Snafu
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I decided to start up a new thread from the one I had in "General Beer Discussion" as this will be more on topic. For you new readers, here's a recap. Hurricane Irene (hereafter referred to as Wench) picked up and relocated a 90' Maple tree on top of my Brew Haus (hereafter referred to as Man Cave or Cave). Diameter approx 3 to 3 1/2 foot, a real nice one! Rebuilding plans are in the works and yes, a few up grades as well. From disaster comes opportunity right? The thread might drag on a little while, as I'm also heading overseas next week for a month. 
. By all means, as I post the progress, feel free to make comments and suggestions!
I hope to have the "Thirsty Camel Brewing" back up and running by November.
Now for some porn:
During the storm we heard a huge gust of wind followed by a crash and pop sound, a quick peek out the back door revealed this:
I have to admit, I didn't think one second about my beer stuff, only my Harley! It had wood and debris all over it, I wanted to remove it from the cave thinking it could collapse at any moment. Problem was the forks were locked and the keys were in my tool box locked up at the other end of the shed. Great, its stuck there over night (sleepless night) next morning:
Whew! she made it, I crawl in and worm my way to the front of the cave and really discovered how bad it was, pretty much everything was busted or was covered up. SHMBO was in a full panic, (shes high strung anyway) thinking the cave was gonna fall on top of me while I'm in there digging around for keys. Anyway, got the bike and a few odds and ends out safely.
It took utilities a week to cut tree off cave, 3 more days for tree removal, so what didn't get broke by the tree got soaking wet from the next storm ( I think it was Lee) where we got another 14"'s of rain.
Here's the crane lifting the tree off the building almost a full 14 days later;
As of today, she sits like this waiting to be torn down, while the new one is being built. I'll have it brought in and set in place.
Updates to follow. Cheers!
. By all means, as I post the progress, feel free to make comments and suggestions! I hope to have the "Thirsty Camel Brewing" back up and running by November.
Now for some porn:
During the storm we heard a huge gust of wind followed by a crash and pop sound, a quick peek out the back door revealed this:
I have to admit, I didn't think one second about my beer stuff, only my Harley! It had wood and debris all over it, I wanted to remove it from the cave thinking it could collapse at any moment. Problem was the forks were locked and the keys were in my tool box locked up at the other end of the shed. Great, its stuck there over night (sleepless night) next morning:
Whew! she made it, I crawl in and worm my way to the front of the cave and really discovered how bad it was, pretty much everything was busted or was covered up. SHMBO was in a full panic, (shes high strung anyway) thinking the cave was gonna fall on top of me while I'm in there digging around for keys. Anyway, got the bike and a few odds and ends out safely.
It took utilities a week to cut tree off cave, 3 more days for tree removal, so what didn't get broke by the tree got soaking wet from the next storm ( I think it was Lee) where we got another 14"'s of rain.
Here's the crane lifting the tree off the building almost a full 14 days later;
As of today, she sits like this waiting to be torn down, while the new one is being built. I'll have it brought in and set in place.
Updates to follow. Cheers!
