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    A gloat with reservations

    As you may have heard there were a couple of tornados in the Twin Cities area on Saturday and the town of Hugo was hit very badly. One 2 year old boy was killed and his parents and sister were badly injured.

    I live in Blaine about 7 miles west of Hugo and the winds yesterday caused a lot of damage, mostly trees knocked down. I lost a 40 ft cherry which was about 14 inches in diameter at the base. My neighbor lost a large red oak. I was able to get quite a bit of wood. In the picture below, I have sealed about 1/2 of it. It's nice to get the wood, but not under these circumstances. The black circular thing in the middle top of the picture is a trampoline from the neigbors that got wrapped around a tree.
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    Greg; good luck with the weather back there, stay safe...Bruce

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    Greg,
    I'm glad to hear that you and your family are fine! Sometimes something good (nice wood) does come from horrible situations even though you wish it back to the way it was...

    Try to get your cherry sealed ASAP before it starts to crack.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dick Strauss View Post
    Greg,
    I'm glad to hear that you and your family are fine! Sometimes something good (nice wood) does come from horrible situations even though you wish it back to the way it was...

    Try to get your cherry sealed ASAP before it starts to crack.
    It's all sealed now

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    Greg glad to hear you were ok. I hate hearing the deaths. Iowa got hit bad and down here in Kansas we had like 30 in the last 3 days but so far no one was killed. A buddy of mine up there had their home totally demolished but like he said he, the wife and kids are fine. He said they can replace a house but not a life.

    Great gloat on the wood. Looks like that should keep you turning for awhile.
    Bernie

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    Greg - glad you and your family are OK! Congrats on all of the wood! Storms can do some amazing damage in a very short amount of time. At least your turnings will generate something beautiful from all the destruction! Again... glad you are safe!
    Steve

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