STORMS, STORMS, STORMS…………and they began around 2:30am this morning. While it didn’t seem like more than some hard rain here at the house, I just found out that trees were uprooted in several places across town. Goldie…..my good friend…..lost an entire tree during the night to the winds……and then this evening about 4:30pm…..
Out of the clear blue sky, literally……..in just a few minutes it became cloudy and soon all Hell broke loose and the winds came roaring up the hill, the rains lashed against the stick and brick, and leaves went flashing by the windows. It was a terrible wind….I suppose what they call a “straight-line wind”…..and WOW…….was it awful. Lasted about 5-10 minutes and then the sun returned to close out the day.
I didn’t know anything had really happened until Goldie called around 8pm. Said there was no electricity in parts of F’town….and that there was tree damage all over the north side of town. We jumped in the car and drove around….and could see trees down, including just down the street about a block and one had been completely uprooted and laying in the yard. It was at least 100 year old tree…..a HUGE tree….but it did manage to miss the house that had been there as long, or longer, than the tree.
The cable, lights, phone, etc., etc remained on until about 7:30 and then the cable went off……right during SURVIVOR!!!!! SHIT!!!! And…..with the cable being out, our phones are out as we have the internet, phones, and cable all with Charter Cable. This may not turn out to be a good thing…..we just changed last week on a “special package deal”……may not be “special” at all if this continues!!!!
Today…..I woke up with a headache…..and a small ache in a rear tooth…..NOT a good sign…as Dr. Jeni is out of state for a few days. So, took some Excedrin….and laid around awhile this morning. Later in the morning I felt better and began to pick up limbs and sticks from last night’s storm……..FOUR WHEEL BARROWS full of sticks, plus the limbs that I had to drag across the yard to my burn pile. Now… TOMORROW…I can begin all over again!!!!! This is NOT fun!!!
This afternoon…….I climbed up on top of TheHowserHouse(on wheels) and spent almost an hour installing some new vent covers on the room. This will allow me to keep the vents open while traveling down the highway and not worry about rain, wind, etc., etc. Should have done this three years ago……but just never got around to buying them.
SURE glad I closed up the slides before the storm hit about an hour after I finished the above task…….they might have really been damaged with the winds. TV said that upwards of 70mph winds ripped through Madison County…..our county.
And soooo, don’t know when I will get this posted. INTERNET….where are you???? Tomorrow we are going to Cape Girardeau for the 1st Lady to get some new glasses….sure as hell hope she doesn’t have all the problems that I had!!!! Then we will go see Michael and return to Cape and overnight their with our daughter-in-law….and Rachel. Will return home late Saturday morning…..if not before.
And sooooo…..even with the storms ripping through F’town……
LIFE IS GREAT!!!!!…..And, I hope it is for all of you, also
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