Ah yes, the power is finally back on! We had been sans electriciy and phone since Tuesday evening when a tornado (fortunately only an F1) blew through... I had the feeling it was going to be more than just a bad thunderstorm when my one dog who hates the basement, went downstairs, wedged himself between furniture and tried to dig deeper before plopping down for cover.
We were lucky though... although we lost a fridge and freezer's worth of stuff, we had no house damage, and had little tree damage. Some blocks, those in the direct path of the tornado (a mere block or two away from us) were not as lucky. There are endless mature trees that bit it.
As people clean up, the parkways look like hedge-lined paths... it's a bit disconcerting.
I am also relieved that the power is back on in time to see the voting for the 3B's Header Contest. Victory shall be mine!!! :)
Wow, Jennifer! That bottom photo is WILD! Glad to hear everyone's ok.
Posted by: blue girl | June 24, 2011 at 10:03 AM
You have no idea how many streets look like that. You feel like you're driving through a maze. Again, people were more or less lucky in that trees took the brunt and not houses or people... although if you look at the top photo, that tree did fall directly on my neighbor's house. Although I miss the huge elm that was out front when we bought this place, I'm glad it wasn't around for this.
Posted by: Jennifer | June 24, 2011 at 10:11 AM
Wow. Good to see that you made it through.
Maybe those Dandythistlemonsters are lucky?
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Posted by: ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© | June 24, 2011 at 10:31 AM
holy crap
Posted by: Pinko Punko | June 24, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Jeepers! Glad you're all safe Jennifer. Nature can be quite devastating (looks outside nervously)
Posted by: Another Kiwi | June 24, 2011 at 02:40 PM
Dumb dog didn't try to rescue you. WHERE HAS THE SPIRIT OF LASSIE GONE?
Posted by: Substance McGravitas | June 24, 2011 at 02:53 PM
Maybe he thought grizzled was stuck in a well.
Posted by: fish | June 24, 2011 at 03:03 PM
AK- Nature can indeed get her knickers in a twist.
SMcG- But he did rescue us!! :) By doing what he did, we realized the storm was worse than we expected!
LOL @ fish.
Posted by: Jennifer | June 24, 2011 at 04:24 PM
Man! I miss all of the good storms.
Posted by: Von | June 27, 2011 at 01:30 PM
I see no one is asking the unspoken question:
did the basement carpet survive?
Posted by: Kathleen | June 27, 2011 at 03:54 PM
LOL!! You know, we actually had very little rain with this storm... the carpet was fine. It took a small hit earlier this month due to the drain out back being blinded with leaves!! We've been pretty lucky since Grizzled spent last summer/fall digging in extra drainage to divert water away from the back. We still need to be wary though.
Posted by: Jennifer | June 27, 2011 at 03:58 PM
Glad you guys were all right. I was driving home down 41 from my in-laws after the storms passed, and the whole east side was pitch black until I got close to home.
Posted by: Brando | June 30, 2011 at 02:45 PM