September 11, 2005

• This is my dad and his new friend showing an oak tree who's boss:

  
  

  

  
  

  Here's what a sweet gum did to another part of the fence:

  
  

  

  
  

  We'll tackle the stumps and the roots another day:

  
  

  

  
  

  Here's a picture my dad took of a C 130 refueling a helicopter for (I presume) rescue work.  They've been flying over head nonstop the past two weeks.

  
  

  

  
  

  There is a lot of debris on the front (north) side of the house, but it is embeded into the paint, so it will be a while until we can take care of that.  I found pine cones driven into the ground today as well.  The winds were sustained at 175mph in Slidell, with gusts up to196 mph before the weather station was wiped out.

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