Thread: Frickin wind did a number on my tombstones last night.

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I'm gettting a little sick of all this DAMN WIND. Last night i checked everything before hurrican Grace blew in last night and everything looked secured. There was one tombstone that was not secureing properly so i pulled that one out of the ground and left it in the garage. I had 8 on display when i went to bed. When i got for work this morning i had 2. The rest were all over my neighbors yards and in the street. Thank god i live on a culdisac and there is not a lot of car traffic. Luckily everything else managed to survive the storm. It looks like this weekend is going to be a tombstone overhaul weekend.

Yup,I am west of you and it blew pretty good out here in farm country.I had minimal damage just need to reattatch and adjust a few small things.

I too got tired of the winds. Since I've convered everything to plywood backings (1/2" - 3/4", not thin sheets!) with pvc slid onto rebar pounded into the ground has been working very well for me. Yeah it makes the props a lot heavier, but I think that helps, even in 50 mph winds. I have more branches fall from the trees than I have issues with props. My problems are the props I hang under the house eve or on the side on the house that get twisted up. Everything I have out so far (not a whole lot) survived yesterdays winds!

I'm looking at teh glass half full right. I look at it like this. Now my old props have some aging done to them for free. All i need to do is just touch them up.

oh crap Im east of you and that wind is coming my way ...........ty for the heads up ...I think the tobstones should come in tonight..lol

It was pretty windy in New York last night too...two of my stones tipped over (meaning I'll have to redesign my means of sticking them in the ground), and a few lighter things blew around the yard. Nothing compared to what you all had to deal with, but enough that I was nervous about it all night!

I'm in Joliet, and my stuff did not budge, even with the 45Mph or so we had.

I have these hot glued and duck-taped (black, of course) to the back of my stones......

We're in Northwest Indiana, and I was expecting not to have any tombstones left today. Fortunately they were all there, but one. And apparently it ended up getting run over by a car.

At walmart in the cooking utensil department, they sell these metal skewers for like 4 for a dollar. They are about 16 inches long with a loop at the end. I have had good luck using those and fishing line to secure things. I just stick them far into the ground at an angle, then tie the fishing line to the loop at the end.

They are great with rope lights at too, you can leave several inches sticking up and create a wavy effect.

My props aren't done yet, so I was very, very happy that I had not put anything out. The wind was horrendous. I'm really hoping the weather calms soon.