We got hit pretty hard by a storm late yesterday afternoon. When I talked to Mark this morning, he said that he heard that a small tornado touched down on the edge of town a few miles from our house.
There are lots of branches down around town...
The neighbors' tree broke...
it fell into one of our trees, taking down the power lines and pole (and our cable line) with it...
We were without power for 11 hours.
Some friends from a town close by came over with coolers and lots of ice. We packed up all of the stuff in our refrigerator, said a prayer for the stuff in our freezer, and they took it all over to an extra refrigerator they have at their house.
The girls did very well. They watched a DVD on the lap top in the basement. Bedtime wasn't too bad. They cried for their night lights, so I opened all the curtains and blinds and tried to tell them that the moon and stars could be their night lights instead. Ella went right to sleep, despite all the chainsaws and noise right outside her window. Gracie, on the other hand, kept coming downstairs. Finally, Mark took her down to the basement, and they slept in Irelynn's room. Irelynn slept with me in the pack and play in our room, and seemed totally undisturbed by all the noise.
The power company made it to our house shortly before 10 pm (by this time the rest of the town had power again) and worked until they got us up and running at almost 4 am.
This morning I am thanking God for creature comforts like air conditioning on a hot, humid day, and hot water to shower (because not very long ago we switched to an electric water heater)!
We are also thankful that no one was injured, and for the linemen who work long and hard last night to put up a new pole!
Time to stock up on some more candles!
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Wow! Glad everyone was okay and that you got your electricity back. Scary!
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