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1951 Pontiac Chieftain


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1 minute ago, PhilA said:

Pontiac is a bit beaten up and the sun visor is gone. 

Shit!

I bitch an awful lot about the weather over here, but we don’t get things like this or even close so I really shouldn’t. I can’t imagine what it must be like going through something like this, the thought of literally losing everything.

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1 hour ago, PhilA said:

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New aerial photography. You can see the path the tornado took.

Sorry to hear you've been directly in the line of fire. Fingers crossed you can get the basic utilities back up and running along with some semblance of normality before too long. 

I've been following Reed Timmer on Twatter and his reports have been a massive eye-opener. I don't know where you are, but does his report cover your area at all? 

Everything crossed for the Chieftain too!

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39 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Sorry to hear you've been directly in the line of fire. Fingers crossed you can get the basic utilities back up and running along with some semblance of normality before too long. 

I've been following Reed Timmer on Twatter and his reports have been a massive eye-opener. I don't know where you are, but does his report cover your area at all? 

Everything crossed for the Chieftain too!

Yeah, that's sort of nearby- Lockport is 12 miles north of my house.

Water, hopefully in the next week.

Electricity, probably a month.

Phones maybe a few weeks.

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Sorry to hear about this, Phil.  I hope insurance will cover the house, garage and the Pontiac, too, naturally.  Glad to hear you and your family are okay.

What's the situation on the Renault and the Plymouth?

BTW, here in Middle Tennessee, we're getting the remnants of the storm.  It's been raining for the past two days but, fortunately, no wind at all to speak of.

 

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50 minutes ago, Madman Of The People said:

Sorry to hear about this, Phil.  I hope insurance will cover the house, garage and the Pontiac, too, naturally.  Glad to hear you and your family are okay.

What's the situation on the Renault and the Plymouth?

BTW, here in Middle Tennessee, we're getting the remnants of the storm.  It's been raining for the past two days but, fortunately, no wind at all to speak of.

 

At a best guess the Plymouth is crushed.

The Renault might still be ok. The twister didn't take that side of the garage from what I can tell. My neighbor says they'd take some pictures tomorrow when it's light.

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If it's any consolation, at least you weren't too deep into the restoration of the Plymouth.  The Pontiac can be saved.  Losing that car would have been heartbreaking.

Let me know if you want to come to Nashville until things in Louisiana return to normal.  I have two guest bedrooms, one with a queen size bed and the other with two single beds. 

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13 hours ago, Madman Of The People said:

If it's any consolation, at least you weren't too deep into the restoration of the Plymouth.  The Pontiac can be saved.  Losing that car would have been heartbreaking.

Let me know if you want to come to Nashville until things in Louisiana return to normal.  I have two guest bedrooms, one with a queen size bed and the other with two single beds. 

Appreciate it, but we need to try find something a bit closer first; I have damage to the house that I need to tidy up.

Phil

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What a mess. I need to buy a chainsaw.

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Managed to cut the car free from the wreckage though.

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Scratches.

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Bumps.

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Dinks (that one's not very nice).

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Did find the visor though.

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This is surprisingly unscathed. I need to pull the building off it but we'll see how it looks afterward.

Phil

House stinks of damp and mold which is horrible. An going to try to down at the weekend and get it ventilated better than I did today, clean the carpet and ceilings, pull the insulation out of the roof where it's all damp.

Not gonna be much fun.

 

Phil

 

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I put a Like on that because the damage is way lighter than it could have been; even the Plymouth might be saveable, which can only be good news.  Glad you found the visor more or less intact too.  The Pontiac... well it's honest patina!  Old cars always have stories to tell, and these two most certainly do!

I hope you can restore some sort of normality Phil, and wish you nothing but the best of luck.

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2 hours ago, PhilA said:

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What a mess. I need to buy a chainsaw.

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Managed to cut the car free from the wreckage though.

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Scratches.

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Bumps.

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Dinks (that one's not very nice).

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Did find the visor though.

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This is surprisingly unscathed. I need to pull the building off it but we'll see how it looks afterward.

Phil

House stinks of damp and mold which is horrible. An going to try to down at the weekend and get it ventilated better than I did today, clean the carpet and ceilings, pull the insulation out of the roof where it's all damp.

Not gonna be much fun.

 

Phil

 

Cars and houses can be fixed and replaced.. it's not a huge comfort when your stuff is lying in bits, but I'm glad everyone is safe! I hope you start to get some part of normality restored soon.

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