The lights are back on after the storm

Last night there was a storm. It rained cats and dogs. Lightening knocked out the electricity. Winds were clocked at greater than 80 miles per hour. The temperature never dropped below 90 degrees F. My neighbor parked his truck under my tree for protection. Good thing it's a sturdy tree.

The only damage I had was a few small limbs. My neighbor across the street lost a large tree limb.


My next door neighbor lost a small tree limb and had his lawn art blown around.


As I approached my neighbor Sally's house, I knew there was more damage than I could take in from the camera lens.


I looked back toward my house and saw more limbs that were down or hanging by a thread.


Sally's cars were both directly under her tree,


and this branch had done a lot of damage to both cars.


The wind was severe, too.



The worst problem was the roof and shattered windshield on this car.


You will probably have to click to enlarge the photo (which will show the entire shot) to see the shattered glass at the top of the windshield. You might be able to see the cracks that are in the glass, although the glare from the windshield made it difficult to see.


Sally's storm door broke from the winds, too.

I consider myself very lucky. All I lost was power for a few hours.


Sally and I picked up limbs and that large branch at her place.


Then I returned home and picked up my limbs, too. Now I am back on-line. What a day!