Damage from Irene

I went in today to speak to our insurance agent. We have never had to file a claim so I was unsure if we were doing things the right way. I told them I know we are not a top priority. Our losses can be dealt with. Others in the office were saying they still have no power, water, or phone. One guy was in a tornado because his phone wasn't working. His daughter was trying to call and warn them but the phone was still out. This part of NC has been hit hard. The paper this morning showed the loittle town where #1 goes for theater. They have 200-300 houses damaged by trees!

 Our house holds water underneath when we have storms, so we have to puimp it out. This is what it looked like under the house. We had rain again last night, but I think it is ok under there now. We need to get the dehumidifier going, but I loaned it to a friend whose house is worse than mine.

 The front porch ceiling is holding water too. You can't tell so much in the picture, but it is bowed from water. Below is our biggest concern- the barn. The roof was torn off about 10:00 Saturday morning and it rained and blew for many more hours afterward.

We didn't notice until Sunday afternoon that we had some ceiling leaks. It evidently took a while to soak through. We think it was mostly bown under the metal roof by the force of the wind, but it probably needs to be resealed. We have a vent in the ceiling of the kitchen, instead of in the hood of the stove, and it has been leaking pretty badly. There was water there woday after last night's rain, too.

 This is a sideways picture of the hose draining the water from under the house. I thought it was going to be a picture of the tree that fell in the front yard, but my eyes aren't too good on those little computer pictures. Now I can't get it to delete, so here you go!