Hurricane Laura was officially a category 4 storm, but technically it was a category 4.9 and in reality it probably was a category 5.

I've never personally seen damage in the wake of a hurricane as severe and widespread as what I've seen in the wake of Hurricane Laura, and the people in Eastern Texas and Western Louisiana have a long road to recovery. (added Hurricane Delta)

Friday, September 25, 2020

Heading Back to Louisiana Today

I had to stop what I was doing last week, break camp, and head back to Pearland, TX because of the tropical storm "Beta" that was heading toward our home. I needed to be here with the family because we weren't sure how bad it was going to be.

I'll be loading everything in a few minutes and heading back that way to finish the job I was working on when I left, already discussed it with the homeowner, and not sure what I'll be doing from there. I had some things lined up on Facebook, but Facebook disabled my account over a video I posted that I wasn't even aware violated their terms of service when I posted it. Obviously, I would not have posted it had I known that, but in any case, it seems that they have disabled it permanently as a result of this issue. They gave no explanation or reason why, I can only assume at this point as to what caused this.

For that reason however, now I have no way to contact the numerous people I was communicating with regarding help they needed. If you need my assistance with cutting trees out of your yard, please leave a comment below describing what you need, and we can discuss the details via email or Google messenger. I'm looking for elderly people to help, or people who have disabilities, or people with some type of physical hardships to help because I'm doing this free of charge.

I'm not licensed or bonded, so I won't cut trees that are on houses or involved in any insurance claims without a signed waiver relieving me of any responsibility for any damages which might result from any such attempt at removing a tree in such a position.  To be completely honest though, I'd rather not do this at all because if something were to happen as a result of something I did, I'd feel bad about it and I don't have the money that would be required to pay for it.

If anyone needs me to sign a waiver of responsibility stating that I won't file a lawsuit against them if I have any kind of accident, I will sign one before I start working.  Just so everyone will know ahead of time, I won't sue anyone if something happens to me because I know full well what the risks are and I'm doing what I'm doing knowing this from the beginning. I'm pretty skilled with a saw, but that doesn't mean that something couldn't happen, but I am very careful while I'm working because I'd rather not get hurt; it's a personal preference of mine.

One other thing, depending on how many trees or the size of them, I may need someone to help moving the pieces as I'm cutting, I can't always do both. I've been to places that have so many trees to cut that just using the saw is an all day project and it is also enough to wear someone out.  I'm willing to chop it up for you, if you can have someone you know move it somewhere that it can be hauled away.

If all of this is good with you and you or someone you know needs a hand from someone with a saw, let me know in the comment section below and I will try to get to it.  I'm only one guy, so I can only do so much, but I'm doing what I can to help as many people as possible.




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