{"id":21192,"date":"2022-05-24T21:28:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T01:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=21192"},"modified":"2022-08-30T18:28:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T22:28:57","slug":"episode-589-the-hydro-one-team-arrived-and-cleaned-up-the-fifth-line-may242022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=21192","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 589 THE HYDRO ONE TEAM ARRIVED AND CLEANED UP THE FIFTH LINE MAY24,2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
EPISODE 589  when the  HYDRO ONE TEAM ARRIVED\u2026.. <\/p>\n

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THE TORNADO \u2026 TWO DAYS LATER.<\/div>\n

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This photo essay does not need many words.  Hydro One  crew took over<\/div>\n
the Fifth Line just as we were getting ready with our machines to do so. There<\/div>\n
is a difference in scale\u2026a big difference.<\/div>\n

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WE ASSEMBLED OUR FLEET OF RESCUE MACHINES\u2026<\/div>\n
READY TO CLEAN UP THE MESS LEFT BY THE STORM.<\/div>\n

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THEN THE HYDRO ONE MEN ARRIVED\u2026CHEERFULLY<\/div>\n
SAID WE WERE NO LONGER NEEDED.<\/div>\n

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OUR SON ANDREW GOT HIS CHAINSAW AND BEGAN CUTTING UP THE BIG POPLAR THAT NEARLY BOPPED<\/div>\n
MARJORIE AS SHE TRIED TO RESCUE HER TULIPS WHEN THE TORNADO HIT.  SHE LOST THE<\/div>\n
BATTLE AND GOT SOAKED TO THE SKIN AS SHE BATTLED THE 120 MPH WIND TRYING TO <\/div>\n
REACH THE HOUSE WHERE WOODY AND I WAITED. WE WERE DRY.  MALES ARE  NOT AS STUPID AS SOME<\/div>\n
PEOPLE THINK.<\/div>\n

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MIRACLE OF MIRACLES\u2026AS  ANDREW PEALED AWAY THE POPLAR BRANCHES HE REACHED THE<\/div>\n
TULIP BED.  IT WAS UNTOUCHED.   THE GNARLED POPLAR BRANCHES ACTED AS A KIND OF CRADLE FOR THE TULIPS.<\/div>\n

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JUST THINK OF ALL THE OXYGEN WE HAVE LOST NOW THAT SO MANY OF OUR FIFTH LINE<\/div>\n
TREES HAVE BEEN PUMMELLED TO DEATH.  NO EXPLANATION NECESSARY REALLY.   TREES EAT CO2 FOR THE CARBON AND THEN<\/div>\n
RELEASE THE OXYGEN INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.  WITHOUT TREES OUR LIVES WOULD BE<\/div>\n
‘POOR, NASTY, BRUTISH AND SHORT’ AS THE PHILOSOPHER SAID.  A STOLEN QUOTE.<\/div>\n

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\u201cBORING!\u201d  SNUFFLED WOODY<\/div>\n

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THHIS IS WOODY\u2026.DEEP IN THOUGHT<\/div>\n

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WOODY CRAWLED INTO THE BACK SEAT OF THE TRUCK\u2026.SECURE AND SAFE\u2026THINKING\u2026HUMMING…<\/div>\n

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NOW WOODY HAD A SONG TO SNUFFLE ,,,  ABOUT THE STORM<\/div>\n

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\u201cWHENEVER I FEEL AFRAID<\/div>\n
I  HOLD MY NOSE ERECT<\/div>\n
AND SNORT A HAPPY TUNE<\/div>\n
SO NO ONE WILL SUSPET<\/div>\n
I\u2019M AFRAID.”<\/div>\n

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FIFTH LINE , ERIN TOWNSHIP,  WELLINGTON COUNTY\u2026.FOUR DAYS LATER.<\/div>\n

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AFTER CLEARING THE TREES THAT BLOCKED THE FIFTH LINE WE WERE ALL<\/div>\n
SURPRISED THAT THE GRAVEL ROAD LOOKED PERFECT\u2026.NOT A HINT OF<\/div>\n
THE DESTRUCTION.<\/div>\n

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WHY IS THERE LITTLE EVIDENCE OF THIS HORRIFIC STORM?<\/div>\n

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BECAUSE THE CLEAN UP CREW \u2026 WITH THEIR IMMENSE VACUUM TRUCKS<\/div>\n
CLEAN ThINGS UP\u2026..CHEERFULLY.<\/div>\n

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EPISODE 589  when the  HYDRO ONE TEAM ARRIVED\u2026..  alan skeoch May 23,2022 THE TORNADO \u2026 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\u2026a big difference. WE […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}