05 June 2008

Shattered


Shattered
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6 comments:

Dori said...

You sure are getting your share of challenges lately. When I lived in Minneapolis, I was always afraid of being caught in a tornado during the hot summer months. I'm grateful that no one in your family was hurt.

Unknown said...

Sorry to see the damage that was done. I hope all is well otherwise and everyone is safe.

Anonymous said...

what happened? is this from all those "super storms" i've been reading about? inform those of us in oz.

man, i take a break to study and you go and invite 200 of your closest rocker band friends to come over and trash the place. no!

*jeanne* said...

They say it was not a tornado.
It came up FAST and LOUD and out of nowhere, and was gone just as fast.
Trees were TWISTED to bits.
We are very lucky. The tree that side-swiped our house could have hit it dead on, as could many of the other trees that came down all around us.
And we are lucky that we were not in the room where the window glass was sprayed all the way across and into the next room.
I don't believe anyone in our development was injured (many were still at work), but there are demolished trees everywhere, and houses in various states of damage.
One had it's garage door blown in and it took out the entire wall. And one has a huge tree skewering the upstairs level. Some are UNTOUCHED.

Anne said...

Yikes. We had a tornado hit our home in NC years ago and I don't think it did as much damage. then again, it blew away the house a few streets over. Sorry this happened to you. Stay strong.

Anne42pt2 said...

Wow, Jeanne. That's awful. Was this the Wednesday afternoon storm? I thought it might have been a tornado by the time it go to you.

The storm did a little damage here, but it was more easily cleaned up. Your photos are just amazing. Those must have been some winds.

We had a tree go through our garage roof a couple years back and it's amazing how much damage they can do. But no one was hurt. Stuff can be fixed and replaced.

I'm glad you're safe after the storm. So sorry to hear about the damage, though. Thanks for posting the pictures.

Hope to see you at a race real soon, too!

Anne