Lately the weather has been a bit severe. Winds, rain, thunderstorms, wind... Did I mention the wind ? A few years ago we bought a Gazebo. It took me a few hours to assemble the roof, hang the canvas screen and secure the posts to the ground. We had much enjoyment sitting and having meals behind the protection of the screen away from the very hungry mosquitos. Eventually I also strung a series of outdoor lights and we also enjoyed our evenings in the backyard. Then the winds came. We happened to be downtown for some sort of musical festival and as usual the skies turned dark grey, then green and it poured cats and dogs. I mean cats and dogs. I was anxious to get home since I din't think the roof, even with it's roof opening could take the wind. The 1st thing I noticed when we arrived home was all the neighbors plastic lawn furniture strewn about. Screens were blown off the windows and shingles were missing. Our Gazebo ? It was a crumpled mess and the roof was blown about 20' away hanging across the fence. Luckily I was able to get some new pieces to rebuild the roof and I planted some evergreens to act as a wind break to prevent a repeat event. The one thing that didn't get destroyed or blow away was the heavy
patio sets constructed of a heavy metal.

1 comments:
That is so bad but I can't help laughing. Gosh you have some pretty bad wind!
Post a Comment