A week and a half ago, while shopping at Lowe’s in Norman,
Oklahoma, the weather turned bad. After
loading the truck up with our newly purchased tile and thin set, for our main
bathroom; we jumped on Interstate 35 to leave Norman to head home. We had only been home for a couple of hours,
when a tornado hit the Riverwind Casino in Norman.
Thank goodness we’re safely
at home; however, we had concerns regarding our travel trailer. Our trailer is stored in a storage facility
directly across the highway from the Riverwind Casino, the direction the
tornado made its path. Law enforcement
had the highway and surrounding areas closed down, so first responders could
help rescue people, and assess the damage. Therefore, we were unable to
physically check on our travel trailer.
I placed a call to the manager of the storage facility. She informed me they were attempting to get
into the facility, and once at the facility, they would call us and let us know
if our unit was affected by the tornado.
At 10:45 PM, I received a call from the manager, advising our storage unit
was fine. The storm passed it over, and
hit the very next row of storage units.
The next morning, Bulldog Man and I, drove up to the storage facility to
visually confirm all was well with our trailer, “The Beast”, and to drop off a
few things in our trailer. After
checking our travel trailer, we both were so at ease that we didn’t have damage;
it was nice knowing that we did not have to contact the insurance company.
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I’m going to give you a sneak preview of the floor being
installed throughout our home. Instead
of replacing the damaged laminate again with laminate (something we were going
to do in a couple of years, however, since the pipe broke, the flooring needed
replacing). We decided to go with
engineered wood. Here’s a before and
after look, what do you think?
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| Old Laminate Floor |
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| Engineered Wood Replacing the Laminate |
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Bulldog Man and I have walked around our house identifying
areas needing additional caulking from weather damage. This was to help prevent
further issues to the wood, and to prevent any air leaks around windows. After identifying the areas, we got busy
caulking. Now we have one more thing to check off of our to do list.
How’s your winter chore list coming along?
