. The Cedar Rapids area is
> at about 200,000 people. It's thought that there will be some areas that
> will not have power for weeks. Travel is still a problem in the Cedar
> Rapids metro area.
>> This area is a large grain hub. So, we have lots of rail road
> tracks. And to see rows of freight cars blown off the tracks. Huge grain
> bins blowen apart. With billions of bushels of corn/beans on the ground
> from each bin. Now it's reported that over 23 million acres of crops are
> destroyed.
>> As for our house. Three trees are on the roof. The West GMC
> garage/shop did well. Just missing shingles on the roof. It has 2 large
> overhead doors that face West. I paid well for really good doors 10 years
> ago.. That extra expense just paid off well.
>> The East Yenko garage can hold 6 cars. That roof had 4 trees
> resting on it. With one large limb putting a hole in the South East corner
> of that roof. So, water was able to enter. Got the 3/4 in sheet rock
> ceiling, and the 36 inches of insulation above wet enough that about 25 sq
> ft of the ceiling came crashing down. Just missing three of the Yenkos in
> there. One valued at $330,000, The other 2 at $220,000 each. That was way
> past scary.
>> Our commercial property, and apartments fared well. But we had a
> really nice rental house that didn't. Most of the shingles. Gone. Along
> with much siding. Then 2 triple pain windows got blown in on the West
> side.. And the glass from those 2 windows ( and other stuff. ). Blew out 2
> windows on the East side of that same house. As to the 2-stall garage that
> was in the backyard. We haven't been able to find most of it. But that's
> OK. Because the wind delivered most of someone else's 2-stall garage where
> are’s was. That seems fair. RIGHT? GRIN.
>> Bottom line. We got off scot free. With basically no damage. In
> comparison to the massive devastation that so many thousands ended up with.
> So many commercial buildings destroyed. And if your work place is still
> standing there’s no electric service on anyway. To see a metro area this
> size. Just black at night. So unreal.
>> Our buildings have 4 ft footings. To be below the Winter freeze
> line. Our water/sewer lines have to be 4 ft below ground level. 6-8 inch
> outside walls. 36 inches of insulation above the ceilings. Our structures
> are built to withstand extreme cold. But not this. Bob Dunahugh”
>
> I don’t know if other GMCers in the area have damage but it’s likely.
>
> Emery Stora
> 77 Kingsley
> Frederick CO
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| Re: [GMCnet] High winds [message #357800 is a reply to message #357798] |
Tue, 18 August 2020 10:02 |
Mike Kelley
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Ken S.:
Good on ya man!
I talked to Bob last nite and so know he is very appreciative of you and the “young muscle” that you brought to assist him!
Thanks for being a Gr8 example of how it should be done.
Mike/The Corvair a holic
Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 18, 2020, at 9:23 AM, Ken Shaffer via Gmclist wrote:
>
> yes, our area, Cedar Rapids and Marion Iowa was hit very hard. National
> news isnt covering this devastation much, but it is unreal! I was also
> lucky like Bob was and only had minimal damage compared to so many here.
> Many roofs have been ripped off and almost all have been damaged. So many
> structures completely destroyed. This storm hit us one week ago yesterday
> and we still have 30,000 people without power. I took a crew of "young
> muscle" to Bob's house to help him get the trees off his roofs and cut up
> the many trees that had fallen on his property. He is in pretty good shape
> now and has power. So he is safe. Both our GMC's were undamaged! :)
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 9:56 PM Emery Stora via Gmclist gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> I had heard that parts of the Midwest had 100 mph winds last week. I was
>> talking to Bob Dunahugh today and found out that it hit hard in Cedar
>> Rapids, IA.
>> He told me:
>>>
>>>
>>> “I talked to a farmer last night that lives about a mile North of
>> our house. He has his own weather station for his farm operation. He had
>> readings of sustained winds of 100 to 110 MPH for just short of an hour.
>> With some gusta in the 135 MPH range. His system isn't built to read
>> anything higher. High wind gust for us is normally around 50 MPH.
>>> There WAS a large nuclear power plant about 9 miles from our house
>> that HAD two tall cooling towers. Those towers are NO MORE. The big steel
>> electric transmission towers didn't do too well either all over this part
>> of Iowa. We're lucky to have a large substation just South of us. And all
>> the power lines to our area, are underground.
