Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Damaging Storm


 Earlier this week a storm whipped up and left a lot of damage to different neighborhoods in my city.  Gusts or 70 mph were registered, and there were reports of hearing train-like noises.  No tornadoes, thankfully, but high winds only can do tornado-like damage.    This poor tree (shown above) was a victim of the wind.  It was a lovely tree providing lots of shade.  It is my neighbor's tree and it fell towards my house.  



The tree clipped the corner of my house as it fell that night--and in fact was resting along my roof.  Damage to my house looks like it was limited to the gutter, but I haven't been able to get up there to take a close look yet.



The swing set also took a hit from the tree. I'm going to have to check it well -- I think its joints have been stressed.

The news reports let us track this storm across the plains to the east and it continued to leave a trail of debris in its wake.  Nature let us know that we are not truly in control of things, even though we sometimes think we are.


2 comments:

betty said...

Wow, that was some storm! Glad no one got hurt when the tree fell; hope it will just be minimal damage when it is all sorted out.

betty

MS said...

I got the tree removed yesterday and it looks like the gutter is just a little mangled. Bad news is it won't reach my insurance deductible, good news is I think my sons can fix it on their own.