RN> Sorry.  I thought you meant something else.  I don't have any pictures at
 RN> the moment, but just imagine a dwelling nestled in a forest surrounded by
 RN> 300 cm- high pine trees.  A scary thought, considering my locale.

300 cm= 3m and that isn't  much for a pine. Here they are over 1 000 cm = 10m
and still standing so I can't imagine that it should be so scary for you.
Pity you didn't have any picture.

 BF>> Hope your house will be OK this time.

 RN> No.  The place received more roof damage.  I won't be able to tell how bad
 RN> it is until later on today, but I don't think it will be all that bad,
 RN> after making a cursory examination of it.  Of course, the weather will
 RN> have to cooperate in order for the roof to be repaired.  I was luckier
 RN> than some people in the surrounding area.

Sound to me that you have a full-time job to repair your house.
How do you have time to do any "serious" work?

 RN> Very frightening, but I've lived in the area all my life.  You never get
 RN> used to it, and anyone who tells you different is fooling themselves.

I certainly wouldn't change with you.
The worst thing that can happend here is a realy heavy blizzard with 50 cm snow
and a power-failure. Then we arn't almost able to get outside and then it's good
to have a 4 WD Chevy S10.

//Bj”rn

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