In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Quote:I don't think the guy was on a cruise ship or returned from a trip to Wuhan or Italy recently! Did they have a presumptive source for his infection that you know? Or did they assign it to 'community transmission'?
Originally posted by 1KIKI:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Sad to say that BC has had its first death from COVID-19. An elderly man in a care home in Vancouver.
The news said at least one care worker was sick.
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Oh that's too bad, Brenda. I agree with Signy, it's another good reason to not go to malls at this point.
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Quote:The one story that I read about squirrels returning to the scene to repeat the damage had to do with an exterior attic windowsill. Why a windowsill? And why go back to it after it was repaired?
I can't figure it. There's nothing in here that it would want as far as food. How would it even know to burrow into a roof? There wasn't any shingle problems, as the roof was only a few years old when I bought the house and nothing has ever leaked.
Everybody I've talked to, including people who do trade work, have said they never heard of a squirrel burrowing down into a roof before. But unless my roof was hit by a meteor that burnt up between hitting the roof and the drywall inside the attic, that's exactly what happened here.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Here's a specific re tree bracnhes: https://homeguides.sfgate.com/stop-squirrels-getting-roof-28355.html
Prune back any tree branches that come within 10 feet of your house.
and other tips
If you find evidence of squirrel presence, such as gnaw marks, urine or feces, and insulation ripped apart, make noise and light the attic brightly to encourage the squirrels to leave. When you are unsure whether or not squirrels are still present, consult a pest control specialist. Commence repairs once you are sure the squirrels are gone.
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Oh that's too bad, Brenda. I agree with Signy, it's another good reason to not go to malls at this point.
That place is big and I don't really like it anyways. I only go out there when I think I have enough time or that is the only place I think I can find what I am looking for.
True enough.
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Well, we ran our errands today, using procedure masks. The pharmacy tech wistfully asked me ... "Where did you get your masks?" I explained that I got some of them to work with suspect lead paint (true) and procedure masks from my sister for allergy control when gardening (Not true. Sis bought a bunch for us about a month ago bc she saw this coming down the pike, but I didn't want the pharma tech to feel bad.)
I told her that the procedure mask does two things: (1) It keeps HER from getting sick (she brightened at the thought) and (2) it keeps me from touching my face.
I want to give a mask to everyone I see.
Did all of our errands efficiently, in and done, pharmacy, groceries, mail, filling up the van, bank... so glad when we were finished! Then I had a lot of kitchen-work to do, specially this green salsa that I had bought the peppers, cilantro and limes for, but didn't get a chance to make before because I got busy interviewing fiduciaries.
So, tomorrow we help put up shelving in the garage, and I guess Friday we finish up. Saturday I intend to do nothing all day ... but I know it won't work out that way!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
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Got some errands run today and tomorrow just the usual. That being work.
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Quote:The one story that I read about squirrels returning to the scene to repeat the damage had to do with an exterior attic windowsill. Why a windowsill? And why go back to it after it was repaired?
Originally posted by 1KIKI:Quote:
I can't figure it. There's nothing in here that it would want as far as food. How would it even know to burrow into a roof? There wasn't any shingle problems, as the roof was only a few years old when I bought the house and nothing has ever leaked.
Everybody I've talked to, including people who do trade work, have said they never heard of a squirrel burrowing down into a roof before. But unless my roof was hit by a meteor that burnt up between hitting the roof and the drywall inside the attic, that's exactly what happened here.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I don't know. I think they're a lot smarter than we think they are... or at least they're a lot smarter than I would have ever given them credit for.
I'm 99% sure it wasn't looking for any food. Even if I had some lying in the kitchen that it would have liked, that isn't a great access point to get down to it. I think it was probably trying to find a good place to stock up any food it found.
But I really think that when I scared it off that first night, it completely abandoned the spot. It had probably been around 10 days between when I heard it and when I did a makeshift patch and I hadn't heard anything in between. It wasn't in there when I did the temporary patch either. I did think to set the patch up with the materials I had in a way that it would be obvious if it tried coming back. I put a block on the top of it without screwing it to anything, which was heavy enough to not be blown down by the wind, but would likely be moved and/or fall off of the roof it it came back and tried to get back in. 4 days later it remains undisturbed.
I'm pretty sure that it had no idea what was behind the walls of it's new food pantry, but it had no intention of sticking around long enough to find out.
Now that the semi-panic about it has worn off and I have assessed the situation, it's not completely terrible. The damage is on the overhang of the porch, almost all the way toward the front of it. The hole itself, when it let in water, would almost certainly be above the soffit panel (the overhang of the overhang). Worst case is that it's far enough in to let water into the wall, but again, it's a steep pitch and it's just the overhang over the concrete porch so it's not like I'd be getting water into the walls of the house.
I think I should be able to get an extension ladder up to the very top of the peak of that overhang and do the work from on the ladder. As scary as that idea is, it still sounds better than doing all that roof climbing I was doing the other night. I'm going to see if maybe I can get my friend to bring his. I have two of them, but they're not as long and pretty flimsy when extended fully. His is so bulky and heavy it almost requires two people to set it up straight.
I cut back what I could the other night too. I even got on my 10 foot extension ladder this time and cut more back than I thought I'd be able to.
The problem is, these trees are very mature and very tall. I've been able to get to the ones that are close to the roof about as tall as the peak of the roof... hopefully 10 feet away, but there are branches that are so high I'd never be able to reach them no matter what I do. Branches that height on the furthest tree practically drape over the entire roof of the house.
I've heard they're not like cats though, and it would probably die if it tried to jump down to the roof from that height.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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I guess it's just "wait and see". One thing ... while squirrels are great at jumping down from heights and landing, they still need a path back up. Even if a squirrel were to land on your roof, it would face the scary experience of having to climb down your house and run across the lawn to get back to those trees. One or two experiences like that would discourage any except the most intrepid, I imagine.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
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Yeah. I'm probably good now, especially after I patch it.
I just kind of find it humorous that last spring I had branches literally scraping the roof when it would get windy and didn't have any squirrel problems and now that they were cut back and there wasn't any that were within 3 to 5 feet I find an industrious squirrel that eats holes through shingles.
I never would have questioned that they were capable of doing it, but I imagine that there's a system of ROI in place for animals that would rival our own and with a squirrel having no idea what a roof is, I can't see how it would figure that burrowing into them would be a good expenditure of calories, unless it was absolutely sure there was something in there that it wanted.
For all it knew, it could have been 8 inches of those shingles to burrow through with nothing hollow on the inside.
What are the chances I have a retarded squirrel? I'm sure I'm not the only person to ever have this happen before, but it's not exactly something that people worry about happening when they think about their roofing.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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