Straight line winds would blow the same direction as the storm is moving. If some rotation or swirling in the storm, you can see different “direction” of wind effect. I don’t have the correct terminology here, sorry.
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I think storms generally have an inflow pulling in warm air and an outflow where cold air dragged down with rain and hail is expelled.
Where winds change speed and direction at different heights is where rotation can start and tornados form.
Advice needed. We have a 16 year old fence, which has never had issues until 2 months ago. 2 months ago we discovered that two posts, which were in cement, were breaking off. We had Des Moines steel fence come out and they said we had two bad posts and they would replace them for $480.
On Wednesday, they came out and replaced those two posts. This morning I look outside and these two panels have fallen down, which were right around the corner from a new post. The panels are facing east.
So, do you think the work they did caused this issue? Advice?
On Wednesday, they came out and replaced those two posts. This morning I look outside and these two panels have fallen down, which were right around the corner from a new post. The panels are facing east.
So, do you think the work they did caused this issue? Advice?
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Who mows between the two fences?
Hard to imagine that working on separate part of the fence caused this issue. Not sure how far away that is from the repair, but I know from dealing with mine, when you have bad spots, it puts pressure on other parts of the fence too and they will eventually have problems if you don't address them.
Fun morning of 2 grumpy kids that wanted to sleep more after we had to wake them up when the storm was rolling through. Feeling it myself, don't think I ever got fully back to sleep after that.
I had one daughter that went right back to sleep the other thought it was so cool to be up early....
Our sirens sounded louder than usual this morning - not sure if they change the volume during overnight hours, or if the silence of 4am amplified them in my head. Our 7 yo still slept right thru them, though (as well as slept thru me carrying her to the basement - guess she was tired!).
I think your problem is you have a 16 year old fence and your posts are going bad. Your neighbors white fence looks nice though.
Mom and dad are in 2 different places and both are in a tornado warning
Looks like it broke off at the ground which would indicate that it was also rotten. It's probably safe to assume if you had two bad ones then there are many others also.
Most of our posts are rotten off but the previous owners put in metal posts/stiffeners beside them that are holding up well.
If you had two bad posts,a good chance the rest was starting to go. There is a chance that what they did expedited the others falling but it was just going to be time.
Some tree limbs down in my area of Grimes this morning. Somehow, the toys in my son's water table (that I forgot to put away) stayed put. Maybe because it was tucked up against the house. Not sure. Regardless, the 4:40 am tornado warning on the phone was NOT fun, nor was wrangling a sleeping toddler and two cats into carriers. I need all the caffeine today.
