Sounds formidable, Jan. 100kts, as in about 115mph?
It is sad to lose old trees, but fruit trees have a special history. We have
some very old fruit trees still in our garden, but we have lost several to some
sort of “rust” over the last 25 years.
Chris
> On 25 Dec 2018, at 22:56, Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Speaking of disasters, we got our power back after just 44 hours, 47 minutes,
> and 50 seconds after the worst wind storm in some 20 years hit last Thursday.
> 100 knot gusts were clocked. At peak disruption, BC Hydro reports as many as
> 800,000 people were without electricity. There are still about 17,000 without
> power. We lost a 140-year-old pear tree.
>
> But we’re on a main road. People in remote areas of our island have been told
> it may be a week or more.
>
> There’s a “strata” across the street (that’s Canadian for a land-sharing
> situation similar to a “condominium” in the US) that has a private power
> distribution system to some dozen houses spread across some 70 acres. They’re
> on a forested slope, and there are trees down everywhere. BC Hydro came to
> their “demarcation” near the road, and said, “Works fine here! Good luck!”
> They’re looking at perhaps $100,000 to get their power back, not covered by
> insurance!
>
> Of course, this doesn’t really compare to Ken’s situation, but wherever you
> are, be thankful that your lights are on and the weather isn’t coming through
> the cracks.
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