Windstorm 2007!
The wind blew the night before last and leveled the boat shelter. We awoke to a large “CRACK!” and a very loud wind storm. We took a quick look around but saw nothing amiss in the dark. I became concerned about the boat shelter and went out to take a look. The strong winds were blowing against the sides of the shelter lifting the legs off the ground. The shelter was going to bash the boat to bits! While Lynn and I were trying to figure out how to move the shelter, the fron cross strut gave way! I asked Lynn to get the dogs back in the house and I loosed the shelter tie downs. After a struggle I was able to push the collapsing shelter over the boat. It then became a big sail pulling the boat and trailer! I used a box knife and slashed each of the panels until the the pulling stopped… We were able to get the shelter jammed under the brush against a large tree. Here’s the result:
Heres’ a close-up of the carnage….
My neighbor, Byron, offered the use of his covered parking until I could come up with a new storage solution…
As it turned out, the loud crack was the snapping of a large, dead pine on the hill out back. It fell along the fence-line and some into the neighbor’s yard – the goat was unharmed – which required Lynn and I limbing and bucking the log yesterday… Very exciting!