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Its a TAD on the windy side out here in Wyoming. This is a copy and paste of what I wrote on my blog site. ON the bright side...my bike shed is still where I left it!
Well...this sucks
Marcie and I just returned from a drive around town looking at homes for sale and just driving around to see if other homes were for sale as well. We came back and turned the corner and from a distance we can see our house. Immediately, I noticed a 3 foot section of skirting was missing underneath the house.
We drove up and I looked as a neighbor was looking around. Turns out the piece that flew off our trailer went and schmucked his (yay!) and messed up some of his skirting.
I looked down and noticed light where there shouldnt be light, because the trailer is skirted all around so there shouldnt be light anywhere. Well it dawned on me that if there is light, that means there is a hole...so I went around front and noticed a 6 foot gap in the skirting there as well.
Note the convenient location of the sewer and water lines. Now, If I remember correctly, they installed a cord that is wrapped aroudn the water line so it doesnt freeze, but I dont know about the sewer line. Im worried about both of them freezing overnight. Ill leave the water running, but hmmm.
I tried to figure out what to do as...I really dont know what to do. What can I do when the wind is gusting like this? I have a tarp...but thats not going to do any good and I dont even know where I can mount it anyways. So...I took my car and parked it in front of the house for the time being to block the wind from the hole.
As I was writing this (and Marcie is writing another similar blog on her site) we heard a thump. I investigated and found this...
Luckily...this only will go on for the next 24 hours...will our house be here then? lol
If you look very carefully...there are specks of dirt flying in the air as you look at the pics.
Well...this sucks
Marcie and I just returned from a drive around town looking at homes for sale and just driving around to see if other homes were for sale as well. We came back and turned the corner and from a distance we can see our house. Immediately, I noticed a 3 foot section of skirting was missing underneath the house.

We drove up and I looked as a neighbor was looking around. Turns out the piece that flew off our trailer went and schmucked his (yay!) and messed up some of his skirting.

I looked down and noticed light where there shouldnt be light, because the trailer is skirted all around so there shouldnt be light anywhere. Well it dawned on me that if there is light, that means there is a hole...so I went around front and noticed a 6 foot gap in the skirting there as well.

Note the convenient location of the sewer and water lines. Now, If I remember correctly, they installed a cord that is wrapped aroudn the water line so it doesnt freeze, but I dont know about the sewer line. Im worried about both of them freezing overnight. Ill leave the water running, but hmmm.
I tried to figure out what to do as...I really dont know what to do. What can I do when the wind is gusting like this? I have a tarp...but thats not going to do any good and I dont even know where I can mount it anyways. So...I took my car and parked it in front of the house for the time being to block the wind from the hole.
As I was writing this (and Marcie is writing another similar blog on her site) we heard a thump. I investigated and found this...

Luckily...this only will go on for the next 24 hours...will our house be here then? lol
If you look very carefully...there are specks of dirt flying in the air as you look at the pics.