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| Only a Second or Two by Larner | 8 Review(s) |
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| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 3/26/2009 |
| Yes, repairs are better than deaths, much better. What a mess to clean up though. Author Reply: Oh, no question of that, my Lady. Cleaning up after storms is always complicated, but it's necessary. And Sara would far rather repair windows and shutters and roofs than to assist at burials! | |
| Celeritas | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 3/22/2009 |
| Yes, repairs are always better than deaths. I always hate hearing the death toll after severe weather. Good thing hobbits can be busy as bees when they have a mind. Author Reply: I certainly agree with you and Sara here! And indeed it's good that Hobbits are capable of being industrious! Thanks so! | |
| Agape4Gondor | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 3/22/2009 |
| Wow - I loved the size of the house.... I know it was big - but the description here - so simple - just a count of broken shutters - makes it 'real.' Very nicely done. BTW - we had a huge storm here last year and I was without power for four days. Took down trees and houses everywhere. Sadly, we had a couple deaths. Saradoc was wise in his gratitude. Author Reply: Am so glad that small series of details made the size of Brandy Hall more real somehow. Thank you! Storms are so capricious in nature. | |
| Kitty | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 3/22/2009 |
| It's always horrible to live through such a storm, isn't it? But I agree with Saradoc - the damage is bad, but loss of life would be even worse, so all in all, it could have been worse. Author Reply: Oh, definitely such storms can be traumatic and terribly destructive. But they made it through and have each other still. Thanks so, Kitty. | |
| 6336 | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 3/21/2009 |
| I wonder who pissed Manwe off, or was Osse having another tantrum? More please, Lynda Author Reply: A good question! Heh! A difficult year that was. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 3/21/2009 |
| repairs were better than deaths any day Indeed they are! Author Reply: Amen, Shirebound! | |
| Cairistiona | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 3/21/2009 |
| As we're currently going through our spring stormy season, and one storm has already blown the roof our my daughter's elementary school, I can very much relate to this one! Very good detail... and I like how you explained the inspiration for this. Amazing the damage wind can do. Author Reply: In this case there was such a mix of wind, snow, rain, ice and then thawing that it was certain to cause major problems all around. Between wind and flooding Buckland has been pretty hard hit, as was western Washington the year such a mixture of weather hit us! | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 3/21/2009 |
| A vivid description of a frightening storm.I recall one blowing half the slates off when I was about 16.I've an idea for this prompt,but have yet to write it. Author Reply: I remember arriving one year at Heathrow in ninety mile an hour winds. The pilot did a marvelous job landing, and we gave him a standing ovation! But the drive to Banbury took us seven hours! Lorries were blowing over everywhere, or so it seemed! Frustrating! The storm here started with snow and ice, followed by a warm rain that melted it all and started floods, followed by wind and more snow, part of which melted again, causing MORE floods, followed by still MORE snow and ice and very heavy winds! It was a mess! | |