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Jun. 29th, 2006 11:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
julesjonesIt's 11 at night here. I was disturbed a while back by the sound of a chainsaw. It took a little while to register that it was after 10:30 and someone was using a chainsaw, which is very definitely verboten at this hour in these parts except in emergency situations. Then the chainsaw noise was replaced by the sound of Large Vehicle with a siren to warn that it's reversing, obviously shuffling back and forth. This carried on for a bit, and eventually I got curious enough to wander out and see what was happening, and more importantly how long it was likely to happen for.
The main road at the end of the block has several council vehicles of various sizes and shapes lumbering around on it, a diversion on one carriageway sending traffic from that carriageway down my street, and rather a lot of shrubbery *on* rather than by or above the carriageway. Obviously a tree's come down, although since it's night and it's the far carriageway, I couldn't see exactly which tree and what had happened. But I think there is going to be hooting and bleeping and rumbling desiel engines for a while yet.
And now we have the police/fire engine/whatever siren wandering around. Lovely. Don't think I'll bother trying to sleep just yet.
ETA: We now have what I presume is the noise made when chunks of tree are picked up off the carriageway and dumped in a lorry to be hauled away...
The main road at the end of the block has several council vehicles of various sizes and shapes lumbering around on it, a diversion on one carriageway sending traffic from that carriageway down my street, and rather a lot of shrubbery *on* rather than by or above the carriageway. Obviously a tree's come down, although since it's night and it's the far carriageway, I couldn't see exactly which tree and what had happened. But I think there is going to be hooting and bleeping and rumbling desiel engines for a while yet.
And now we have the police/fire engine/whatever siren wandering around. Lovely. Don't think I'll bother trying to sleep just yet.
ETA: We now have what I presume is the noise made when chunks of tree are picked up off the carriageway and dumped in a lorry to be hauled away...
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Date: 2006-06-30 08:57 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-06-30 04:02 pm (UTC)I've been to have a look at the tree this morning, and I don't see any indication of anything other than the tree itself being involved, which is fortunate. However, it's the tree on one side of the driveway for a small apartement complex, and it's clear that the way the tree fell it blocked not just the road but the driveway. I hope nobody needed to get out to a night shift last night.