Another little drama has evolved over the past two days.
Yesterday morning at 5.30 the street was once again blocked off and Structural Cranes rolled in to lift the pieces of the louvred awning, to the roof. All very dramatic in the dark of night! Of course, the garbage truck arrived at the same time and had to round the block and come up the street the wrong way. The guys from the road closure company then wheeled the bins down the road to be emptied.
The two fellows, Ben and Paul worked away all day cutting and filing metal (noisy and messy) and got about a third of the job completed in the day. Out top floor is a building site once again.
Last night there came the weather warnings about heavy rain and gale force winds. Ben came back at about nine o'clock and secured everything. He said that he wouldn't have been able to sleep with the worry of pieces of metal flying off into Hunter Street!
It has absolutely poured all night - sersiously poured. The roof is flooded as, I suspect, is the whole of Newcastle. It is like Pasha Bulka Day again. It seems to be driving from the south so the roof is slightly protected. Driving rain is always a bit scary, especially because it is so noisy. The windows sound as though they are going to blow in.
Here are some photos. They don't depict the torrent effectively.
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| Lift one from one truck |
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| Lift two from the other truck over the road |
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| Garbage truck arrives...! |
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| Tight squeeze. The dogman was terrific at his job. |
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| The main struts arrive |
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| Ben and Paul at work |
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| Rain!!! |
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| Stop work...one huge puddle !! |
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| Rain - and supported frame of the awning |
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| The torrent. This was taken at 9am. Looks like midnight. |
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