Well, cleanup is progressing back home. The cleanup crew asked permission to move some light equipment including a Bobcat across our lawn as that is the only access to the damage. We said yes, as long as they agree to repair any damage they do. The workers made some comments to our friends about how amazed they were that the fence posts survived. The panels were all knocked out but seem to be intact and can be reinstalled with minimal work. I asked Brooks what the replacement cost for that fence would be and he said $350 per panel times six panels, so $2,100. Of course that would be a worse case scenario as most, if not all the material should be salvageable so repairs would be labour only plus some minor material.
Mud is piled up against one back corner of the house but not over the height of the concrete ring wall so that is not a major concern. Norma had $1,000 - $2,000 worth of bushes and plants on our side of the fence that may or may not survive, only time will tell. About 50 feet of deer fence is gone but we have a left-over part roll of the fencing so we can replace it.
Just so glad no injuries and I trust you will not be out of pocket have you talked with Norma about how the deer will be fed now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy and be safe best wishes les
ReplyDeleteA close call. Anything they can do to prevent it from happening again?
ReplyDeleteWe put in $10 - $12,000 worth of rock filled drainage ditches, drain tile and pipe to protect our bank which we also never damaged by removing trees. An underground pipe system takes bank runoff, including a small but year round stream down under our driveway and down to the ocean. The condo will have to do something like this to protect their units. The record rains over the past week probably supersaturated the steeply sloped ground behind the condo and it slid.
DeleteThe pictures make it look worse than what you have described. Good news on the fence. I am wondering if there could be a possible suit to recover damages from not planting to hold soil in place.
ReplyDeleteMexicans and Canadians don't sue! If the emergency funds kick in, there will be no problem.
DeleteOur friends and the house sitter are looking after things and keeping a close watch for us.
Well that sucks. We managed to dodge a bullet back in August when many homes all around us were getting flooded. Insurance companies won't cover ground water damage, but they will sort out a back up from the sewer system. We had neither.
ReplyDeleteThe province is probably waiting to reach a certain threshold in damage before they can get any relief from the Feds.
Hope it all works out. It's dirt and sticks of wood... and only money.
That $12K for drainage improvements hurt at the time but it sure seems cheap now. If that damage occurred behind our house, it probably would have taken it right out.
DeleteI hope you are right about the funding, it makes sense.
Good luck with the final outcome, looks like you were oretty lucjy with only some minor damage.
ReplyDeleteHurricanes, earthquakes, forest fires, flood and mud-slides - I think we have it all covered between the two of us ;-) Always a bit nerve racking when you are not there - hang in there amigo.
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