>>> Repairs start at substation. We got lucky'. The Cedar Rapids area is
>> at about 200,000 people. It's thought that there will be some areas that
>> will not have power for weeks. Travel is still a problem in the Cedar
>> Rapids metro area.
>>> This area is a large grain hub. So, we have lots of rail road
>> tracks. And to see rows of freight cars blown off the tracks. Huge grain
>> bins blowen apart. With billions of bushels of corn/beans on the ground
>> from each bin. Now it's reported that over 23 million acres of crops are
>> destroyed.
>>> As for our house. Three trees are on the roof. The West GMC
>> garage/shop did well. Just missing shingles on the roof. It has 2 large
>> overhead doors that face West. I paid well for really good doors 10 years
>> ago.. That extra expense just paid off well.
>>> The East Yenko garage can hold 6 cars. That roof had 4 trees
>> resting on it. With one large limb putting a hole in the South East corner
>> of that roof. So, water was able to enter. Got the 3/4 in sheet rock
>> ceiling, and the 36 inches of insulation above wet enough that about 25 sq
>> ft of the ceiling came crashing down. Just missing three of the Yenkos in
>> there. One valued at $330,000, The other 2 at $220,000 each. That was way
>> past scary.
>>> Our commercial property, and apartments fared well. But we had a
>> really nice rental house that didn't. Most of the shingles. Gone. Along
>> with much siding. Then 2 triple pain windows got blown in on the West
>> side.. And the glass from those 2 windows ( and other stuff. ). Blew out 2
>> windows on the East side of that same house. As to the 2-stall garage that
>> was in the backyard. We haven't been able to find most of it. But that's
>> OK. Because the wind delivered most of someone else's 2-stall garage where
>> are’s was. That seems fair. RIGHT? GRIN.
>>> Bottom line. We got off scot free. With basically no damage. In
>> comparison to the massive devastation that so many thousands ended up with.
>> So many commercial buildings destroyed. And if your work place is still
>> standing there’s no electric service on anyway. To see a metro area this
>> size. Just black at night. So unreal.
>>> Our buildings have 4 ft footings. To be below the Winter freeze
>> line. Our water/sewer lines have to be 4 ft below ground level. 6-8 inch
>> outside walls. 36 inches of insulation above the ceilings. Our structures
>> are built to withstand extreme cold. But not this. Bob Dunahugh”
>>
>> I don’t know if other GMCers in the area have damage but it’s likely.
>>
>> Emery Stora
>> 77 Kingsley
>> Frederick CO
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| Re: [GMCnet] High winds [message #357803 is a reply to message #357800] |
Tue, 18 August 2020 10:29 |
James Hupy
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Ken Shafer, thank you for getting done what I wish I could have done to
help Bob with his windstorm damage. We had a hurricane go through Salem on
Columbus Day in the 60's with similar wind speeds. It laid most of the rare
trees on the State Capitol Grounds flat, blew down facades on brick
buildings, tore roofs off. Flattened industrial metal buildings. Knocked
out electrical power that took weeks to restore. Saw many ordinary
citizens with chain saws out rescuing people trapped in their cars by
fallen limbs and trees. Storm hit about afternoon rush hour. Devastation is
my best description of the aftermath. I can only guess at what you guys are
facing. GMCers standing shoulder to shoulder helping each other through
difficult times makes me proud to be a member of this community.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
On Tue, Aug 18, 2020, 8:03 AM Mike Kelley via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> Ken S.:
> Good on ya man!
> I talked to Bob last nite and so know he is very appreciative of you and
> the “young muscle” that you brought to assist him!
> Thanks for being a Gr8 example of how it should be done.
> Mike/The Corvair a holic
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 18, 2020, at 9:23 AM, Ken Shaffer via Gmclist gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> yes, our area, Cedar Rapids and Marion Iowa was hit very hard. National
>> news isnt covering this devastation much, but it is unreal! I was also
>> lucky like Bob was and only had minimal damage compared to so many here.
