DAMAGE FROM FRIDAYS STORM

 We took a drive through the Gimli Industrial Park this morning to survey the damage, from Friday's storm, that we had already heard about.

 One huge tree uprooted on our way in.  

But this is hangar 1, that we heard lost it's entire roof.  They are not letting anyone too near so I can't see the damage.  But the road is closed and they are cleaning up stuff strewn everywhere.  

 Moving on to hangar 2, which is where our boat is stored.  It lost part of it's roof and is locked down and no one is allowed in until they get the power restored.  We are told that our boat did not receive any damage and it will be moved outside so Dan can finish prepping it for launch. 

 Down at hangar 4, we are told a boat on a trailer was pushed by the wind right through the fence and into the ditch.  This shows the damage to the fence. 

And last but not least. 

 Look what hapened to the old KA-CHING

 This boat used to belong to Marj and Al Homenick, then it belonged to Gord and Ellie Gowie.  

I don't know who it belongs to now, but that's not going to be a simple fix.  

THAT WAS QUITE A STORM

IT'S A SCORCHER HERE TODAY.

I've been whining and complaining for weeks about how cold it is.  This spring has been an interminable stop and start and stop again.  Well, we have had a few hot days this past week and today it is very very hot.  

My daughter has come out for another visit.  Just a break and a distraction before her surgery on Wednesday.  

This is the kind of HOT that triggers a thunderstorm, and of course, it did.  All hell broke loose Friday night.  It was a noisy windy night.  We got some hail and lost power here for about 5 hours.  But apparently, Gimli got it worse.  The hangars that we all store our boats in sustained some serious damage.  Hangar 1 lost the whole roof and hangar 2 where our boat is, lost part of the roof. Some boats were damaged, but we got lucky ours is fine.  The last we heard, the power is still out in the area, as a few poles are down, so we will wait till tomorrow to take a look.  And I will add any photos then. 

  

Saturday was cool and damp it took a long time for all that water to seep in.  We had puddles all over our whole yard. I got my little stacked pots planted. 

Well today the sun broke through and I got some more bedding plants planted, in my urns and in my little wagon, so at least I accomplished something and the weekend wasn't a complete washout.   

MAYBE SPRING IS TURNING INTO SUMMER