On June 29, 2012 much of the United States learned what a weather Derecho is. A storm carrying straight line winds nearing 100 mph formed in northwest Indiana and carved a path of destruction 600 miles long. That night I actually moved the kids into the bathroom to sleep as I watched the windows bow in and out in my kitchen. During a lull I went outside to see how things looked. I heard trees falling around me...big trees.
We were lucky. Our power did not go out for very long and we only lost a few trees. My house became a party spot however, as the rest of the family had no power for over a week. As I drove around the number of trees down and property damaged was staggering. Below are the pictures of the small damage that we sustained in our yard.
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| There were branches everywhere, and we lost a number of the trees behind the shed |
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| This is actually deceptive because of all the vines. We lost several large trees heading down toward the river. This was actually a good thing as we wanted to clear a path down anyway. |
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| Quite a few shingles were lost as well |
As I said, the power being out everywhere left my place as the hot spot for everyone. That meant, everyone in the pool!
