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Re: Eh, I thought trees falling and causing damage to roofs bcos of storms only
The United States is a more barbaric country than most of the world supposes. Instead of having proper cities, most of our houses are thrown individually or in a clump along some path through the wilderness. These paths are made drivable by slapping macadam over them and giving them cute names like Lois Lane or Della Street. Most of these macadamized paths, which we call "roads", have yellow stripes painted down the middle, indicating a NASCAR training track which we call a "highway". To give themselves a margin of safety from motorists veering down their "highway", most homeowners encourage the re-growth of trees. This is quite effective as many drivers hit these trees every week, leaving the houses unharmed. However, during any storm of any strength, many trees come down, some near a house and often one or more hit the house.
So you see, the prevention mechanism is in place against cars crashing into homes but this has the side effect of trees sometimes crashing into roofs during storms.
posted by
cpklapper
on July 27, 2010 at 9:06 AM
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Eh, I thought trees falling and causing damage to roofs bcos of storms only
happened in India. I also thought you had better prevention mechanisms? Of course, I've been reading about hurricanes. But that's a different matter. It's not the everyday storm.
posted by
Straightforward
on July 26, 2010 at 6:53 PM
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I am so thankful for air conditioning as well! I'm glad to read that your friend is okay and will be sure to pray for her.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on July 26, 2010 at 2:03 PM
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I will pray for your neighbour MandaLee. Praise God she wasn't hurt! I'm glad you're able to stay cool.
posted by
lovelyladymonk
on July 26, 2010 at 7:08 AM
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