About 1:30 am last night we had a little weather happening come thru town, part of a larger system that caused a few deadly tornados in Oklahoma. Jonnene's dog, Sophie, jumped up on the bed shaking like a leaf while there were numerous flashes of lightning and rumbles of thunder going on. What was noticed was the sound of the wind and the hard rain outside. I went back to sleep.
So this morning came and I crawled out of bed to prepare for the weekly Wednesday run with the guys - our 4-mile Man Run. I cleared out some of the branches on the driveway when I left (Jonnene removed a big one earlier when she walked Sophie) and met Jeff and Mike at the tennis courts. Rex wasn't there due to continuing knee issues and Matt didn't show up either but we figured that there might be storm-related things going on at his house since he lives further out of town. During our run we saw the usual debris in the streets and lots of water but not much else...until we got to the south part of the neighborhood where a large pine tree was laying across the street, totally blocking any traffic. It was the top half of the tree on the ground with the bottom half standing in the ground. Most tall pine trees will snap about halfway in a strong shear wind, so this was a classic result. Good thing it broke toward the street and not to the house only 15 feet away. We ran around it on the sidewalk and finished the run.
There's another snapped pine about two houses down from our place on the other side of the street but it also landed away from the house into the front yard. I still haven't done an inspection of our property but I think we're fine. We lost power for a moment during the storm and had to reset some of our clocks. I do know I have a lot of sticks to pick up!
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