Fannish Items Of Interest

Weeping Angels Attack Jewel Staite—Film (Or at least pictures via this link) At Eleven! I found it via sharpest_rose’s journal, over here.

The Five Creepiest, Scariest TV Monsters. #3 is the Weeping Angels from Blink.

The Meggan PB poll will close Sunday evening, for those who would like to vote—please go here to do so. It’s currently at a tie, with 1 vote for each.

Fannish Items Of Interest

Weeping Angels Attack Jewel Staite—Film (Or at least pictures via this link) At Eleven! I found it via sharpest_rose’s journal, over here.

The Five Creepiest, Scariest TV Monsters. #3 is the Weeping Angels from Blink.

The Meggan PB poll will close Sunday evening, for those who would like to vote—please go here to do so. It’s currently at a tie, with 1 vote for each.

Tree Falls Thanks To Gustav, Everyone's Mostly Fine

Raise your hand if you remember me saying that Gustav shouldn't bother any of my relatives in Louisiana or Florida. Looks like everyone was wrong.

Hurricane Gustav caused an oak tree that weighed 25,000 lbs to fall on the roof of a relative’s house down in Louisiana. According to the guy that came out to survey the damage, it should have destroyed their house completely…but it’s still standing. It landed on the roof over the living room, which is really more like a den. The sections of roof were very thick, so it’s a miracle that nobody was inside the room when it happened.

They’ve abandoned the house for the moment, and gone next door to live with a neighbor/relative. They are also planning to chop down every single oak tree that is near their house. And the reason it didn’t destroy the house completely? They had a great contractor that built it over 20 years ago--their nephew, I think it was. They’re going to get him in to fix it. They found out how much the tree weighed when they got a crane out there, and broke it in half before they could lift it--they then weighed each half.

I just heard that a couple of other relatives had (briefly) moved into their house, to get away from the other hurricanes, too. One of them was in the bedroom when it happened, which is apparently right next to the den. She's fine--traumatized, but fine.

Tree Falls Thanks To Gustav, Everyone's Mostly Fine

Raise your hand if you remember me saying that Gustav shouldn't bother any of my relatives in Louisiana or Florida. Looks like everyone was wrong.

Hurricane Gustav caused an oak tree that weighed 25,000 lbs to fall on the roof of a relative’s house down in Louisiana. According to the guy that came out to survey the damage, it should have destroyed their house completely…but it’s still standing. It landed on the roof over the living room, which is really more like a den. The sections of roof were very thick, so it’s a miracle that nobody was inside the room when it happened.

They’ve abandoned the house for the moment, and gone next door to live with a neighbor/relative. They are also planning to chop down every single oak tree that is near their house. And the reason it didn’t destroy the house completely? They had a great contractor that built it over 20 years ago--their nephew, I think it was. They’re going to get him in to fix it. They found out how much the tree weighed when they got a crane out there, and broke it in half before they could lift it--they then weighed each half.

I just heard that a couple of other relatives had (briefly) moved into their house, to get away from the other hurricanes, too. One of them was in the bedroom when it happened, which is apparently right next to the den. She's fine--traumatized, but fine.

Continued From The Previous Entry--Picture of the Damage

The relatives mentioned in the previous post just sent a picture of what their house looks like now—after they dragged most of the tree away. For those that are interested, here it is, from what looks like a side angle. (The person in the picture is helping them drag stuff away)

The roof wasn’t flat according to Dad, it was more the pointy cathedral type at the top. The tree fell across the whole house, and after checking around it got part of another (unoccupied at the time) of their bedrooms. We’re assuming the strength of the roof and how it was built is what saved the rest of it from just being squashed.

Continued From The Previous Entry--Picture of the Damage

The relatives mentioned in the previous post just sent a picture of what their house looks like now—after they dragged most of the tree away. For those that are interested, here it is, from what looks like a side angle. (The person in the picture is helping them drag stuff away)

The roof wasn’t flat according to Dad, it was more the pointy cathedral type at the top. The tree fell across the whole house, and after checking around it got part of another (unoccupied at the time) of their bedrooms. We’re assuming the strength of the roof and how it was built is what saved the rest of it from just being squashed.