>> Many roofs have been ripped off and almost all have been damaged. So
> many
>> structures completely destroyed. This storm hit us one week ago
> yesterday
>> and we still have 30,000 people without power. I took a crew of "young
>> muscle" to Bob's house to help him get the trees off his roofs and cut up
>> the many trees that had fallen on his property. He is in pretty good
> shape
>> now and has power. So he is safe. Both our GMC's were undamaged! :)
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 9:56 PM Emery Stora via Gmclist > gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I had heard that parts of the Midwest had 100 mph winds last week. I
> was
>>> talking to Bob Dunahugh today and found out that it hit hard in Cedar
>>> Rapids, IA.
>>> He told me:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> “I talked to a farmer last night that lives about a mile North of
>>> our house. He has his own weather station for his farm operation. He had
>>> readings of sustained winds of 100 to 110 MPH for just short of an hour.
>>> With some gusta in the 135 MPH range. His system isn't built to read
>>> anything higher. High wind gust for us is normally around 50 MPH.
>>>> There WAS a large nuclear power plant about 9 miles from our house
>>> that HAD two tall cooling towers. Those towers are NO MORE. The big
> steel
>>> electric transmission towers didn't do too well either all over this
> part
>>> of Iowa. We're lucky to have a large substation just South of us. And
> all
>>> the power lines to our area, are underground.
>>>> Repairs start at substation. We got lucky'. The Cedar Rapids area is
>>> at about 200,000 people. It's thought that there will be some areas that
>>> will not have power for weeks. Travel is still a problem in the Cedar
>>> Rapids metro area.
>>>> This area is a large grain hub. So, we have lots of rail road
>>> tracks. And to see rows of freight cars blown off the tracks. Huge
> grain
>>> bins blowen apart. With billions of bushels of corn/beans on the ground
>>> from each bin. Now it's reported that over 23 million acres of crops are
>>> destroyed.
>>>> As for our house. Three trees are on the roof. The West GMC
>>> garage/shop did well. Just missing shingles on the roof. It has 2 large
>>> overhead doors that face West. I paid well for really good doors 10
> years
>>> ago.. That extra expense just paid off well.
>>>> The East Yenko garage can hold 6 cars. That roof had 4 trees
>>> resting on it. With one large limb putting a hole in the South East
> corner
>>> of that roof. So, water was able to enter. Got the 3/4 in sheet rock
>>> ceiling, and the 36 inches of insulation above wet enough that about 25
> sq
>>> ft of the ceiling came crashing down. Just missing three of the Yenkos
> in
>>> there. One valued at $330,000, The other 2 at $220,000 each. That was
> way
>>> past scary.
>>>> Our commercial property, and apartments fared well. But we had a
>>> really nice rental house that didn't. Most of the shingles. Gone. Along
>>> with much siding. Then 2 triple pain windows got blown in on the West
>>> side.. And the glass from those 2 windows ( and other stuff. ). Blew
> out 2
>>> windows on the East side of that same house. As to the 2-stall garage
> that
>>> was in the backyard. We haven't been able to find most of it. But that's
>>> OK. Because the wind delivered most of someone else's 2-stall garage
> where
>>> are’s was. That seems fair. RIGHT? GRIN.
>>>> Bottom line. We got off scot free. With basically no damage. In
>>> comparison to the massive devastation that so many thousands ended up
> with.
>>> So many commercial buildings destroyed. And if your work place is still
>>> standing there’s no electric service on anyway. To see a metro area
> this
>>> size. Just black at night. So unreal.
>>>> Our buildings have 4 ft footings. To be below the Winter freeze
>>> line. Our water/sewer lines have to be 4 ft below ground level. 6-8 inch
>>> outside walls. 36 inches of insulation above the ceilings. Our
> structures
>>> are built to withstand extreme cold. But not this. Bob Dunahugh”
>>>
>>> I don’t know if other GMCers in the area have damage but it’s likely.
>>>
>>> Emery Stora
>>> 77 Kingsley
>>> Frederick CO
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| Re: [GMCnet] High winds [message #357807 is a reply to message #357803] |
Tue, 18 August 2020 12:04 |
Jerry Wheeler
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James Hupy is referring to the storm known as the Columbus Day storm, as it
occurred on October 14, 1962 best I recall. I was living in Corvallis
going to school at the time. This storm toppled many trees in the coast
range and prevented my future wife from coming to visit me as the roads
were blocked for several days. Remember it well.............
