Want Them All
10-14-2009, 10:30 PM
Yesterday a crazy dust storm passed by, visibility was maybe a couple hundred feet. I rushed home from work to find this.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=24992&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=24992&limit=recent)
Normally, this is how the shade canopies look.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=24991&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=24991&limit=recent)
I even "reinforced" the base of the structure with several of these iron U-hooks driven into the ground, but I guess the hooks are too short, and the wind was too strong.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=24993&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=24993&limit=recent)
A few of my shade canopies had their 4 posts buried about 18" in the ground, like this one around a White Sapote, those were not blown over.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=24994&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=24994&limit=recent)
I guess I will have to disassemble all tha canopies that I've built and start from scratch, and this time bury the supporting posts in the ground.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=24992&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=24992&limit=recent)
Normally, this is how the shade canopies look.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=24991&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=24991&limit=recent)
I even "reinforced" the base of the structure with several of these iron U-hooks driven into the ground, but I guess the hooks are too short, and the wind was too strong.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=24993&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=24993&limit=recent)
A few of my shade canopies had their 4 posts buried about 18" in the ground, like this one around a White Sapote, those were not blown over.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=24994&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=24994&limit=recent)
I guess I will have to disassemble all tha canopies that I've built and start from scratch, and this time bury the supporting posts in the ground.