August Reflux
I’ll be sporadic over the next few days…
* AT 914 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR xxxx…OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF xxxx…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 57 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE… (Mel’s house)
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION!!!
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO…THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 TO 100 MPH..
Italics my own…
Tree down. On the garage, and kinda the house roof (fell technically between them, but supported by both right now) Doesn’t look like any structural damage other than the electrical box being pulled off the house (bent, not broken, thanks to God Almighty that he left us with power intact). I’m sure a piece of siding will fix that. It could be worse, and I’ve said my prayers in thanks that it wasn’t. I still have no kitchen, (but tonight we ran the hot/cold water lines up to where my sink WILL be…eventually). So, I’ll be busy for a bit doing “other than writing and internet stuff”.
Third August in a row our town has been hit HARD with August storms. Winds at 106mph two years ago. At least 100 tonight. You do know that’s a high category two hurricane? Ain’t it fun?
~Mel, still smiling
um…yikes! I’m glad y’all are ok.
I think it’s time you move. I’d say down here, but we’re part of tornado alley too, so maybe not.
Good thing you’re in the insurance business, huh?
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I hope you get some
soon!
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ugh, yuck. I’d say move too and you could always move down, oh yeah we have our hurricanes, never mind. Hold tight. Thinking about ya!
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Update: 1pm Whatever day this is… Tuesday? Gah. Day after storm.
The family, hubby, kid, father in law and I banded together and cut and sawed and carried and planned and roped and…removed the 30 ft (estimated) portion of the tree that was lying on the garage and house.
The remainder of the tree is standing, but any good wind will send it over. power lines are still draped across top of the garage, and we’ve called utility company, but they’re estimating 30,000 in our county still without power. This was a violent storm. So we’re not priority, since we have electricity.
When the neighbor gets home, we’ll be back out there, planning how we’re going to get the rest of the tree down. Very bad location, with no way to really fell it straight down. bleh. We did this, we can finish it. Right?
Thanks for the offer to move. Sounds tempting. There’s still four more trees in my yard.
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