Hello everyone!
The first night of storms missed us by about 70 miles over Memorial Day weekend. A good friend lost his Aunt and Uncle and his own home in Parkersburg, Iowa that day. Last night another state wide outbreak of severe storms hit Iowa and this time a tornado missed our home by less than 5 miles. I was at work and my two hour commute took over five hours due to flooding rains and poor visibility. The lightning was intense and the winds almost impossible to drive in at times. The winds are what did in my house at about 3:30 a.m. One of my big Black Walnut trees is now in the bedroom upstairs. The roof is now 2x4s and tarps and the downstairs is all we have. One of our cats was killed in the incident but other than that we are just a bit shaken up and wet...we ended up with over 8 inches of rain during the storms.
I'll be back on Monday to see how everything is going...we are expecting more storms starting Sunday afternoon through all of next week. Gotta love spring and summer storms...
Did I mention I SAW A TORNADO while driving home? That was like looking into the Gates of He!! itself it scared me so much...My new grill is no more also as part of the tree took out my deck as well.
The first night of storms missed us by about 70 miles over Memorial Day weekend. A good friend lost his Aunt and Uncle and his own home in Parkersburg, Iowa that day. Last night another state wide outbreak of severe storms hit Iowa and this time a tornado missed our home by less than 5 miles. I was at work and my two hour commute took over five hours due to flooding rains and poor visibility. The lightning was intense and the winds almost impossible to drive in at times. The winds are what did in my house at about 3:30 a.m. One of my big Black Walnut trees is now in the bedroom upstairs. The roof is now 2x4s and tarps and the downstairs is all we have. One of our cats was killed in the incident but other than that we are just a bit shaken up and wet...we ended up with over 8 inches of rain during the storms.
I'll be back on Monday to see how everything is going...we are expecting more storms starting Sunday afternoon through all of next week. Gotta love spring and summer storms...
Did I mention I SAW A TORNADO while driving home? That was like looking into the Gates of He!! itself it scared me so much...My new grill is no more also as part of the tree took out my deck as well.
"Ponder well on this point: the pleasant hours of our life are all connected, by a more or less tangible link, with some memory of the table."-Charles Pierre Monselet, French author(1825-1888)