Some Good Deeds By Some Good Neighbors

Main reason for note is to comment about yesterdays storm. I spent the prior 5 days R&R-ing up on Lake Ontario with dear friends, and on the way back yesterday - as I was coming through Tupper Lake - Bob Horr called me to let me know about the weather system I was heading into. As soon as I came across the Ferry, and was on Rt 2 coming across on the Sandbar - the sky opened up. It was like a firehose on the car with almost no visibility. Came up Rt 7 OK, and some trees & branches were down along the Milton/Westford Rd. Got onto McNall Rd, and all was fine until I got to the McNall's Dairy Barn, and about 6 cars ahead of me were stopped because several LARGE trees were completely across the road - right where it changes from blacktop to dirt. Trees were about 20"+ at the base. The McNall boys and several other neighbors were there with chainsaws, and their large tractors, and inside of about an hour - had the road open enough to be passable. (I regretfully wasn't able to assist in any way because of recent surgery.) Further down the road a house unfortunately lost a good portion of their roof, and sustained lots of interior water damage until they could get a tarp up there. I had about 7-8 trees knocked down, and some trim ripped off my house.

I wonder if you might be able to make a special mention of THANKS to the McNall boys for all of their time and effort to make the road passable for the residents of McNall Road. As if their job isn't already challenging enough to be in the farming/dairy business - they had this additional unexpected work/time/expense in dealing with the aftermath of this storm. I'm sure that other portions of the town saw some damage, and some teamwork, but it was truly refreshing to see our little neighborhood pull together as best able - to clean up the mess left from the storm. The McNalls deserve a heaping plate of THANKS!!!!!

Thanks Henry.....fletch!