Wednesday had been a humid day, and the local weather forecasters predicted a "30% chance of thunderstorms" overnight. Now, I can deal with "thunderstorms." But what we got was certainly not a thunderstorm. I woke up at 2am to blowing winds and lightening. I woke up Andy to see if we needed to hit the basement. He checked the weather, and the brunt of the storm was upon us. Our town was R E D, but no mention of tornado or tornado watches. We could hear the pounding rain and wind, and what sounded like furniture blowing off the deck, so we took it upon ourselves to seek basement refuge.
This morning, things were a mess. No tree and limb damages, but our crap is everywhere! Carter's deck toy box flipped, spewing toys everywhere. My deck flowers must have taken flight, and been separated from their baskets, because my once-beautiful flowers were here, but I still haven't found the pots. Somewhere in the dug up lot next door are chive and parsley plants, and our rain gutter is mangled and in the pit of muddy water that will one day be our next door neighbors.
Thanks, Ed Wilson. The heads up was greatly appreciated. Had I known we would have been receiving 85 mile an hour winds, I would have been proactive and battened down my own hatches, instead of having to go retrieve my deck chairs my the muddy lot next door! Gold star for you, Ed!
Toys, deck chairs and flowers were strewn everywhere, but most telling sight of a rough night were my new tomato plants. I just got them into the Topsy Turvy planter (which was no easy feat!!) Monday morning. I got a hook Tuesday morning and was ready for tomatoes. To the right, you can see the hook, bent to a near-90 degree angle by the winds (that ED WILSON at channel 13 news did NOT predict!). The Topsy Turvy bags, lids and dirt are accounted for, but the tomato plants are long gone.
Most of our outdoor things blew south, towards the lot next door that they just dug yesterday, making a muddy, sloppy mess. A deck chair, three flower pots and numerous herbs were blown into the muck. One lost solider, our rain gutter, is sitting at the bottom of the 10-foot deep muddy hole, waiting to be saved. After finding and salvaging what I could, me and my messy feet hosed down and called it quits. I guess a trip to Earl May is in order this afternoon!
This morning, things were a mess. No tree and limb damages, but our crap is everywhere! Carter's deck toy box flipped, spewing toys everywhere. My deck flowers must have taken flight, and been separated from their baskets, because my once-beautiful flowers were here, but I still haven't found the pots. Somewhere in the dug up lot next door are chive and parsley plants, and our rain gutter is mangled and in the pit of muddy water that will one day be our next door neighbors.
Thanks, Ed Wilson. The heads up was greatly appreciated. Had I known we would have been receiving 85 mile an hour winds, I would have been proactive and battened down my own hatches, instead of having to go retrieve my deck chairs my the muddy lot next door! Gold star for you, Ed!
Toys, deck chairs and flowers were strewn everywhere, but most telling sight of a rough night were my new tomato plants. I just got them into the Topsy Turvy planter (which was no easy feat!!) Monday morning. I got a hook Tuesday morning and was ready for tomatoes. To the right, you can see the hook, bent to a near-90 degree angle by the winds (that ED WILSON at channel 13 news did NOT predict!). The Topsy Turvy bags, lids and dirt are accounted for, but the tomato plants are long gone.
Most of our outdoor things blew south, towards the lot next door that they just dug yesterday, making a muddy, sloppy mess. A deck chair, three flower pots and numerous herbs were blown into the muck. One lost solider, our rain gutter, is sitting at the bottom of the 10-foot deep muddy hole, waiting to be saved. After finding and salvaging what I could, me and my messy feet hosed down and called it quits. I guess a trip to Earl May is in order this afternoon!
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