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February 16, 2007 - Click on image for higher resolution version.

About 12:45 I heard a loud boom, but we frequently hear booming noises when it is very windy here. Five minutes later, I looked out and saw this. My first thought was that a horse might be under it, and I was horror-struck until I looked up the hill and saw Magic and Rags staring down, almost as perturbed as I. I called Jack and gave him a brief description of the visible damage, and took my camera out while I checked how much danger the ruins presented for the horses. Of course, once I got out there they decided I would protect them, and came down to see what was going on. I managed to get them away from the wreckage and put them in the new field and closed the gate. The wind peeled the roof completely off of the structure, and it is now laying on the ground: nails pointing up. The wiring in the old barn was twisted apart and the bulbs were broken, so I threw the circult breakers in the new barn.

Jack is on his way home so we can figure out if we can make the old field safe enough for horses tonight, or whether I have to take them to my trainer’s to board for a couple of days while we clear away the debris.

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Date: 2007-02-16 09:51 pm (UTC)

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dancinghorse.livejournal.com

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Wow. That's pretty much exactly what happened to me in a summer thunderstorm a couple of years back. The roof levitated 75 feet into the middle of the turnout--thank god Pooka was elsewhere at the time or he'd have been killed. We had one horse with some neck damage (she was right under it when it blew) but she recovered with vet care and chiro. I ended up getting a good settlement with the insurance, and expanding the barn, so it turned out OK in the end.

I'm glad your horses weren't hurt!