We were pretty lucky Sunday. We kept our power and there was no major damage to the place. We did lose cable with a large limb fell on the line.
I moved the container plants together and closer to the house. The couple of fig trees with fruit went on the protected side of the house. It is a good thing I moved them as a large branch ended up falling where they were. The raspberry plants were stripped clean of ripe fruit and many of their leaves were shredded and burnt on the edges from the drying winds I guess. We didn’t get but a couple of drops of rain.
Just before the winds came I decided to lower the dead antenna. It had been taken out by a storm some time back (as was the one before it) and it had just been hanging there. The plan was to remove it when we took the A/C out of the window as the removal process necessitates me hanging out an upstairs window. When I heard about the winds that were coming I decided to go ahead and remove it so it wouldn’t blow around and hit the house. I don’t know what they make antennas out of these days that turns them into tree magnets. As it laid on the ground a broken branch landed on it.
Glad to see that you guys got through the storm okay. Here in Austin we got the same – lots of wind and very little rain. We did get FEMA letters on our doors though, telling us to fill the tub and get extra batteries. All that good stuff. I’m just glad it didn’t turn out as bad as they said it would.