Told you we were way overdue for some pictures. Here are a few pictures I took around Gardendale the morning after Katrina, in August.
Power line to neighbor’s house came down. This presumably is what took out our power at midnight. Mucho thanks to Alabama Power, as we had power back on by 8 the next morning. Our ice cream didn’t even have time to melt.
Close-up of neighbor’s house. The wind alone – not a tree or anything falling that I could see – ripped the power service line off of the house, and took out the gutter in the process.
Two identically-made signs, one of which fared far better than the other.
The awning in front of Gardendale Jewelry. It originally was up above that twisted light, right at the top of the building.
The canopy at the Citgo gas station down the street. Amazingly, to this day, it’s still this bent. Even more amazingly, people pull under it every day. I sure wouldn’t.
An aluminum shed store did not fare well. I couldn’t get a better picture thanks to a lack of places to pull off, but this place was hit pretty hard as you might imagine.
I don’t know much about the workings on top of a power pole, but I’d think it would work better if all these pieces were connected. I bet my neighbor would agree.