UPDATE...I sincerely hope I never have to go through another day like this again! At about 1:30 this afternoon the wind suddenly went nuts here. This was followed by rain unlike anything Ive ever seen. The water came up over the front porch in the first 5 minutes, then over the front door stoop. Im now frantically sopping up water in the entryway, trying to stop it from making it to the carpet in the living room. (almost succeeded) Meanwhile, the front bedroom is also going underwater! Now theres a flash, a LOUD boom, followed by a VERY LOUD CRASH, and the house shook violently. My beautiful eucalyptus tree that shades the house out front got hit by lightning. It used to stand three times taller than the house. Now we realize that a good share of it is ON the house! (some of these limbs are over a foot thick) About this time the power goes out. (thankfully it wasnt out long) Of course, now the family room ceiling starts leaking, so I head to Ace in my pickup for some Wet Patch. Now, the little plastic connector that connects my wipers to their motor decides to break! Roads flooded and cant see anything. Finally get there, no power that end of town, store closed. Power came back on at that moment. They sold me the Wet Patch even though the registers wouldnt work. Spent until it got dark repairing roof and cutting up tree. Russ helped and a neighbor down the street. Still have quite a bit of tree on roof to keep me busy tomorrow. The pile of limbs on ground are almost as high as the house. The poor tree is now the ugliest thing on the street! My back yard pond is now under a giant lake! When I finally sat down to write this, an hour ago, I discovered that only one USB port (out of six) on my computer still works. I think it took a hit also. So I have a choice of either my mouse, or my keyboard. So this whole update was written with an on-screen keyboard and mouse! So how was your day?
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 05:43:50 +0000
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