It's been a complete disaster. I had almost finished repairing the generator when my daughter was hit by a very big falling branch. Eventually we got the ambulance here, and we were able to carry here down the lane to the road on a backboard. They got her out to the hospital with my wife riding along. My son and I tried to get there after I cleared off the truck, but we could not. The main highway was pure carnage, cars and 18 wheelers everywhere. I tried for about 1 -1/2 hours on every backroad I could think of, but none were passable in a F250 with decent tires in 4WD. Trees too big to get over down everywhere, blocking every road, wires too. Then we had to get home, but that was not easy either.
My daughter had a concussion and an nasty cut on the head, but apparently did not break anything in her back, and no bleeding. Has major muscle strain in her back however.
Fed the animals, eventually got the generator working well enough, but fuel must have some water in it as it keeps cutting off. Hasn't done that for a bit now though, and I'm trying to use that fuel up before I refill it.
Anyway, turned on the well pump to get the water back up, but nothing. We have a surface well and I figured maybe it lost its prime, so I took the flashlight down the bank to see. Actually, there is no spring house anymore - a huge red oak obliterated it and broke the piping inside. I hope I can get out tomorrow and get some lumber and fittings to build a temporary cover for it and fix the pipes. After I cut up that oak of course. We won't have power for a long time. Hopefully I can fix the water.
I'm not remembering a harder day at the moment.
