A big storm

This week we got quite the storm. Around 3:30 on Thursday the skies
opened up over our area all of a sudden. We had really high winds, 72
miles per hour at the high school a few blocks away. It took out tons
of lovely old trees. This is a view of our neighbor's front yard.

Our neighbors across the sidewalk lost their roof (it is a flat roof
like ours). It appears to have rolled up of sorts in the wind. That
left only the decking between their house and the rain. Needless to
say their houses were soaked. All the other neighbors pitched in to
help with extra hands, towels, dehumidifiers and wet/dry vacs. Luckily
the homeowner's association's property management people were out
within a few hours with industrial strength dehumidifiers. They are
putting th new roof on now.

Of course those guys had it better than the people two houses down who
had a tree go on their roof and into a bit of the attic. Reminded me
of when the tree fell on the house when I was a kid. Luckily no one
was hurt in the storm that I've heard of. But it definitely hs made
for lots of excitement.