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10 truckfulls to empty debris from 2 houses!

[EDIT HERE: I just checked- and that whole street was 10 truckloads, not just those 2 houses.]

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Two and a halh hours, one corner cleaned up!


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The whole street is clear- so the 10 truckloads are from all the houses on that street. I missed the beginning where they bull-dozed all the stuff up the street into one big pile
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Wow, what a mess, it must be so nice to see it all cleaned up now! Thanks for the pics. My twin is currently painting a house for a couple from Florida, they had just moved out here when Charley hit, they didn't know whether their house and things were okay or not, they are. What a small world. :smile:
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It was cool to see a woman climb down out of one of those trucks because the neighbors I was standing with had a 2 and a half year old daughter who LOVES TRUCKS.
Then the lady turned out to be smoking a cigarette and ruined the role model! (For a 2 and a half year old- personally I don't really care).

I heard on the news tonight that in Orange County they had so far removed 250,000 cubic yards of debris and expected it to total 800,000 cubic yards.
I didn't know how much that was but it sounds awful close to a million!

They put it in perspective by saying that amount would fill a football field and be stacked 1/4 mile high.
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Yikes, thats alot of debris!!! :shock: What will they do with all of it? Landfill? Made into mulch? Hopefully they can do something useful with all that stuff. Thats so cool, I love that that the little girl is into trucks. I used to play Tonka trucks with my brothers when I was a girl, I thought they were pretty neat myself. But, I don't think I'd want to really drive one of those things.
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New Threat?

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I just heard on the news tonight that 2 million cubic yards of debris will finally be collected in Orange County. :?:

Anyway, We are gun-shy here now and have been told of another storm brewing with the characterists of Hurricane Andrew. By Sunday night we may have a better idea of it's path- Frances. It depends on The Burmuda High, to steer it away.

People are buying more batteries again, even before this new *threat*.
Every year I spend about $200 on supplies, to be prepared! Yikes!
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