Heap Big Wind!!
Monday, June 4th, 2007 12:38 pmLast night, a big old thunderstorm blew in, fierce wind, heavy rain, hail, you name it. The Husbandly One ran round before it it, making sure the kids' bikes were put away, and that there was nothing around that could turn into a missile and crash through a window or something. I was talking on the phone with my best friend when it hit, and boy, didn't the house shudder when that first big blast of wind slammed into it? Not long after, our power went out, so I got off the phone and went into the living room and sat down with my family.
"Good thing you took the umbrella down off the table on the deck," I said as I sat down.
The Husbandly One stiffened and looked up at me, then groaned. "I KNEW I forgot something! I walked by it three times thinking I'd better take that thing down, and I kept forgetting!"
"I know," I said sympathetically. Because I knew why. The kids kept derailing his train of thought, of course.
I went to the back door to look out and was stunned to see our heavy metal and glass patio table lying on its side in the yard with the smashed remains of the umbrella underneath it.
!!!!
The wind had evidently hit us as a downburst, swept down OVER the roof and UNDER the market umbrella, lifting it, AND the table and sweeping it completely up off our deck and throwing it onto its side in the yard.
And no, the glass isn't even CRACKED!!!
The umbrella, however, is done for.
Thankfully, the storm was short-lived and passed quickly. And that seems to be the only damage we had. Quite lucky, we were!
"Good thing you took the umbrella down off the table on the deck," I said as I sat down.
The Husbandly One stiffened and looked up at me, then groaned. "I KNEW I forgot something! I walked by it three times thinking I'd better take that thing down, and I kept forgetting!"
"I know," I said sympathetically. Because I knew why. The kids kept derailing his train of thought, of course.
I went to the back door to look out and was stunned to see our heavy metal and glass patio table lying on its side in the yard with the smashed remains of the umbrella underneath it.
!!!!
The wind had evidently hit us as a downburst, swept down OVER the roof and UNDER the market umbrella, lifting it, AND the table and sweeping it completely up off our deck and throwing it onto its side in the yard.
And no, the glass isn't even CRACKED!!!
The umbrella, however, is done for.
Thankfully, the storm was short-lived and passed quickly. And that seems to be the only damage we had. Quite lucky, we were!