Tree Removal

Well, it's time for another interim post while Mrs B is staying in Arizona.

She's doing fine but is worried about the damage to her home caused by Hurricane Rita. She's waiting patiently for the insurance and FEMA inspectors to contact her. But we've made some good progress... The BIG pecan tree that crushed her home is being removed today.

Her good neigbors K and B found a crew of nice folks working in the neighborhood removing trees from damaged homes. They checked them out and decided to have them remove the trees from their home. Then they called Mrs B to see if she wanted the guys to do the same to her house too. Of course, we said "YES, PLEASE"!

We know the "front of the house is caved in a bit" and there's a BIG crack down the wall, and the front door only opens about 2 ft because the front of the building is out of alignment, but we won't know what the roof looks like until the tree has gone. B said the Army Corp of Engineers is going around and putting blue tarps on roofs for folks.... It's call the "Blue Tarp Service" and we hope they will be able to get a tarp up before any rains come.

K said she took some photos of the house with the tree on it and is sending them to Arizona, but we don't have anything yet to look at... just the other houses as posted on the www.KOGT.com site. Unfortunately, it seems that he is ending that blog now as he has a radio station and plans on giving the info over-the-air... it was the only real news we had of what was going on in Orange and vacinity.