Apres nous, le Deluge

[dancinghorse]

My barn is gone.

We had a microburst last night--like being in a dishwasher during the rinse cycle--and when it rolled off, spitting lightning, the paddock shelter had blown apart (expected, the tarp was old and needed to be replaced; I was hoping to do that this weekend). I went out to pull the tarp remnants out of the way, and found that Gaudia had teleported into the paddock with keed--through three strands of hot tape--and that the barn looked very strange.

Two-thirds of its roof was gone. Part was twisted and thrown down, which you can see in the icon--it's since subsided further and half the big white part is now sticking up into the air--and Ember was in hysterics as it had done this right over her head. The remnants landed in Pandora's pen, but she was simply staying out of the way. Lipp mind vs. Arab mind. Pook was trying to climb out of the arena by the far corner. I found out why somewhat later. The roof of the middle stall, where Capria was, had levitated 75 feet and crashed in the arena. Capria was unperturbed. Camilla, in the foaling stall, was also OK: it still had a roof.

Ember is seeing the vet any minute now--her neck is 'way out of whack. The rest are in the paddock until further notice, since there is a large, sharp piece of mangled steel smack in the middle of their turnout. No way it's movable, it literally weighs a ton, and it needs to stay in situ until the official stuff is taken care of. Barn guy is coming Thursday to do an estimate, and sending a crew tomorrow to take down the twisty sculpture. I've reconfigured Pandora's pen to prevent this morning's heart attack: my very large mare snoozing under a mess of twisted, sharp-edged metal that barely cleared her ears. She has shelter, at least. Her porta-port is completely intact, which tells me this was a microburst, when a heavy roof immediately next to it went sailing to Oz.

I'm indulging in a brief chronic fatigue attack--fuzzy brain and flattened exhaustion--before dealing with the vet and calling the insurance. Which may not cover this. But we'll see.

This is on top of the trailer next door (scuzzy trailer number three, west end) burning down last Thursday noon. I came out and saw the smoke going up, ran in and called 911, and by the time I got back out it was a goner. The fire department managed to keep the fire from spreading, but we got a lot of smoke, which was not very pleasant. The people who rented the trailer were not home at the time. I don't know if their dogs were inside or not. I couldn't get within 100 feet to get the door open and see--it went up too fast. It's now a burnt-out hulk with salvage trucks coming and going.

Disaster Alley, anyone?

I least I got to Potter all weekend. That was a nice interlude.

Comments

[vampry.livejournal.com]

So glad to hear you and all the horses are fine even if Ember did have hysterics.

I'll hope the insurance takes care of everything.

[janni.livejournal.com]

Eeek! Glad all the horsefolk are okay!

If you need us to come out some weekend and help with some of the heavy lifting, just let us know.

[shira.livejournal.com]

Oh my God! Wow, Judith, I'm SO sorry to hear this! But you know, like you already mentioned, the Lipizzan mind, it's a lifesaver in times like this. Just like when we had our fire - granted, the horses were not "inside", but they were outside, and close, and what did they do? Went to the furthest parts of their paddocks and stood in a bunch and watched.

Dear Lord. I think some higher power has it in for Lipizzan horses or something. I hope you get all this straightened out soon.

*hugs*

[patchwork-prose.livejournal.com]

How terrifying! Will be praying for you and yours as you're dealing with this. I'm so glad the horses are, for the most part, all right.

[valancy.livejournal.com]

YEEKS.

*hugs*

Hope things get fixed quickly and with little monetary ouch. Glad no one really got hurt.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Holy COW. I'm very, very sorry. Bless you all. I'm glad your four-foots seem to be okay.

[raithen.livejournal.com]

Oh dear God.

{{HUGS}} x 100000000 and I am So. Glad. you are all mostly ok. And {{calming zen vibes}} to you all. With {{nice chiro-vet neck straightening vibes}} for poor Ember. Dear me, that is scary stuff, but at least only repairable things got hurt!

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Augh! *hugs* What an awful shock for you! I'm glad everyone's all right, and I hope Ember's neck will be okay. Eep! *hugs*!

[larryhammer]

The phrase "Eeek!" springs to mind. As does "What Janni Said."

