VERY windy.
I was sitting quietly at the computer and I heard this WHOOOOOOSH sound.
Then I heard a big CRASH.
Then I felt the wind.
FELT the wind?!
Uh-oh!
This was NOT good.
The skylight was gone.
I called the hubby to let him know and I went to look for it. I THOUGHT it would be in the gully.
That was the wind direction.
Uh, no.
I walked all around the yurt.
A bit of a challenge in the two feet of wet snow but I finally found the skylight.
It seems to have gone on a bit of journey like a flying saucer.
The debris field was pretty expansive. It crashed into the trailer and came to rest between it and the hubby's new tractor. Plexiglass EVERYWHERE.
*sigh*
Hubby came home and brought out the big ladder as the skylight is 18 feet up.
Harry had to inspect. (For more on that tale you can read Pricilla's blog)
Harry doesn't miss a chance to climb a ladder.
A friend was driving by and saw we were having a problem and came in to help the hubby which was really nice. We were so lucky that the weather held while he was getting it repaired. It was supposed to be raining.
He got it repaired. A new skylight is ordered but it will be three weeks 'til it gets here.
The rains came in the night.
So did the leaks.
Drip, drip, drip.
My living room looks like some kind of strange modern art installation. It's gotten worse since I took this photo with the addition of three more buckets and two bowls. More books have come down from the shelves. I hope I make it three weeks.
Hold little skylight repair, please hold!
8 comments:
Well, at least you have Harry to help. Glad nobody was hurt.
Maybe you can stay in the barn with Pricilla if the leaks are too bad. :-)
Hope your new skylight comes soon and that the damage is minimal.
ugh! if something ever happened to ours, i wouldn't know where to begin to get it fixed! i guess a special glass company would be needed to make a 9-sided skylight!
That is quite distressing. THe wind must have been something to take the skylight like that! I'm glad nobody was hurt.
omg...what a nightmare! was it open when the wind caught it? our winds here were pretty scary this morning!
I would imagine that it was a bit scary while happening. I hope the rain holds off and the skylight arrives early!
Yep I missed this post! Was it open? That's about when we lost the eavestrough off our house... but loosing the middle of the roof is much worse! Hope the new one goes in flawlessly and that the leaks didn't do to much damage!
It'll be nice to have the daylight back!
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