Friday, December 13, 2013

Thanks #5: The Fence

This was the year that we removed the 30+ year old fence that borders the west side of our property. It was built like a series of tall boards nailed to a couple of long horizontal posts, with room to see in between the slats. When replacing the fence, we considered getting an attractive, continuous, non-gaping fence like our neighbors have. Reasoning through it, we noted that such a fence might be vulnerable to strong winds. So we went with the slatted fence for $5,000.

Two weeks later, the tornado-gale storms ripped through town.

The storms felled three tall trees across the street.

They toppled our neighbors' attractive fence.

Ours is still standing.

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