Very glad you're OK. Yikes about the neighbor's pine tree!
In our first house in Atlanta, we had a pine tree removed very soon after we moved in. It was in the perfect spot to fall on our bedroom. When Hurricane Opal came through later, we were very glad we did.
The flooding in Memphis -yet again - that's just heartbreaking stuff. It ruins EVERYTHING and they hadn't finished fixing all the damage from last time there was major flooding. The commercial/tourist kind of stuff got done, but many of the more modest homes have sat vacant ever since. How do you even work up the courage to rebuild or renovate when floods keep happening?
Lots of people hurting already from the economy, and it seems like there's one weather event after another, and no part of the country has been spared. At least this will be good news for home builders and contractors that desperately need the work.
Heard from the insurance field adjuster last night and she'll be out here in less than 2 weeks! She will be seeing two other people in my neighborhood the same day, so I'm getting the benefit of these other people having called earlier.
Cautious optimism about the yard is a very good way to put it. My alocasia that was completely shredded is putting out a new leaf, and 7 of the hostas have new leaves, so they must have taken me seriously when I told them to "Get busy living, or get busy dying!". Guess I watched the Shawshank Redemption too many times.