JR Wheeler 78 Royale NC/OR
On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 11:30 AM James Hupy via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> Ken Shafer, thank you for getting done what I wish I could have done to
> help Bob with his windstorm damage. We had a hurricane go through Salem on
> Columbus Day in the 60's with similar wind speeds. It laid most of the rare
> trees on the State Capitol Grounds flat, blew down facades on brick
> buildings, tore roofs off. Flattened industrial metal buildings. Knocked
> out electrical power that took weeks to restore. Saw many ordinary
> citizens with chain saws out rescuing people trapped in their cars by
> fallen limbs and trees. Storm hit about afternoon rush hour. Devastation is
> my best description of the aftermath. I can only guess at what you guys are
> facing. GMCers standing shoulder to shoulder helping each other through
> difficult times makes me proud to be a member of this community.
> Jim Hupy
> Salem, Oregon
>
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2020, 8:03 AM Mike Kelley via Gmclist gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Ken S.:
>> Good on ya man!
>> I talked to Bob last nite and so know he is very appreciative of you and
>> the “young muscle” that you brought to assist him!
>> Thanks for being a Gr8 example of how it should be done.
>> Mike/The Corvair a holic
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Aug 18, 2020, at 9:23 AM, Ken Shaffer via Gmclist > gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> yes, our area, Cedar Rapids and Marion Iowa was hit very hard.
> National
>>> news isnt covering this devastation much, but it is unreal! I was also
>>> lucky like Bob was and only had minimal damage compared to so many
> here.
>>> Many roofs have been ripped off and almost all have been damaged. So
>> many
>>> structures completely destroyed. This storm hit us one week ago
>> yesterday
>>> and we still have 30,000 people without power. I took a crew of "young
>>> muscle" to Bob's house to help him get the trees off his roofs and cut
> up
>>> the many trees that had fallen on his property. He is in pretty good
>> shape
>>> now and has power. So he is safe. Both our GMC's were undamaged! :)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 9:56 PM Emery Stora via Gmclist >> gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I had heard that parts of the Midwest had 100 mph winds last week. I
>> was
>>>> talking to Bob Dunahugh today and found out that it hit hard in Cedar
>>>> Rapids, IA.
>>>> He told me:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > “I talked to a farmer last night that lives about a mile North
> of
>>>> our house. He has his own weather station for his farm operation. He
> had
>>>> readings of sustained winds of 100 to 110 MPH for just short of an
> hour.
>>>> With some gusta in the 135 MPH range. His system isn't built to read
>>>> anything higher. High wind gust for us is normally around 50 MPH.
>>>> > There WAS a large nuclear power plant about 9 miles from our house
>>>> that HAD two tall cooling towers. Those towers are NO MORE. The big
>> steel
>>>> electric transmission towers didn't do too well either all over this
>> part
>>>> of Iowa. We're lucky to have a large substation just South of us. And
>> all
>>>> the power lines to our area, are underground.
>>>> > Repairs start at substation. We got lucky'. The Cedar Rapids area
> is
>>>> at about 200,000 people. It's thought that there will be some areas
> that
>>>> will not have power for weeks. Travel is still a problem in the Cedar
>>>> Rapids metro area.
>>>> > This area is a large grain hub. So, we have lots of rail road
>>>> tracks. And to see rows of freight cars blown off the tracks. Huge
>> grain
>>>> bins blowen apart. With billions of bushels of corn/beans on the
> ground
>>>> from each bin. Now it's reported that over 23 million acres of crops
> are
>>>> destroyed.
>>>> > As for our house. Three trees are on the roof. The West GMC
>>>> garage/shop did well. Just missing shingles on the roof. It has 2
> large
>>>> overhead doors that face West. I paid well for really good doors 10
>> years
>>>> ago.. That extra expense just paid off well.
