RedSidedSPR
04-18-2011, 04:44 PM
You may have noticed my absence... Don't answer that. Here's why:
You may have read about the tornado in NC. We just happened to be in the middle of it. Saturday evening, we saw the tornado warning, and got prepared. (looking back, we obviously should have been a lot more prepared) 20 minutes later the sky got dark, the rain was going sideways, and it suddenly got loud. We didn't have a basement so we just waited it out in the hallway (again, had no idea the stuff going on outside was this bad). The noise stopped and my dads friend called him and asked if we were alright, and told us it was past. We went to the window (shattered) and... Whoa. The first thing we saw was the HUGE tree in the back uprooted and on its side. Kinda scary because if it had fallen 90degrees more toward the house... yikes. One tree crushed our land lords barn.
The front yard was no better. The woods in the back... no longer woods. So far I've counted over 100 trees down.
We lost power for two days. That includes our wireless, so no computer until today. Also no heat lamp for my snake. Hopefully didn't make him think it's winter.
This'll be expensive, but... not for us. That's the beauty of renting:D
There were four huge trees that could have DESTROYED the house, but by some miracle, the house was UNTOUCHED!!! (except for some shingles).
The huge tree in the back missed the cars by inches.
These pics only show a fraction of of the damage.
One of the big trees in the front
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/chucknkelly/CameraPics082.jpg
Another in the front
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/chucknkelly/CameraPics090.jpg
The driveway... kinda cool.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/chucknkelly/CameraPics093.jpg
This used to be the woods...
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/chucknkelly/CameraPics147.jpg
We were a lot better off than the neighborhood behind us, though. 12 were killed. One house completely gone. So was the Lowes store.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/chucknkelly/CameraPics253.jpg
You may have read about the tornado in NC. We just happened to be in the middle of it. Saturday evening, we saw the tornado warning, and got prepared. (looking back, we obviously should have been a lot more prepared) 20 minutes later the sky got dark, the rain was going sideways, and it suddenly got loud. We didn't have a basement so we just waited it out in the hallway (again, had no idea the stuff going on outside was this bad). The noise stopped and my dads friend called him and asked if we were alright, and told us it was past. We went to the window (shattered) and... Whoa. The first thing we saw was the HUGE tree in the back uprooted and on its side. Kinda scary because if it had fallen 90degrees more toward the house... yikes. One tree crushed our land lords barn.
The front yard was no better. The woods in the back... no longer woods. So far I've counted over 100 trees down.
We lost power for two days. That includes our wireless, so no computer until today. Also no heat lamp for my snake. Hopefully didn't make him think it's winter.
This'll be expensive, but... not for us. That's the beauty of renting:D
There were four huge trees that could have DESTROYED the house, but by some miracle, the house was UNTOUCHED!!! (except for some shingles).
The huge tree in the back missed the cars by inches.
These pics only show a fraction of of the damage.
One of the big trees in the front
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/chucknkelly/CameraPics082.jpg
Another in the front
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/chucknkelly/CameraPics090.jpg
The driveway... kinda cool.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/chucknkelly/CameraPics093.jpg
This used to be the woods...
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/chucknkelly/CameraPics147.jpg
We were a lot better off than the neighborhood behind us, though. 12 were killed. One house completely gone. So was the Lowes store.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/chucknkelly/CameraPics253.jpg