The most surprising part of the storm, in this area, was the wind damage. It is terrible. Trees, houses, roofs, and entire lines of telephone poles destroyed. The power went out just before 4pm Sunday afternoon. All night the sky was lit by flashes of transformers and wires arcing. The loud buzz of arcing high amperage lines could be heard following the bright blue flashes off of the stormy sky.
There was very little rain, or it never reached the surface. Instead, in could have been sheared by the wind and turned into a fine mist. An odd artifact of the storm was that all the leaves were pulverized into mulch. The wind made up for what never happened with the flooding.
Fifty-eight hours with out power. My worries seem petty now that I am back in touch with what has happened with in the state. I was just consumed with what happened local and wasn't aware of what damage had taken place. No television, no internet, just a stranger asking if we had heard. I was too busy and focused on beginning to clean up. Being ignorant has its benefits at times...
There was very little rain, or it never reached the surface. Instead, in could have been sheared by the wind and turned into a fine mist. An odd artifact of the storm was that all the leaves were pulverized into mulch. The wind made up for what never happened with the flooding.
Fifty-eight hours with out power. My worries seem petty now that I am back in touch with what has happened with in the state. I was just consumed with what happened local and wasn't aware of what damage had taken place. No television, no internet, just a stranger asking if we had heard. I was too busy and focused on beginning to clean up. Being ignorant has its benefits at times...
