Nice pond Cricket. I live nearby, in southeast Texas and Ike paid us a visit. This tree took off the corner of our house and slammed our deck...
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The stump ball was huge...
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Another got the living room...
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This was the view from the front porch the morning after..
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We went back to the stone age after Rita, here's the clothes dryer..
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The refinery got smashed, there was tons of debris, heavy metal. We had a backhoe and a 4 wheel drive forklift dragging tons of metal out to the road. Under it all we found a small miracle. A kitten born in the eye of the storm, it's eyes weren't even open yet. It survived the hurricane and the demolition. I brought it home and Sassy raised it like one of her own...
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He grew into a really cool cat..
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No wonder we can't get anything done in this part of the country, just about the time we repair all of the hurricane damage another one comes in. But I digress, cool pond, keep us posted and batten down the hatches, its hurricane season again.