today some of the industrial department were tasked with felling 3 trees near the high school. At this point it is worth a moment of thought, to see if God has called any professional lumberjacks into the ministry. And even if "lumberjack" is the proper term.
Needless to say, the job had to be done and the guy tasked with doing it, gave it his best shot.
Unfortunately, wind today was unusually high, the space he had to work with was very very tight, zero margin for error, and to make a long story short, the first tree landed on the roof.
As a network guy I saw the switch go down in my air conditioned room and didn't think much of it "oh it's a power glitch".
Walking home to lunch, I saw the missing section of the roof.
BUT that's not all.
The tree landed smack dab in the center of a 2000 gallon water tank, and the water flooded the main offices.
This is where I come in, because ups's and power strips and tower pc's were getting soaked in water.
But, for the most part, the response of everyone is "we were fortunate" because school was not in session. It begins again on Monday.
It was not raining as it usually is around this time.
And there was very little expensive damage (if any).
We came together, lent fans, dried out the rooms to avoid mildew, and the roof is being repaired.
I would expect people to be mad or upset, but most folks seem to be understanding and feel bad for the guy in charge.
Looking at the tree, that would be a very difficult drop for the most professional of tree..um...doctors?
They had a very small target space to drop it in.
I was speaking with my co-laborer (worker) and we decided we prefer our jobs. When we mess up, data gets lost. When they mess up, property gets damaged and people might get hurt.
But no one did.
So it really is something exciting and different that we can all help out with. It is nice to be in a place where the
"sucks to be you" mentality doesn't exist.
Where what happens to you, happens to us.
