Aug 29, 2011

Irene Gives Home Sweet Hanna a Mighty Right Hook...

Hurricane Irene hit Richmond this weekend - and unfortunately....Home Sweet Hanna.  The storm started Saturday morning, we lost power around 1PM - my parents were one of the lucky few in our neighborhood to keep their power so we headed over to Pinetree for Dad's pasta, wine and a viewing of The Town while we waited for the crazy winds to stop blowing.  When we returned home at about 10PM we were shocked to find the giant oak tree in our front yard had been uprooted and fell into the right side of our house (office)....
Although this is NOT AWESOME - we are extremely lucky...a few feet to the left and the tree would have taken out a room or two of Home Sweet Hanna.  There is not any damage to the inside - but it appears that there is major structural damage to the side - see below
While the front was pretty shocking...there was also hurricane damage in the backyard.  Our neighbors had a tree fall that pushed another tree  - breaking poor George's fence (but not his spirit!)....
totally adding George's Pool to our insurance claim!
Things are pretty messy and there are several power lines on the ground - so we have sent George to Summer Camp at Break of Dawn for the week while we get his back yard cleaned up.
Not to worry - Home Sweet Hanna is fully insured and the trees will be removed tomorrow.  The insurance adjuster will be coming this week to survey the damage to our home and we hope to have a contractor working on it in the coming weeks.  We feel so lucky to be safe and that the tree did not ruin the home that we have grown to love.  One good outcome is we got to know more of our neighbors and have felt an outpouring of love and support from everyone - we are certainly not the only ones dealing with damages from the hurricane.  We will be sure to keep the blog updated with progress pictures and of course our future tree planting ceremonies as our front yard will be a little bare once the repairs are complete.  As the firemen told us yesterday - "Old Established Neighborhoods come with old established trees" - this is just part of living in such a beautiful tree filled neighborhood I suppose.


Stay safe everyone and Dominion Power - we would love to host you for milk/cookies and a clean up our power lines party - really anytime day or night you are welcome at Home Sweet Hanna!!!
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4 comments:

  1. MeredithAugust 29, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    Oh no! SO sorry to hear that. Glad yall are safe though!

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  2. UnknownApril 16, 2013 at 4:20 PM

    Whoa! You’re pretty lucky that the tree did not fall at the middle of the house. The damage in your house could’ve been so extensive. Anyway, I’m glad nothing happened to all of you. The damage of hurricane Irene in some parts of the US was very terrifying. We’re also lucky that the hurricane's effects weren’t that bad in our area. #Joann Winton

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  3. Joanne BarraganJune 19, 2013 at 11:19 AM

    There are thousands of people that were left homeless because of hurricane Irene. You are still fortunate because only a minimal part of your roof was damaged. Have you repaired the damaged part of your home? You have to keep safe always and be ready for situations like this. I hope there’s no more extreme hurricane that will pass by your area. ->Tedrick’s Roofing

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  4. Josie MorettiJune 20, 2013 at 10:59 AM

    You’re lucky that your house is insured. There were a lot of homes that were damaged by hurricane Irene, and worse thing about it is that their homes were not insured. So, they would need to shoulder all the finances for the repairs. That would be quite expensive.
    -North West Exteriors

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