EPISODE 589 when the HYDRO ONE TEAM ARRIVED…..
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alan skeoch
May 23,2022
THE TORNADO … TWO DAYS LATER.
This photo essay does not need many words. Hydro One crew took over
the Fifth Line just as we were getting ready with our machines to do so. There
is a difference in scale…a big difference.
WE ASSEMBLED OUR FLEET OF RESCUE MACHINES…
READY TO CLEAN UP THE MESS LEFT BY THE STORM.
THEN THE HYDRO ONE MEN ARRIVED…CHEERFULLY
SAID WE WERE NO LONGER NEEDED.
OUR SON ANDREW GOT HIS CHAINSAW AND BEGAN CUTTING UP THE BIG POPLAR THAT NEARLY BOPPED
MARJORIE AS SHE TRIED TO RESCUE HER TULIPS WHEN THE TORNADO HIT. SHE LOST THE
BATTLE AND GOT SOAKED TO THE SKIN AS SHE BATTLED THE 120 MPH WIND TRYING TO
REACH THE HOUSE WHERE WOODY AND I WAITED. WE WERE DRY. MALES ARE NOT AS STUPID AS SOME
PEOPLE THINK.
MIRACLE OF MIRACLES…AS ANDREW PEALED AWAY THE POPLAR BRANCHES HE REACHED THE
TULIP BED. IT WAS UNTOUCHED. THE GNARLED POPLAR BRANCHES ACTED AS A KIND OF CRADLE FOR THE TULIPS.
THJUST THINK OF ALL THE OXYGEN WE HAVE LOST NOW THAT SO MANY OF OUR FIFTH LINE
TREES HAVE BEEN PUMMELLED TO DEATH. NO EXPLANATION NECESSARY REALLY. TREES EAT CO2 FOR THE CARBON AND THEN
RELEASE THE OXYGEN INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. WITHOUT TREES OUR LIVES WOULD BE
‘POOR, NASTY, BRUTISH AND SHORT’ AS THE PHILOSOPHER SAID. A STOLEN QUOTE.
“BORING!” SNUFFLED WOODY
THHIS IS WOODY….DEEP IN THOUGHT
WOODY CRAWLED INTO THE BACK SEAT OF THE TRUCK….SECURE AND SAFE…THINKING…HUMMING…
NOW WOODY HAD A SONG TO SNUFFLE ,,, ABOUT THE STORM
“WHENEVER I FEEL AFRAID
I HOLD MY NOSE ERECT
AND SNORT A HAPPY TUNE
SO NO ONE WILL SUSPET
I’M AFRAID.”
FIFTH LINE , ERIN TOWNSHIP, WELLINGTON COUNTY….FOUR DAYS LATER.
AFTER CLEARING THE TREES THAT BLOCKED THE FIFTH LINE WE WERE ALL
SURPRISED THAT THE GRAVEL ROAD LOOKED PERFECT….NOT A HINT OF
THE DESTRUCTION.
WHY IS THERE LITTLE EVIDENCE OF THIS HORRIFIC STORM?
BECAUSE THE CLEAN UP CREW … WITH THEIR IMMENSE VACUUM TRUCKS
CLEAN ThINGS UP…..CHEERFULLY.