House on Bears Island

Our house after hurricane Matthew. No real damage occured from the category 2 hurricane. Our good fortune was due to the winds coming from the north which allowed for our house to be protected by the forest to the north of the house. Note that all 9,000 pine cones are now gone from the lawn. 

Damage to Greenhouse - Before Repairs

Our greenhouse was damaged by the north winds - shearing off the tops of several rows of corrugated plastic covers.  We took the oppportunity to upgade the greenhouse to a higher quality, more long lasting rooding material. Fortunately, the structure was not damaged so repairs were easily completed in one day's time.

Greenhouse uindergoing repairs on October 15, 2016

Greenhousse repair worker in action

Greenhouse repair completed with long life UV Resiistant Cover

Chicken Coop during Repair work

Roof of Chicken Coop damage caused by Hurricane Matthew

We spent many hours collecting pine cones that fell from the hurricane's winds. Winds of 30 miles can hour can easily knock pine cones out of trees. So with winds as high as 80 miles an hour, you know we were quite busy collecting pine cones for several days on end.

The burning of 9,000 Pine Cones