---L.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

Glad the family is safe. And wow. Just wow.

[marthawells.livejournal.com]

Oh man, glad all the horses came through okay.

[onalark.livejournal.com]

Holy sheet. :( Glad you're unharmed, though.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I am so sorry about the barn and upcoming insurance dealings and all. Hope everything is covered, and very glad to hear you came through it in one piece.

[raithen.livejournal.com]

oh - if you have any insurance questions, that's lawgeekgurl's area of expertise and she is VERRA cool, with the "I am not your lawyer and this isn't legally binding" kind of tips! I'll send her over to your corner of cyberspace, if you like?

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Wow, thanks. She sounds like a great person to know.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

I am so glad you and the horses are all right--but I sure hope the dogs are all right, too.

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

I brought the dogs in when the rain started. Spot is not a yard dog anyway, and the others were more than glad to get out of the storm. They spent it either sacked out in bed or flopped next to me on the sofa (along with an assortment of cats).

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

I am very glad they were safely in! (I was thinking of dogs in the burning trailer, but maybe I misread.)

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Oh--I misread that as my dogs in the storm. I don't know about the dogs in the trailer. Have been trying to find out, but nobody is there to ask.

I hope they were with the family. They were obnoxious dogs and were starting to show signs of going after the horses (not trivial when one was a mastiff puppy), but still.

[plutosonium.livejournal.com]

The barn getting destroyed with horses in it is one of my worst nightmares. So glad everybody came through it mostly intact. Poor Ember.

[seachanges.livejournal.com]

Holy crap!

Glad everyone is OK, but yiiiiii on the property damage. Sending {{{{HUGS}}}} and Good Vibes in your direction.

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

Blimey! I'm glad to hear that you and the gang are ok - that sounds mighty scary indeed.

[cindershadow.livejournal.com]

Truly a horseperson's nightmare! It's good to hear that the horses are physically intact, at least. My heart goes out to you as you deal with all the aftermath. I wish I lived close enough to join a clean-up party!

[tourogal.livejournal.com]

i'm a complete stranger, and i will admit to following a link in a friend's lj, but holy moley! talk about the finger of Gd! thank heaven everyone is safe and sound. hope Ember is ok.

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Hey, welcome! Thanks for the good wishes.

[tourogal.livejournal.com]

you are very welcome.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

GAH!

How absolutely horrifying. I'm glad everyone is basically OK - that's far and away the important thing.

[ambar.livejournal.com]

Oh, man. Glad everyone is okay!

[maryosmanski.livejournal.com]

Another voice expressing relief that everyone there is basically okay.

I do hope the insurance will take care of the removal and replacement.

[equesgal.livejournal.com]

Wow! I'm so glad you and the horsies are OK. And I hope that insurance-wise you're OK too.

((hugs))

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek. Scary, scary, scary. Sorry to hear it. But that the beasties made it through, and hope the girl is feeling better soon and the insurance and all goes as easily as possible...

[galeni.livejournal.com]

Damn, and hugs! Glad no one got seriously hurt, and am keeping my fingers crossed that it's fully covered by insurance.

[christymarx.livejournal.com]

YIKES! I am so glad to hear that none of the horse lords or ladies were hurt. Also glad there was no damage to you or your house.

{{hugs}}

[neutronjockey.livejournal.com]

Damn and damn. Where's the freak weather clause in the horseowner's insurance manual? You may continue your chronic fatigue attack at will. Damn.
-=Jeff=-

[greeneyedkzin.livejournal.com]

What everyone else said. Whew!

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

How horrible. I'm so sorry. I'm glad that insurance is taking care of most of it, and that it looks like Ember will be OK.

Eeek!

[mpoppe.livejournal.com]

With all the open desert around you, you'd think the microburst could have found a nice empty spot to strike! I hope all is getting back under control and Ember's doing better.

--Marilyn

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I knew something important had gone on while I was brain dead, but I've been working my way through journals. When I was reszearching foal births today, I knew it was your turn.

I'm so sorry. I am SO glad you and the gang are all right. I hope insurance is helping, but I will read on to find out what's up.

Microbursts are terrifying. I was in a plane when it sheared--not something I ever want to repeat.