What a storm

Friday night we had quite a storm. The winds were unreal. We were without power for about 3 hours that night, and the furniture on the pool deck ended up in the pool. All-in-all we didn't think much of it - UNTIL we drove into town on Saturday morning only to find everything closed do to not having power.

What we saw looked like a war zone. Trees and power lines were down everywhere, power was out, cable was out, internet was down. One of the most beautiful homes in Hillsdale was covered with downed trees. The chimney was totally demolished and the addition the owners put on the back was also destroyed.
This is the back view of the house above. You can somewhat see the white of the house. The chimney is definately not on top of the house.

We went a few more blocks and noticed a friend of ours outside cutting up down trees that fell into his yard. He was lucky, his neighbor not so much. He had what looked like a tree torpedo stuck in the roof of his garage.


After seeing all of this we realize how lucky we were. This was due west of the house probably no more than half a mile away. A friend of mine who works at the sheriff department said that this was a tornado that never touched the ground, so technically it cannot be called a tornado. I'm sure anyone who sustained damage is calling it a tornado!