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Divernan

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38. Hugs, yes, and the oft-lampooned MASKING TAPE!

Sun Mar 6, 2016, 06:13 AM

Mar 2016

Or whatever kind of tape it is people use when hurricanes are forecast in their areas. Of course, that requires adequate advance warning. It wasn't some heavy object blown into your window and breaking it because you mentioned the screen was still intact.

This has made me think about how I'd respond. I'd close the cellular, insulating blinds I have on all the windows on the windward side of my house - think they'd absorb or deflect broken glass. (Now if I were a One Percenter, I'd have custom-made, shatter proof windows installed.)

Again, glad you were not injured!

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DAMN! High winds blew in my glass window [View all] yuiyoshida Mar 2016 OP

careful there nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #1

And the coastal flood advisory just went up nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #4

cut my fingers on a few shards yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #7

do you havre leather gloves? nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #9

no gloves, but there is yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #14

It is the fine shards that might be a problem nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #18

oh yeah good idea yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #21

You welcome nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #22

maybe tape a piece of cardboard until they fix it ?.nt. drray23 Mar 2016 #31

Do you have another set of sheets? Tiny slivers of glass will have worked into the fabric. hedda_foil Mar 2016 #35

YIKES! Nictuku Mar 2016 #2

Welcome to the future.... daleanime Mar 2016 #3

Get out of here nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #6

I know, hard to believe that they're not.... daleanime Mar 2016 #11

I am waiting for the words "CLIMATE CHANGE" to cross the lips of my local nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #19

That blows. Do you live on a high floor? n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2016 #5

garage level yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #8

A small hand vac Qutzupalotl Mar 2016 #34

You may as well have an ear worm, too: silvershadow Mar 2016 #10

SCARY!!!! bravenak Mar 2016 #12

Better find something to nail over that window. bravenak Mar 2016 #13

Theres a screen there...that didn't go yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #16

Damn! Rain.. bravenak Mar 2016 #17

i have some tape around here some where and yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #20

Glad you weren't lying on the bed when that happened! Divernan Mar 2016 #15

That would have certainly ruined my night yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #23

That is awful! brer cat Mar 2016 #24

my cat was a bit freaked out yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #26

Mine would still be hiding under something. brer cat Mar 2016 #28

be careful! spanone Mar 2016 #25

yeah for sure yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #27

Borrow a shop-vac with lots of power tabasco Mar 2016 #29

ooh Skittles Mar 2016 #30

That sucks! kentauros Mar 2016 #32

I'm so sorry! Hekate Mar 2016 #33

Guess what you need... madfloridian Mar 2016 #36

Hugs, yes, and the oft-lampooned MASKING TAPE! Divernan Mar 2016 #38

.. Liberal_in_LA Mar 2016 #37

Record high winds this year at other places Divernan Mar 2016 #39

Stay safe malaise Mar 2016 #40

How are you this morning? Did you manage to get any sleep? riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #41

ARE! There ARE shards of glass ... JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2016 #42

Fixed it.... yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #44

I'm sure your words were colorful as the window broke ... JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2016 #53

Wow! Was it a single pane window? NutmegYankee Mar 2016 #43

Full window yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #45

That sounds like a poor installation. NutmegYankee Mar 2016 #46

hA!! No, no safety glass... yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #48

Oh, real glass is nasty! NutmegYankee Mar 2016 #51

I guess we shall see yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #52

I have a wooden window. AngryAmish Mar 2016 #47

I guess that's better than yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #49

Yikes! What a pane! Orrex Mar 2016 #50

Something like this may help in the interim until it is fixed... stevenleser Mar 2016 #54