Tree down!

We just can't seem to catch a break.  Another storm and another tree down! And this time, it ended up falling and leaning on some overhead power lines.  Thankfully the lines held up!

It took a couple of days for the utility company to come by and undo this mess.  But prior to that, I had sent a message to our neighborhood and asked who to call.  The police chief (yes, the chief himself!) sent me a direct email and told me that he was dispatching an officer to our home.  And perhaps even the fire department.

Well, within 5 minutes, the police officer showed up.  And we thought that would have been it, since he called the utility company.  Well, within another 5 minutes or so, a fire truck pulled up.  Wow, that about service!!

Fireman (and woman!) checking out the situation:

Well, nothing much we can do at this moment but wait for the utility company to show up for clean-up.  In the meantime... 

So, the boys didn't want to jump into the rig, so then of course I took the opportunity to.  LOL!  Perhaps the boys think they are getting too old for this??

Well, the fire-fighters had a chance to show us a couple of their equipment - including the Jaws of Life. The fire-woman mentioned that it was quite heavy and wow, let's just say she made it look easy.  As strong as Graham is, he struggled to hold it up for a long time!

Fun day :-)

Okay... minus the tree that came down. And never mind that, it was actually the neighbor's tree!!

Thankfully, the utility company only took 2 days to show up:

I'm glad they were just able to park that truck close enough to get to the wreckage:

Quite the task to tidy up the larger trunks!

I'm glad they were able to provide this service for free!

But in the meantime, here's the remnants of the tree that came down:

Graham said that he saw some carpenter ants by the trunk. So looks like they chewed through the insides.  You would not have known because it looked like a healthy tree!

Well, now we have to call another crew to clean up the rest of this mess.  Obviously this part is going to cost money.  Ahhhh...!

If it's any consolation, we do need some mulch and I suppose some firewood for next winter won't be bad either.  

Always something though!! We just had our A/Cs looked at today.  It's over 20 years old and both units are holding on to dear life.  Hopefully it will survive one more summer??! Otherwise, we are looking at another huge expense!  Home ownership is never easy, is it?  But we do love this house and this neighborhood!