Windy days + above ground pool + winter cover = anxiety

[cabmandone]

Ugh! I hate windy days. My pool looks like a giant jiffy pop out there. I have a cover that's held on by bungee chords and each year the wind decides to remove it for me. I'm hoping it can withstand the wind today!

[Sooner or later]

That will be a big bowl of popcorn.

Wind was howling in Oklahoma yesterday. I opened the door to the backyard and a bushel of leaves blew in.

[GH85Carrera]

We had some 50 MPH gusts last night. Many people lost electricity. We just had some debris blow around and still have electricity.

[stevej37]

Our power co. sent out emails warning of power outages this afternoon and tonight.

Is that tramp' anchored down? If not, it looks awful close to your cars.

[cabmandone]

I don't know why this causes anxiety. It's not like I don't know what the outcome will be! But this time, mother nature decided to teach me a lesson. Release the side opposite the direction of the wind and it relieves the pressure! Oddly, the east side bungee chords let loose even though they had the least pressure on them. Once it let go, the top just flopped around but seems to have withstood the worst of it.... but that was only round one. We shall see.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by stevej37

Is that tramp' anchored down? If not, it looks awful close to your cars.

The tree is gonna land on the car... trampoline becomes a UFO sighting on the evening news

[Rusty Heap]

1st world problems........"I'm worried and anxious about my swimming pool cover"

[masraum]

Dude! A dozen drywall screws and you're good to go!

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by stevej37

Our power co. sent out emails warning of power outages this afternoon and tonight.

Is that tramp' anchored down? If not, it looks awful close to your cars.

Four ratchet straps tied around the main bars with anchors driven about 3' into the ground. That thing is the least of my worries. It has been through this kind of stuff and lived to tell about it. My pool cover? Not so much. Last year about two weeks before Thanksgiving we had a wind storm like this. Cover came off. I ended up in the pool on thanksgiving because someone said I wouldn't do it. Stupid alcohol! Stupid... stupid.. alcohol!

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by Rusty Heap

1st world problems........"I'm worried and anxious about my swimming pool cover"

I'm gonna go talk to my doctor tomorrow. I think anxiety is a reason for them to prescribe medical weed. I'll smoke my anxiety away!

[ckelly78z]

That old bowling ball in your closet ? Place in center of pool cover !

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by ckelly78z

That old bowling ball in your closet ? Place in center of pool cover !

I don't think that's gonna do it! If you see a pool cover like the one in the picture above come blowing by, let me know!

[sugarwood]

[cabmandone]

^^^
HEY My fridge has a door! And that car isn't abandoned, it's in the process of being restored.

[wdfifteen]

Mine was billowing up earlier. We tied ropes across the south side where the wind was getting under it. They didn't help the cover just kept whipping around. I put some light sandbags along the south side and it's doing fine now.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by stevej37

Our power co. sent out emails warning of power outages this afternoon and tonight.

Talked to a lady friend just now and her son in New Haven, MI sent her pics of where the Black River enters lake Michigan.

No wind per Google Earth...



2:00 today with same wind we are getting our butts kicked with right now (Akron).

[stevej37]

[QUOTE=Bob Kontak;11104123]Talked to a lady friend just now and her son in New Haven, MI sent her pics of where the Black River enters lake Michigan.


Do you mean 'South Haven'?

The Black River on the other side of the state empties into Lake Huron.

[Bob Kontak]

[QUOTE=stevej37;11104134]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

Talked to a lady friend just now and her son in New Haven, MI sent her pics of where the Black River enters lake Michigan.


Do you mean 'South Haven'?

The Black River on the other side of the state empties into Lake Huron.

Yes, South Haven. Sorry.

[stevej37]

^^^ South Haven is about an hour from where I live. We've had 45-50 mph winds this afternoon.
Still have power...thankfully.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Originally Posted by cabmando

YOU'RE DOMED!!!!! DOMED!!! I tell ya' !!!!!!!!!