The Storm that Cost Us a Small Fortune!!!

This tree up rooted from the ground.
Closer view of the roots.
Workers fixing power lines.
A tree on its side.
Down the street from us.
If you look closely, you can see the hail.
During the storm. Looking out our back yard.



Wednesday night it stormed hard and long here. We were without power and were worried that our pool was going to overflow onto the cement and get into our basement. We were on our way home from Target when it hit. We were driving really slow on 131 along with everyone else. We were questioning whether to stop and pull off to the side of the road or drive slow and cautious and hopefully get out of the storm and home safely. I asked Quentin, " Shouldn't we pull off to the side of the road and wait it out?" His reply, " Only if I'm a real man I'll keep driving." So that is what we did, kept driving. He is a good driver and I helped spot the falling branches or sticks that fell in front of us.
We were very lucky and didn't have any trees fall at our house. Our neighbors weren't so lucky. And I didn't realize until later in the afternoon the next day that our basement had flooded, so we took all the carpet squares that we soaked and put them out side. We don't use that part of the basement enough to care if it's carpeted or now. The carpet was ruined anyway, I'm glad they were squares.

Since this is the 3rd or 4th time the power has went out at our house, we decided to drive to Harbor Freight and buy a generator. It works great, and I love it even more because we had a 15% off coupon for it. I'm so grateful that Quentin is a good worker with his hands and figure electrical things out. He had to wire and rewire some things.