A possible tornado tore through our neighborhood on Tuesday evening. My house and immediate neighbors fared pretty well except for being off the grid for 100 hours. I had just finished spring cleaning of the railroad a few days before. Now I need to start all over again and repair a wash-out in Deep Cut before trains can run again. This was 3 doors down the street; just one example of the thousands of trees damaged or lost in our town…
This limb was typical of what was laying about our property when I finally got home 5 hours after leaving work 10 miles away…
There was also a ton of rain dropped in just a short time. Mother nature moved all the pine needles to the closest obstacle…
The wall at Deep Cut couldn’t hold back the water. A rebuild of this area will be required…
Our Engine House suffered some minor damage, most likely from the branch strike…
The house was shoved off it’s foundation. When I upgraded/restored this building last fall I was going to pin it to the foundation. That didn’t get done because winter came along. In retrospect I’m glad I didn’t because if if couldn’t move it probably would have snapped off a wall…
All-in-all we were very lucky. There are still many without power and some that have had their homes destroyed. One person was killed in town when a tree fell on her car. I’m surprised I didn’t loose any neighbors as they cut through trees tangled in primary power lines to open our roads long before the town crews / National Guard arrived to open roads. There are still some places that roads are blocked or only one lane getting by, but it gets better every day. I am very grateful to our power company Eversource, multiple tree companies, the National Guard, our Town of New Fairfield government and Public Works personnel, plus those from neighboring towns who are putting forth an amazing effort to get life back to normal. I have never seen so many power and tree boom trucks in one place. Just WOW.
