Remember that last big Ontario Windstorm? {Update Pg 3}

John Y Cannuck

John Y Cannuck

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I called the closest guy to our moose camp, he says he can't get within a mile of camp, even on his ATV never mind the army truck, there are trees everywhere. The camp just north of us took six days to cut their way in.
We're going in for a two day cutting bee with five guys to open the road/trail.
I suggest you guys check your camps
 
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There are patches with a lot of trees down. There were some tornados, microbursts, intense downdrafts. Here in Haliburton County, most areas are relatively untouched, but there are other areas that got flattened. Would be very difficult to hunt. Just a tangled jumble of mature trees. East of Bancroft a swath has been cut, must have been a tornado, and of course the damage was bad at Combermere.
 
tiriaq said:
There are patches with a lot of trees down. There were some tornados, microbursts, intense downdrafts. Here in Haliburton County, most areas are relatively untouched, but there are other areas that got flattened. Would be very difficult to hunt. Just a tangled jumble of mature trees. East of Bancroft a swath has been cut, must have been a tornado, and of course the damage was bad at Combermere.
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just outside macarthurs mills a little c1 touched down and bounced...

some folks down there lost a house and barn you can see where becuase they are clear cutting the property...

We didn't have power for about 4 days... Was a little bit of a shock when you drive past.. and see telephone poles snapped in two and trees 14-18 inches in diameter ripped out of the ground...
 
That's the swath I was referring to. We were lucky, and were only without power for 25 hours. I have a generator, so there was no problem with water, etc. Had one large spruce snapped off about 15ft. up. Within a mile or so, the power was out for several days, many trees down. One of our neighbours saw a funnel cloud pass over our area. It may have been the one that was on the ground just to the west, looking at the map of tornado tracks published in the local paper.
 
I had that done early this spring - looks like a second outlet on the side of the house. Connect the generator 220v with a heavy cord, go down into the cellar, and throw the switches to activate the second panel and disconnect from Ontario Hydro, and away you go. We have a gas furnace and stove, so the generator (6750w. surge, 5500w. run) will power the whole house if necessary. We only ran it enough to keep us in water, and the fridge and freezer cold. Don't need the constant noise of the generator running, especially in the summer with the windows open. I keep enough gas on hand to allow us to use the genset for quite a while if used sparingly, or to drive to another area if necessary. Periodically use it in the vehicles so the supply stays fresh. Getting gas was a sometime thing for the first while after the storm.
 
I have been cutting blow down in Algonquin Prk now for a month.About another month to go before its cleared up.
Unless you have a skidder to push #### off the road while opening it up it will take some time.Deisel power beats back power every time.
Good luck with your clean up.
ONION
 
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Yep she was quite a wind :p
I lost almost every tree i had, my house was right in the middle of the Combermere swath.
Took me & couple huntin buds :) (3 chain saws runnin) a day & 1/2 to cut up trees of my 120' by 80' front yard & road alone :runaway:
Coulda been worse thou, only had roof damage! Still think it's a miracle no-one was killed or even seriously hurt :confused:
Fortunately the swath went right up the private side of our 300 acre hunting property where we can't hunt anyway, only had a few trees down on our trails. :dancingbanana:

Captonion: you work for Robinson??
 
tiriaq said:
There are patches with a lot of trees down. There were some tornados, microbursts, intense downdrafts. Here in Haliburton County, most areas are relatively untouched, but there are other areas that got flattened. Would be very difficult to hunt. Just a tangled jumble of mature trees. East of Bancroft a swath has been cut, must have been a tornado, and of course the damage was bad at Combermere.
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Its the same at our camp just south of Lake Nipissing. My favourite stand is gone and the woods surrounding it are unrecognizable. It will be interesting to see during this fall's hunt how deer movements might have changed.

Ninepointer
 
tiriaq said:
There are patches with a lot of trees down. There were some tornados, microbursts, intense downdrafts. Here in Haliburton County, most areas are relatively untouched, but there are other areas that got flattened. Would be very difficult to hunt. Just a tangled jumble of mature trees. East of Bancroft a swath has been cut, must have been a tornado, and of course the damage was bad at Combermere.
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I stay at some cabins in Combermere. We were there last weekend and talked to the owners. They lost their barn and 3 cabins took damage, a tree landed on her van and a customer's car, 4 trailers took damage. There is a few square kms of bush that look clear cut all around them. Driving down the lake you see a few cottages with patches on the roof and 50' behind the bush is flat. A few minuts down the road, nothing is even touched. Still looks promising for a good deer season.
 
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just outside macarthurs mills a little c1 touched down and bounced...

some folks down there lost a house and barn you can see where becuase they are clear cutting the property...

We didn't have power for about 4 days... Was a little bit of a shock when you drive past.. and see telephone poles snapped in two and trees 14-18 inches in diameter ripped out of the ground...
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Thats my parents place and they lost everything,house, garage, barn and two outbuildings plus about 100 acres of timber.

They were very lucky not to be hurt, the farm can be replaced but if I had lost them..................
 
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Thats my parents place and they lost everything,house, garage, barn and two outbuildings plus about 100 acres of timber.

They were very lucky not to be hurt, the farm can be replaced but if I had lost them..................
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Sorry to hear...

We are in Boulter and that storm was nasty here but not that bad.. the power went out but we are getting used to that it's been out 3 times in the last 4 days for 4 hours at a time...

The morning after the storm I had to go into toronto...My wife was driving I saw the drywall scattered about like a deck of playing cards from the blue house across the road... and the downed telephone poles...
I saw the chunk of roof missing from the the brown house

My wife was slowing down going OMG OMG and then I looked... What a mess...
 
captonion said:
Where abouts in Combermere are ya Senior?

I dont work for Robinson.Im a Visneskie employee.
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I'm on Kam lk Rd. right across the little bay from smackdonald's description (Sand Bay Camp)

Is he a contractor for Robinson?
 
Wow you did get the full effect of the wind there Senior.I wwent up there and took a look there off the highway towards Bancroft.What a mess.
I do a fair bit of fishing not very far from you on the Barry's Bay side come winter.Lone Pine Point going in by Beaver Lk.Wonder if it hit down there to?


Not a contractor for Robinson.They are thier own company.2nd biggest producers in the park.Dombroskie's being #1.
 
captonion said:
Wow you did get the full effect of the wind there Senior.I wwent up there and took a look there off the highway towards Bancroft.What a mess.
I do a fair bit of fishing not very far from you on the Barry's Bay side come winter.Lone Pine Point going in by Beaver Lk.Wonder if it hit down there
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I live right at the bottom of the hill below where the highway overlooks the lake. As for getting the full effect of the wind??? I believe the height of the hill & the thickness of the forest may have saved us from complete catastrophy!

Lone Pine Pt is fine the narrow funnel of damage went straight from us into Combermere & seemed to petter out as it headed toward Rockingham.
 
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