Power is back on here...

[Truckman]

Tuesday afternoon i was in my office and noticed it starting to get dark...I could see the leaves starting to rustle on the trees across the street...Five minutes later I could see absolutely nothing across the two lane street in front of my house...Rain and tree limbs were blowing straight sideways from north to south...In ten minutes the sun was out and all was calm, but the power was off...It came back on a few minutes ago...

A tornado had touched down about a quarter mile from my house...I walked up there this morning to look, and a large oak tree had blown across the street and landed on some power lines...Lots of downed trees and damaged houses here too...I only lost a tree limb...Elsewhere some workers were caught in a house under construction...It collapsed; seven were hospitalized and two died...RIP to some guys just trying to finish a job......Ben

[Sandman]

Wowzers.. glad that you are ok..

[Truckman]

Wowzers.. glad that you are ok..

That's two of us then......Ben

[Truckman]

Here's some pics of the damage from my morning walk......Ben

[Dave Grubb]

Wow----I echo Sandy's sentiments

My daughter is in Tuscany on a long hike with mostly good weather while Reggio Emilia the state just to the north of Tuscany has terrible floods. Her daughter and SIL who live in Guam have been cut off since early yesterday as a typhon hit with 125 knot winds. We had a text yesterday morning saying they were OK---only water blowing in under the sliding door---and their power was out.

[Truckman]

That makes me glad I'm not in Guam, Dave...My power came back on yesterday evening...I left my freezer shut, so nothing lost there......Ben

[Flaco]

Tuesday afternoon i was in my office and noticed it starting to get dark..

heck ben, you've been in the dark most of your life, i'm surprised you noticed

glad your ok, sad to hear about the construction workers

[Dave Grubb]

I just got a bunch of pictures of Guam

The palms seemed to have been the most common survivors---but not without damage. There are coconuts everywhere. The leafed trees are fully defoliated---it looks like mid-winter where there is no winter!

The palms that did go down, some broken at the base and others with the root system torn out. There seems to be limited building damage and no serious injuries or deaths.

[Truckman]

heck ben, you've been in the dark most of your life, i'm surprised you noticed

Even blind squirrels stumble across the occasional acorn......Ben

[Flaco]