Had a helluva storm here late yesterday afternoon. Trees uprooted, big limbs on roofs and power lines, chairs and heavy barbecue grills blown around, leaves from trees growing in someone else’s yard, glass from a neighbor’s window, stray shingles, pieces of someone’s siding, something that sounded like hail but was apparently just pieces of ice bouncing off windows. We watched water collect in a window well and start running down the interior basement wall. And the wind—the wind was as potent as I’ve ever seen it.
We lost power for about ten hours, which gave us a reason to light a few candles and just chill in the living room on a comfortable summer night. It also allowed us to muse about when the lights would come back on. Opinions varied. General consensus was we’d be without at least through the night, since there was such extensive tree damage. Someone else thought it’d be back on when we awoke in the morning. We were all kind of right—it popped back on at around 5:10 this morning. Couldn’t have been much more convenient timing. And we managed to not open the refrigerator door.
Thanks to those who worked through the night, clearing debris and reconnecting everything.
Update: straight line winds, between 90 and 100 mph; damage path a mile wide, 4 miles long.
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