backhoeboogie
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Power came back on here at the house a few hours ago.
About 8 p.m. last night was the worst of it here. Clouds were falling out of the sky, headed south like a bat out of hades, swirling, and then headed north again. There were tails in every direction. I have seen bad storms over and over but none with the sky boiling like this. There was a little tornado to the south west but it wasn't touching down.
Then were heard it. It sounded just like a freight train with vibration. At that point it had begun raining so had horizontal that I couldn't even see the truck. I grabbed Trevor and we hunkered down in the center hall. There are steel bands in the walls of this house and every window and door buck is built with 2 by 12 headers with cripples underneath. The walls are blocked and there is deadwood overhead. The upstairs walls are lagged to the joists with angle iron and lag bolts. The decking is screwed on. The whole outside of the house is wrapped in plywood on the sub wall - not just the corners. So I felt safe in the center hall.
I have old growth live oaks with no leaves except for a few on low branches. Other trees look like nothing happened. I have shingle tabs in the yard. No broken glass this time and the hail didn't hit here so no vehicle was damaged. Two peach trees are split up. The rose trellis is built out of 12 foot cedar posts sunk 3 feet in the ground. There are 16 posts and they average about 10 inch diameter. A few of those were busted. These are the only wood posts on the place lol.
Knowing how bad that sky looked and how loud that tornado was, it wouldn't have been very far off at all. It was the worst turbulance I have ever seen. We are all very lucky. Less damage than previous storms. It could have been really bad.
About 8 p.m. last night was the worst of it here. Clouds were falling out of the sky, headed south like a bat out of hades, swirling, and then headed north again. There were tails in every direction. I have seen bad storms over and over but none with the sky boiling like this. There was a little tornado to the south west but it wasn't touching down.
Then were heard it. It sounded just like a freight train with vibration. At that point it had begun raining so had horizontal that I couldn't even see the truck. I grabbed Trevor and we hunkered down in the center hall. There are steel bands in the walls of this house and every window and door buck is built with 2 by 12 headers with cripples underneath. The walls are blocked and there is deadwood overhead. The upstairs walls are lagged to the joists with angle iron and lag bolts. The decking is screwed on. The whole outside of the house is wrapped in plywood on the sub wall - not just the corners. So I felt safe in the center hall.
I have old growth live oaks with no leaves except for a few on low branches. Other trees look like nothing happened. I have shingle tabs in the yard. No broken glass this time and the hail didn't hit here so no vehicle was damaged. Two peach trees are split up. The rose trellis is built out of 12 foot cedar posts sunk 3 feet in the ground. There are 16 posts and they average about 10 inch diameter. A few of those were busted. These are the only wood posts on the place lol.
Knowing how bad that sky looked and how loud that tornado was, it wouldn't have been very far off at all. It was the worst turbulance I have ever seen. We are all very lucky. Less damage than previous storms. It could have been really bad.
