The Big Storm

We had a huge storm last Saturday that a local says was a close cousin to a tornado. No funnels, just a lot of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning. Jacob was very scared and settled down with earplugs. It seems that the storm was not a usual weather occurance here but not surprising. We were one of the areas hard hit and we were out of electricity for about 5 hours. We went to the mall to get out of the heat. Then we drove about 30 minutes to get a Blizzard at the nearest Dairy Queen. I consider the storm as a warning to get our emergency prepardness in order.

Our flooded front yard. See the tree that fell on the car in the background?

The debri looked liked when it snows and the snow piles up where the cars don't go, if you know what I mean.

Not sure if you can tell but the traffic light poles were pushed/bent around the post by the 60 mile an hour winds.