>>>> > The East Yenko garage can hold 6 cars. That roof had 4 trees
>>>> resting on it. With one large limb putting a hole in the South East
>> corner
>>>> of that roof. So, water was able to enter. Got the 3/4 in sheet rock
>>>> ceiling, and the 36 inches of insulation above wet enough that about
> 25
>> sq
>>>> ft of the ceiling came crashing down. Just missing three of the
> Yenkos
>> in
>>>> there. One valued at $330,000, The other 2 at $220,000 each. That was
>> way
>>>> past scary.
>>>> > Our commercial property, and apartments fared well. But we had a
>>>> really nice rental house that didn't. Most of the shingles. Gone.
> Along
>>>> with much siding. Then 2 triple pain windows got blown in on the West
>>>> side.. And the glass from those 2 windows ( and other stuff. ). Blew
>> out 2
>>>> windows on the East side of that same house. As to the 2-stall garage
>> that
>>>> was in the backyard. We haven't been able to find most of it. But
> that's
>>>> OK. Because the wind delivered most of someone else's 2-stall garage
>> where
>>>> are’s was. That seems fair. RIGHT? GRIN.
>>>> > Bottom line. We got off scot free. With basically no damage. In
>>>> comparison to the massive devastation that so many thousands ended up
>> with.
>>>> So many commercial buildings destroyed. And if your work place is
> still
>>>> standing there’s no electric service on anyway. To see a metro area
>> this
>>>> size. Just black at night. So unreal.
>>>> > Our buildings have 4 ft footings. To be below the Winter freeze
>>>> line. Our water/sewer lines have to be 4 ft below ground level. 6-8
> inch
>>>> outside walls. 36 inches of insulation above the ceilings. Our
>> structures
>>>> are built to withstand extreme cold. But not this. Bob Dunahugh”
>>>>
>>>> I don’t know if other GMCers in the area have damage but it’s likely.
>>>>
>>>> Emery Stora
>>>> 77 Kingsley
>>>> Frederick CO
>>>> _______________________________________________
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| Re: [GMCnet] High winds [message #357845 is a reply to message #357789] |
Wed, 19 August 2020 08:29 |
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Richard RV
Messages: 631
Registered: July 2012
Location: Full-timer for 12 years, ...
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Geez, that's terrible but I'm glad the Dunahughs are okay. Everything else is just parts.
Thanks for posting this Emery.
Richard
'77 Birchaven TZE...777;
'76 Palm Beach under construction;
‘76 Edgemont waiting its turn
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| Re: [GMCnet] High winds [message #357850 is a reply to message #357822] |
Wed, 19 August 2020 08:50 |
Ken Shaffer
Messages: 89
Registered: September 2017
Location: Marion Iowa
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thanks guys, I sure wasn't looking for a pat on the back but just wanted
you all to know that your O'l buddy Bob was ok. I was just out doing what
almost every able Iowan with a chainsaw has been doing this last week.
Helping neighbors and friends. So many mature trees snapped off or
uprooted. Its crazy!
Ken
On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 2:22 PM Fred Hudspeth via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> Ken,
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> I add my admiration/respect to that of others on this forum for the
> generous
> assistance you provided Bob. I read Emery's account of the damage he
> incurred.
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> Fred Hudspeth
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> Fred Hudspeth
> 1978 Royale (TZE 368V101335) - Tyler, TX
> 1982 Airstream Excella (motorhome) - Cooper Landing, Alaska
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 09:23:07 -0500
> From: Ken Shaffer
> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] High winds
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> yes, our area, Cedar Rapids and Marion Iowa was hit very hard. National
> news isnt covering this devastation much, but it is unreal! I was also
> lucky like Bob was and only had minimal damage compared to so many here.
> Many roofs have been ripped off and almost all have been damaged. So many
> structures completely destroyed. This storm hit us one week ago yesterday
> and we still have 30,000 people without power. I took a crew of "young
> muscle" to Bob's house to help him get the trees off his roofs and cut up
> the many trees that had fallen on his property. He is in pretty good shape
> now and has power. So he is safe. Both our GMC's were undamaged! :)
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73 Canyon Lands, 455, Micro-level, Alum radiator, Alcoa wheels, Lenzi hubs/bearings, Howell EFI/EBL, Rostra Cruise, Custom interior
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