You will not believe what happened. On December 22nd I let my dogs outside and when I looked into the backyard there was a HUGE hole in our cedar fence!! We live in a subdivision, however we are the first house and the yard faces Lilly Road, which is a rather busy street. My heart just sank because it would have been devastating if my dogs had found their way out of the yard and onto the street.
The fence looked like it had been kicked in from the outside, but with the snow we'd see footprints if that was the case. There was a big boulder of ice (like 2' long and 40 lbs. heavy boulder of ice) right inside the fence --- it took us a while to piece it together that the snowplow had passed the house and in doing so shot the ice right through the fence. I figured we had nothing to lose, so I left a voicemail with the person in charge of the snowplowing with the Village of Menomonee Falls. He returned my call later to let me know that he came out, looked at the fence, and would have it repaired this spring. In the meantime, my husband covered the hole with three 6" wide planks of wood. That's how big that hole is!!!
Here is a photo of my fence, and the boulder. Who knew a snowball could be so dangerous?
(Cross posted in part @ Thoughts Outside My Head)
