[alfa6]

Busy Sunday Morning Bump for the Freeper Foxhole

Was woke up about 8:20 by the Tornadeee Sireen going off, wondering what the hedouble hockey sticks is going on as its about 45 degrees out. Run downstairs turn on the TV there is a big cell about 25 miles to the west and just north of the house. Okay nothing to worry about as tornadeees almost always move north east.

Find my scanner and the batteries are dead so pu+t in new batteries and start trying to get info. Leavenworth County, which is just west and north of me, their spotters are going nuts reporting all manners of bad sruff. Mostly golf ball and baseball size hail and lots of high wind.

So I am watching the radar and listening to the scanner when about 8:45 the howling winds of demonic sounds come through the nieghborhood. I grab some jeans and a shirt get dressed and go to get the wife up when I hear this loud CRACK!!! Look out the front door window and there is a big ol limb laying out on the sidewalk in front of my truck and next to the neighbors card.

By this time Mrs alfa6 is up and wondering what going on. The radar is showing nothing in our area, everything is well to the north of our location. Okay must have been a gust front but I don't recall ever having one this loud and long come through here before. Anyway by now the wind has died down and it looks safe to go outside.

AH crap, the big limb has hit the fender of my truck amd put a small dent in it. The same fender got hit in the same spot about 5 years ago during an ice storm and I had the fender fixed. That was about $1200 that time. It also killed on of Mrs alfa6's lawn gnomes. So I get out the chain saw and proceed to add to the firewood stash. While cutting up the limb out in the street I notice a bunch of cars stopping about 3 blocks down the street.

The folks down there had a good size chunk of tree come down. It smashed the chain link fince in the front yard and did some minor damage to the chimney, the gutters on the corner of the house and broke a couple of windows on the side of the house. It missed completely thier car somehow, I got out of the truck and the tree parts surronded the car but not a scratch or dent anywhere.

Any way it is a fun day in the nieghborhood today.

If I can find my picrures I will post them later.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Soaring Feather]

WOW what a way to wake up!


Thank God all are safe.

[w_over_w]

MERCY! Thanks for the play by play and thank the good Lord you are okay. I don't know if any pictures will do justice to your description of events . . . gave me chills.

[alfa6]

I should have mentioned that I am on nights and had only had about an hour of sleep before them thar Tornadeee Sirens went off. Any way here is the pic of the dead Gnome. We had services for him a little while ago :-) One of his brothers was slightly injured and will undergo surgery Tuesday afternoon if I can find my JB Weld:-) The branch that did in the pick-up is in the upper left hand corner of the pic propped up on the planter.

Here is pic of truck dent!!! In front of the neighbors black car on the left was a limb about 6" in diameter and maybe 6' long. Missed my truck, (WHEW) and his car as well. I think maybe I can fix the dent myself as I sure dont wan't to pay the $500 deductible. Hmm, where did I leave that can of Bondo???

Hey MS. Feather have you heard from your brother? The brunt of the storm would have been closet to him than me.

National Weather at the Downtown airport recorded a 59 mph wind gust at the 8:54 update. No wonder the limbs was a fallin! Off to get a nap, I hope, back later tonight.

Oh yeah we got us a Tornadeee Watch till 10pm tonight :-(

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[PAR35]

If you lived in New Orleans, FEMA would probably give you $2000. If you live anywhere else, forget it.