General Info

The Monument Area Trees

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Timberton Residents – The Vegetation Management Committee and the TVHA Board would like to hear from you.

Have you noticed the difference to the monument area at Timberton Drive and Heritage Lane?  The dead arborvitae tree behind the monument has been removed and we are trying to determine whether or not to replace that tree.

Below are “Before” and “After” pictures.  Please take a moment to write a comment (below) to let us know what you think.  Does it look okay as it is now or should we plant a new arborvitae tree (of similar height)?  Thanks for your input!

Monument Before
Monument Before
Monument After
Monument After

Timberton and Vegetation Management Volunteer Projects

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As many of you know, we have lots of opportunities as citizens of Port Ludlow to volunteer our services. In fact, there is one right outside our front door. One that keeps our minds and bodies sharp and healthy. One that enhances our neighborhoods and keeps our monthly dues low. You guessed it! You can sign up to volunteer for a Timberton community project to include weeding our memorial park at Leighbrook and Hertiage, help to clear the gazebo trail, or take out those winter blues by removing an overgrown mugo pine tree while having fun in the sun with your neighbors. Maybe doing a bit of pond clean-up sounds intriguing.

If getting physical with the plant life isn’t your cup of tea, you may want to support the work crew with encouragement, bottled water, perhaps a snack which keeps spirits high and provides a restful work break. To help coordinate our Timberton Volunteers, please list a contact email address, level of interest and send to tvhaboarddirectors@gmail.com and your name will be added along with those already signed-up.

Many thanks to our neighbors who already provide a number of community duties to Timberton Village and hope to see you all around our beautiful Village.

Debbie Wills

Disaster Prep Lecture (note corrections)

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The Port Ludlow Village Council Disaster Preparedness Committee is sponsoring a lecture on Saturday April 23rd at noon at the Beach Club.  The speaker will be noted local geologist Michael Machette.

The topic of his discussion will be about earthquakes and tsunamis and how Port Townsend businesses and residents might be affected by this as well as what Port Ludlow Residents might expect to happen in the bay.

And your Timberton HOA Board is working on some Disaster Preparedness information that will be posted on the Timberton Village web site (this place). Stay tuned!

And if you have any ideas, use the comments (below) to add your thoughts.

Crying Wolf About Wind?

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On Thursday, Dec. 3rd (2015), a warning for high winds in our area was forwarded to all Timberton residents via an “email blast” from Rick Hellewell, at the request of Tom Carter, Emergency Manager for Timberton HOA.   
 
The warning was issued because we had experienced two damaging windstorms causing power outages recently — one on Aug 29 and the other on Nov 15.  North Olympic power managers were wary on Thursday, Dec. 3, as a new storm headed our way, and no one was certain just how bad the storm would be when it reached us.  NOAA [the government weather dweebs] issued the warning Thursday morning for sustained winds of 60 to 70 mph for east Jefferson Country and the Pacific Ocean coast.  Wind speeds were expected to be most severe between 5 and 6 pm.  PUD personnel were prepared for power outages because in the two most recent storms, power was lost to thousands of customers due to downed trees.  After those storms, power was restored in some areas within hours, but it took several days to reach customers in more remote areas.  
 
This time, the storm weakened and moved north aa it came ashore, and the weather service downgraded its warnings at about 2 pm; however PUD and law enforcement agencies took a wait-and-see stance and waited until Friday morning, Dec. 4th, to issue an “all clear” in our area.  
 
It missed us this time, but please don’t ignore these warnings!  They are sent to you for your protection and so you can plan and be ready, just in case.

Not Dark Now

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So the power is back on in our little village. Others in the OP area still waiting.

What was your experience during the outage yesterday? Were you prepared? What did you wish you had done to prepare (and what are you going to do to prepare for the next one)? How did you stay informed? Any tree damage?

Let us know in the comments. The Web Guy was more prepared this time than the last one: LED lanterns for light, water was stored, kept the fridge door closed (cold cereal for dinner), phones were charged, had backup batteries/chargers for the phones (although ATT was down, so didn’t have that info access).

How about you?