I thought that I left the whole 'hurricane' thing behind when we moved from the Carolinas to Ohio.....maybe not. Usually by the time a hurricane moves across the states and reaches middle America, it's just a measley lil storm, but Ike held on and gave us some hurricane force winds. Several people in Ohio actually died! We were lucky and only had a 90 foot tree hit the roof of the wrap around porch (2nd time!). The wind was nuuuuuts, so we're lucky that a tree on the porch is all we got, considering that we are surrounded by woods! I was standing outside (holding the phone ready to call 911, just..in..case) while Duane was up a ladder cutting the limbs into pieces, and it literally sounded like I was standing right beside the freeway or the ocean on a really stormy day. The wind was that crazzzzzy loud!!! I'm not complaining tho because we were some of the lucky few that didn't loose power. Been there, done that. We went a week without electricity in NC - in the August heat! So I'm counting myself lucky this time since only the very tip top of the tree hit the house and didn't cause much damage. The schools are still without electricity so I'm hoping the kids go back tomorrow :-) The morning news looked like a blizzard hit because there were 100's of school closings. I love my kiddos but they've had a loooooong surprise weekend and they are suppose to have Friday off for a fair day too. I'm keepin my fingers crossed that the school has power by tomorrow!!!
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Thank goodness you all were okay...the winds were crazy, crazy! Our roof is now offically demolished and we will be calling in a claim. Yeah for a new roof! :)
oh no just how demolished is your roof? i'm imagining tarps covering the house or something
I am glad it looks worse than it is! Who knew it would be so bad way up there? Lucky no one was hurt but at least the kids got a long weekend. Speaking of kids, yours are dang near grown! And thanks for introducing me to the Nie Nie dialogues, I'm addicted to that poor, sweet family now.
Did you end up with any siding or roof damage? Hope not. Can you believe we were actually sitting at a soccer game through that. What are we, nuts?! Left the soccer game and couldn't believe all the downed trees on the ride home!
As I was watching the storm outside our window, all I could think was how awful the hurricane winds must have been in Texas with the power still left in it by the time it got to us! We had a tree fall in the back yard, but that was about it. Glad to hear that nobody was hurt at your house.
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