Elements Of Mis-Management

Tropical storm Ian is expected to pay us a visit this weekend, and on this Thursday evening, winds are already picking up around our neighborhood. I already removed a few light pieces of construction debris from my yard (lot 14) that have blown onto my front lawn and some plastic sheeting that ended up on my brand new vehicle! I was not happy to find that on my car. Taylor Morrison’s (TM) work crews are not doing the reasonable diligence of securing their trash, and I’d be loathed to come out again and find more items from the construction sites hitting/damaging my car, or worse – my home. TM should be responsible enough to ensure the safety of people and property near their work sites!

As you know, I have setup a public weather station that records actual weather conditions and contributes valuable real time weather data to members of our community and to the general public. I do this not only for all of our safety, but also the data helps validate and substantiate any claims arising out of adverse weather conditions, should something happen. Data doesn’t lie. Here is the historical wind data as measured today as we are seeing winds pick up from this approaching storm:

You can clearly see gusts and sustained wind are increasing. 25 MPH is just about the threshold where things start flying.

Because of the above, I decided to drive around the neighborhood and check for loose items that could have potential to cause damage or hurt someone if becoming airborne. The following pictures were taken just about 8:40PM eastern time.

Full unsecured and overfilled construction dumpster near lot 28. The sign itself in the open could also become an airborne projectile with enough wind

Sheetrock panels that are not secured – could hit someone, their car, or home!

These could easily become flying projectiles

This overfilled dumpster on Saskatoon – like so many others throughout the ‘Hood

This wouldn’t be the first time pool furniture ended up in the pool, the following show many additional possibilities just waiting to happen. We already documented damage caused to the pool by storm thrown furniture.