I got caught in one on the way home, a few tractor trailers were blown over 1/2 mile ahead of me on the highway. I dont live near where they touched down.
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Eric Muehlbauer
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Back in Starbucks. There were 2 tornados, 1 in Brooklyn, 1 in Northern Queens. Between them was a "microburst" that was much more powerful...125mph winds, the tornadoes were "only" 80mph and 100mph. My area was the one to get the microburst. I was right there when it happened. Between first hearing thunder (and there were no tornado warnings at all as of 15 minutes before the storm) and having the storm arrive was only about 10 minutes. When the thunderstorm hit, I closed my bathroom window, then went downstairs to close the back door. In the 30 seconds it took me to get down to the back, it went from ordinary thunderstorm to windstorm...the wind kept increasing, I shut the door, and saw branches go flying...I ran out of the room as the trees came crashing down...I thought the room would get crushed. Then it was over. The whole thing was less than a minute! Trees are still down...they will get cleared out on Wed. I'm hoping to get cable and internet on Thursday...but I'm doubtful. The telephone pole is down. Oh well...I did want more light in my yard, and I didn't like those trees. So now I have MUCH more light!
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Well, I'm glad you are both OK. Scary time!
I wasn't scared just excited; until I was suck in traffic and the bridge structure I was on was bouncing up and down!!! Then maybe a little! 
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Thank goodness you guys are safe... Sorry to hear about the damage...
hardy
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There was a hurricane in Taiwan last weekend. Lots of damaged and toppled trees in my campus, broken garden landscapes.... But of course that cannot compare to a tornado, since there's no damaged structure nor casualties here.... Hope things get well soon over there!
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Eric Muehlbauer
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I'm back! Got my cable back today...although without a telephone pole, its just snaking across my yard. All trees are gone...including the live ones. My yard looks like a moonscape. I got more light, that's for sure. At least the Asian tiger mosquitoes are gone. Lost a lot of paphs...more actually in the clean up than in the storm. Many were damaged just from dehydration, as I couldn't water them. Lots of lost tags...at least they were complex crosses so I don't care...the species I recognize. Most tragic was the loss of my 28 year old insigne, a collected plant that was my hardiest paph. I had 4 divisions....all lost. I could only find one, totally crushed and dehydrated. I'll post pictures when I have the time and patience to deal with image shack.
Sorry to hear about your losses, time to get more plants!
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Eric Muehlbauer
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After insurance pays me back! they said the first check is in the mail............
JeanLux
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Too bad loosing your insignes especially !!! Jean
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John M
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How'd I miss this thread!???? Man! I'm so sorry for you Eric. That's a huge disaster. I'm really glad that you are okay and your house survived; but, your yard seems to have been devastated.....and the loss of so many of your Paphs is such a crappy thing to happen. Good luck and take care of yourself so that you stay healthy and have the strength to put in the extra work you've got on your plate right now.
how much does insurance pay for replacing full-size trees or aren't they that gung-ho? sorry to hear about your plants - maybe the loss of tags for complexes is someone's way of saying that you should grow more species?
sorry, probably poor attempt at light humor, glad everyone is okay
sorry, probably poor attempt at light humor, glad everyone is okay
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Eric Muehlbauer
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Insurance will not cover the lost plants or the damaged (destroyed really) landscaping. Interestingly, they did cover the broken pots. (I had a lot of really nice Chinese pots.) They also covered tree removal and replacement of my damaged decks, roof, siding, and fence. Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts. I was happy to find that I still had a small division of my insigne. Not blooming size, but at least part of its still alive.
Wow! How traumatic for you! I hope you will adjust soon and get back on the road to a normal way of life once again. Events like this are never easy to cope with. I'm really glad to hear you were at least able to find a small living division of your treasured insigne.
I hope you will adjust soon and get back on the road to a normal way of life once again. Events like this are never easy to cope with. I'm really glad to hear you were at least able to find a small living division of your treasured insigne. I have this GIANT vanda that would like the extra light!
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Eric Muehlbauer
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Gee....wonder where you got it?
I have a lot of receipts for plants if you need! :ninja:
