A view from iinside the back of the house. The two front poles had chains wrapped around them and secured to the corner rebar pins at the top of the wall. The wind caused the rebar pins for the west pole to bend almost 180 degrees, which allowed the chain to slip off.

It was a pretty stiff west wind, both days, about a week apart. The west pole fell and landed on the east wall. The butt end of the east pole worked itself loose and allowed the pole to tip over the wall. But the chain on the rebar pins held and kept it from tipping all the way over teh wall.

When the west pole hit the east wall, it snapped. Fortunately, the rigging was not damaged.

The east pole felll first, during the first storm. The second storm brought down the west pole.

Standing in our future east yard. That's one long pole hanging out over the wall.

The splintering shows that must have been some "crack" when the pole hit the wall.

After relieving the stress on the chain, we lowered the east pole back down and decided it was in a perfect position to use as the new west pole.

Here you can see the pole we had laid on the floor from corner to corner to firmly brace the butt end of the west pole. This security measure proved to work just fine. The butt end of that pole was still wedged into the corner after it fell. We hadn't done that yet for the east pole.

The old east pole is ready to be lifted into place as the new west pole. We also got a new pole off the rack and skidded it to the house. It just needs to be rigged up, then we'll get it raised as the new east pole.