Before & After: King’s Highway Home
Decatur Metro | March 9, 2010An amazing before and after.
Before: This pic was taken April 13, 2009
After: Scott took this pic the other day.
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An amazing before and after.
Before: This pic was taken April 13, 2009
After: Scott took this pic the other day.
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Your “before” link goes to the “after” photo.
oh, there it is. my mistake.
Superb. I really didn’t think they’d be able to fix that after seeing it the first time.
I lived on Kings Hwy during Hurricane Opal back in 95 – It felt like the whole street looked like this, trees falling and snapping off left and right, but I don’t recall there being this much ‘direct hit’ damage then.
Even though there aren’t as many big oaks left on Kings Hwy, I still think about this street when the winds pick up. It’s scary to consider, but many/most Decatur houses could look like this at any time. More evidence that the trees are out to get us.
I was also here during Hurricane Opal (over on S. McDonough). In fact, our house burned three days after Opal came through in a completely unrelated freak event. But there were enormous trees down everywhere. I remember classes at Agnes Scott being canceled for a day or two.
All the trees going down are the ongoing fallout from the drought years. I’m wondering when we’ll start benefiting from the subsequent record rainfall.
Looks like a pretty standard insurance grade rebuild.
Glad the house was rebuilt, but what’s the amazing part?
“Amazing” in comparison to the original expectations voiced on this site that the house would need to be torn down and then a Historic District battle of (yes) historic proportion would ensue.
Yes, heaven forbid you turn a terrible situation into something beneficial.
I don’t know the details, but it suggests another powerful reason LHD should be resisted.