SteelMaster News Volume #2, Newsletter #2
IN THIS ISSUE The Story of a Dog, a Fire, and a Steel Building Standing in the Face of a Tornado SteelMaster Featured in Daily News
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SteelMaster Featured in Daily News After Linda and Andy Weintraub laid out $110,000 for 11 acres in upstate Rhinebeck 13 years ago, they didn’t have enough money left to build a house large enough to accommodate their lifestyle. “It required a considerable amount of room,” explains Andy, a consulting economist and retired Temple University professor. They had three children and wanted space to entertain groups. Plus, Andy adds, “I like having a workshop, and Linda wanted a studio.” Their solution for getting more space without paying a premium wasn’t an obvious one: a modified Quonset hut.
August 2011
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The Story of a Dog, a Fire, and a Steel Building The dog did it. Well, the dog didn’t intentionally do it. The fact that he inadvertently set fire to Michael and Robin Novotny’s two-story garage on Easter Sunday of 2007 was all because he mistook the riding lawn mower for a chew toy, causing the electrical wires to become mangled. It was the day before Easter when Michael positioned the lawn mower in front of his garage, with the expectation that he would tackle the mess the dog made to the wiring in the next couple of days. What he didn’t expect was the smell of burning wood and the noise of a crackling fire that greeted him when he headed outside the next day around noon. Read More>>>
Standing in the Face of a Tornado The narrative and images are straight from the big screen, but for residents of Pikeville, TN and the surrounding area this past April, the horror didn’t end once the lights were switched back on. In fact, the calm blue skies and bright spring sunshine of day only serve to further illuminate the disparity between what once was and what now is—a reality that Conda Hysell and her parents are still trying to realize some five weeks since a tornado savagely tore through their existence. Getting through the tornado alive was first and foremost for Hysell. Once she realized she and her parents were ok, the next step was to assess what, if anything, the storm left behind. With one barn gone and another severely damaged, she wasn’t sure what to expect from their SteelMaster building, which the family owned since 1992 and was being used for hay storage. Read More>>>
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