7.  Although we don't often see hurricanes here in Newfoundland we often get some pretty severe fall storms. These storms occasionally generate damaging winds similar to smaller hurricanes but North Atlantic storms form very differently. Here on the east coast we experienced sustained winds of 80km/h gusting to 130km/h which is enough to barrel roll a pretty substantial garbage box quite a few times evidently!

6.   Sandra and I fared pretty well, a section of metal flashing held on for dear life . I was able to make a quick easy repair the next morning once winds died down and it was safe to go up on the roof.

5.   This section of fence actually blew down last winter and had been hastily put it back up in a temporary fashion. I never got around to making a permanent repair over the summer so It's down for the count once again.

4.   The waters of Conception Bay were stirred up pretty good down in Portugal Cove even with the relative protection provided by Bell Island. Sea states were pretty crazy elsewhere with wave heights topping 30m which lead to a full shut down of all off shore oil platforms.

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2.   The winds caused Mark French some grief as a rather large tree was blown over onto their brand new enclosed trailer! A quick phone call had a boom truck on site to lift the tree while mark moved the trailer, it also assisted in lowering the tree safely and clear of the garage.

1.   Luckily there was no damage to the trailer or garage from the tree!  We are pretty used to winds here in NL, more damage could have been caused if we failed to proactively secure outdoor stuff such as patio furniture before the storm.

Cheers, MIKE

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