Well, that was exciting

[ksmith]

Nothing like huddling in the hallway listening to the tornado siren with a large dog who barks and howls when he hears sirens.

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[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I have gutter covers in the garage that I really need to attach to my gutters. I have a pine tree located about 6-7 feet from my front window, and it can shed enough needles and cones to block up a newly-cleaned gutter in a matter of a day. That's one chore I would like to hold off on until my week's staycation at the end of the month. Hope I can wait that long. I have one of those long-handle things that lets me scoop out a gutter while standing on the ground, but it's not the right sort of thing to handle a blockage.

Can any gutter keep up with rainfall of an inch or two within a very short period of time, even if it's whistle clean? You're funneling a lot of water down a comparatively small aperture--I'd think there'd be some overflow no matter what.

Or maybe not.