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The worse of it came after the all clear ...

April 11th, 2008 at 04:24 pm

The all clear sirens sounded last night, so I relaxed some and finally went to bed. We survived rather well.

But, between then and the time I got up this morning things changed.

The metal burn barrels were blown over, the trampoline from the back yard is now in the front yard, part of the girls playhouse roof and soffet is damaged--probably hit by the trampoline, trash is everywhere, a barn door is partly pushed in, and some shingles are questionable. A few trees lost branches also. We got hit with very high winds--in the 55-58 mph range and nothing was damaged. So, what ever hit us after I went to bed was more powerful than that.

And, I managed to sleep through it all. The weather radio was on, but it never toned a warning.

I am glad my car was in the garage--otherwise, the trampoline would have been on top of it--there are marks showing it hit the ground right where I normally park.

The trampoline went up a hill and over a 2 story house to get to where it was now.

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7 Responses to “The worse of it came after the all clear ...”

  1. miclason Says:
    April 11th, 2008 at 04:32 pm 1207931549
    1207931549

    Glad to hear you're ok!

  2. My English Castle Says:
    April 11th, 2008 at 04:35 pm 1207931741
    1207931741

    Glad you're safe! And that trampoline is very bouncy, isn't it!

  3. creditcardfree Says:
    April 11th, 2008 at 04:46 pm 1207932371
    1207932371

    I'm happy to hear you are okay. That trampoline was like a flying saucer in your yard. You remind me I need to get a weather radio...it's been on my list for years!!

  4. Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
    April 11th, 2008 at 07:51 pm 1207943511
    1207943511

    Batten down the hatches! A few hundred miles to your east, we were getting your winds when I woke up this morning. It's still blowing a bit. If you are missing anything, I'll keep an eye out for it....Days like this make me wish I'd gotten the 180 mph guaranteed roof.

  5. boomeyers Says:
    April 11th, 2008 at 11:00 pm 1207954823
    1207954823

    Wow! That will be a workout to get the trampoline back to where it belongs! We had someones siding in our yard today. Can't figure out whose it is!! Glad your car was spared!

  6. gruntina Says:
    April 12th, 2008 at 03:29 am 1207970989
    1207970989

    Yikes! Very good thing that your car was in the garage. Glad to hear everything is okay otherwise.

  7. pjmama Says:
    April 12th, 2008 at 06:45 pm 1208025956
    1208025956

    Glad to hear you're okay! And to answer your question, a hookah is a device (originally from the middle east, I believe) used to smoke flavored tobacco. It's got a hose, and the smoke passes through water (kind of like a bong, I guess. haha). You can get a bunch of really good flavored tobacco-- it tastes/smells nothing like cigarette smoke. It's really nice, really relaxing.

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