2006 Storm

So it seems like every couple of years we get a big storm around here. Sometimes our power goes out and sometimes things are a little worse than just the power. This year was CRAZY! So the storm hit Dec. 14th. We were out running errands and grabbing a bite to eat. We got home at around 7:00pm to see the lights were out. From then on our power came and went. Around 8:30 right after we put Julia down for bed we heard the weirdest noise. Kind-of a swoosh? Brandon and I both looked at each other and said 'that sounded like a TREE!' We were wrong. It was about 3 trees, and a telephone pole. Since we have lived here we have had a couple of trees fall down, but thankfully all away from the house. So we went to go see what happened and saw that the trees fell kind-of parallel to the road, but one was blocking the north bound lane, which is just past a blind hill. Not a great situation when it is pitch black from the power out. Brandon tried to kind-of flag cars down to warn them but it just wasn't working on our road, so I finally called 911. Which is a lot harder then it might seem on a night like that. Things finally got taken care of, but it is amazing how long things take when you are counting minutes. The next day when we were checking everything out we saw that the 3 trees had fallen on mega telephone wires, but didn't brake them. But the weight of the trees did brake the telephone pole the wires were connected too. It was quite amazing.

The first 2 pictures are from across the road.


These 2 pictures are from our house watching the cleanup.