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avimom

Wed, Oct 07 2009, 8:03 pm

After all of DH's hard work, it's gone. destroyed. kaput. This happen to anyone else today??

NotInNJMommy

Wed, Oct 07 2009, 8:04 pm

yup. Ours was in a tree. Dh got the frame back up, but the canvas/schach/lights will have to wait until AM when the wind settles down.

Annie

Wed, Oct 07 2009, 9:30 pm

are you both in Chicago? There were record winds there yesterday.

avimom

Wed, Oct 07 2009, 9:41 pm

nope. brooklyn.

NotInNJMommy

Wed, Oct 07 2009, 10:36 pm

Nope..."upstate"

QUEENY

Wed, Oct 07 2009, 10:37 pm

WHen I came home today my decorations were on top of the succah instead of inside, the metal frames busted and the mats flew off. My neighbors succah is on it's side right now.

shnipsel

Wed, Oct 07 2009, 10:41 pm

they actually warned to be careful that its gonna be very windy. you gotta be careful when walking on the street!

NYmommy

Wed, Oct 07 2009, 10:53 pm

Our sukah collapsed multiple times today!!!!! DH kept putting it back together, no matter what we did it fell apart again... Twisted Evil

ra_mom

Wed, Oct 07 2009, 11:22 pm

Ours was being blown and knocked from one end of our gate to the other end, when we woke up.
Dh put it back together and tied it down on all sides. But he kept having to go out to adjust and retie throughout the day.
The canvas is a bit ruined with little rips. The metal frame is a bit out of shape. It's brand new Sad

kiwi

Thu, Oct 08 2009, 12:46 am

my sons each held onto one panel all day..
a great way to spend chol hamoed with some bored teenagers...

loveNlearn

Fri, Oct 09 2009, 8:17 am

kiwi wrote:

my sons each held onto one panel all day..
a great way to spend chol hamoed with some bored teenagers...

LOL!!!

greenfire

Fri, Oct 09 2009, 8:23 am

the winds were 50 mph in cleveland ... but then again I don't have a canvas succah - might as well have a hot air balloon ... up up & away Music

my succah is grounded - too heavy for flying

ChossidMom

Fri, Oct 09 2009, 8:28 am

Oy, my sympathies to all you chutznikim. We had a year like that here once. B"H all is well this year. We weren't even drowned out despite some rain. Hang in!

Mommy F.

Fri, Oct 09 2009, 8:59 am

We should have a photography thread of all these sukkahs!

Annie

Fri, Oct 09 2009, 3:41 pm

and after surviving the horrible windstorm and lots of rain that knocked down several of our neighbors succahs, I guess we figured we did a good enough job with construction, but NOPE. Last night there was a crash and this morning we discovered all the schach inside the succah and one of the center beams cracked. DH is hoping to fix it before shabbos (we eat in the succah on SA), so we'll see . . . .

Mostly I just want it safe, we have nets of lights and stuff that are now all hanging (or supporting some of the schach).

Oh, and plenty of the succas that came down/apart in our neighborhood were heavy wood ones.

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