Wednesday, July 24, 2013

STORM

Last Friday night Harv and I were sitting in the family room watching TV and he mentioned that it was raining out and that the wind was picking up.  There were no warnings on TV so I didn't pay too much attention to it.  A little later I heard a bang and didn't think too much about it until I looked out the patio door and all I saw was a tree covering my tea cart and part of the table. It was the whole top of a tree BUT was not one of ours.  This tree had been blown into our backyard with the winds of about 50 MPR.  We only have one neighbour whose yard it could come from and it wasn't from his.   We could tell by the type of tree it was.



We live in a fairly wooded area so it could have come from anywhere.

I commented to Harv that good job it was night and we weren't outside.  Sat. I went out to look and he came around the side of the house and down the ramp to see this tree.  We were both stumped as to whose tree it was.  We went back inside and I was in the laundry room off the kitchen and I heard another thump.  I looked out the window and what do I see but a 20-25 ft. dead branch about 4-5" around.  It must have come down like a spear because it went right thru one of the 2x6 deck boards.  Just thank goodness it had not happened while we were out there.  If it had hit one of us in the head or almost anywhere we would probably not be here telling you about it.  Heaven knows where this came from.  Must have blown up top of our old trees and then worked its way down.  We do have the tree trimmers out every 2 years and they go through the trees and take the branches up and cut off any dead limbs.  We just had it done last year.  Living in trees is lovely and keeps us very cool but I never thought of it as being that dangerous.  Here are a couple of pics.

When we came home from Florida I commented that the deck did not look bad and we probably did not need to power wash it this year.  Well that has changed with all the rain we have had.  Between all the rain and shade from the trees it is filthy.  If it ever stops raining almost every day or night we will get it washed.

4 comments:

Debra Dixon said...

Dang! We have a lot of pine trees and the yard is usually littered with cones and branches after a storm.

Maggi said...

Very frightening for you. I'm so glad you are both safe. It could have been so much worse.

Gina E. said...

We also live in an area with a lot of trees, so have had similar experiences. The worst one happened when we were interstate one weekend. We had heard there had been a violent storm in Melbourne, but didn't think any more about it until we got home and found a large tree from our garden had been completely uprooted by the wind and fallen on the house. Just as well we have a steel roof and the only damage was to the spouting which was bent, but a plumber sorted that out. I'm glad we weren't home at the time, it would have made a hell of a bang.

Queen Bee's Musings said...

Wow, the storms this year they have been strange.
So glad you both were safe and sound inside.
Take care on the clean up. Get help for sure!