We just had a freak storm blow through like 30 minutes ago, no warning at all. We lost the top of one of our ancient gi-normous pine trees and it just missed the house! We lost the top of one of our huge maples and it just missed my dad's truck! There are several other tree messes in the yard, everything is flooded...what a way to start a day!
Lucky to escape with minor damage though! :) :)
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken. -Oscar Wilde
Thank goodness nothing was hit and you are all safe. Sounds like you have a real mess on your hands though. This has been one tough summer for the Midwest. We lost over 30' off the top of an elm tree and it took a black choke cherry tree with it on the way down. Luckily they just missed our house. We had some nasty storms come through the Chicago area and flash floods too. July was a combination of severe heat, drought and flooding. Don't you just love the Midwest?
Always something. I have lost trees also. Not the wind or storms. It has been over 100 degrees for over a month. I have lost 3 big Oak trees and several ornamental clumps of grass. Just barely keeping food crops alive. Wish you could send us some of the rain. Would even take a little wind if it would cool things off.
Dawn, gotta love the Midwest. You never know what's going to happen!
Belle, I would love to send you some of the rain! I'm sure the farmers here with the larger fields would too because then the cornfields wouldn't look like lakes! It is amazing to me this year how different parts of the country can be in such totally different weather patterns. The heat you're experiencing where you are right now is insane! ICK!
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken. -Oscar Wilde
Happy you are all safe. Hurricane season has entered it's worse months; Aug., Sept., Oct. Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross
top of the tree JUST missed the house!
Posted - Aug 02 2011 : 07:24:32 AM
