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We love to take family road trips - Dave, Susan, Morgan, Kendra and Kody when he can go too. We collect state magnets so we know what states we have been to, so we can plan the next vacation. I (Susan, mostly) am going to (try to) use this to share our family adventures. Vacations, events, and such. So needless to say, there won't be daily entries, and maybe not even monthly, but I'll post something, along with pictures, from time to time. So, if you're so inclined, check back once in a while.

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Storm Damage

Thursday night's storm was a lulu! What a light show! And I swear the wind was going over our house - never touched the ground. We only lost about 12 leaves off our little tree. Our vines stayed on the house. But it sure sounded like a train. I talked to the rest of the family - no power in Maricopa, M&D only got rain. Mom said to call my sister in Central Phoenix - Central and Camelback area. OMG! They had a pine tree in their front yard that they planted 32 years ago - their first Christmas tree in that house - snapped off at the base, and fell on the house.



Luckilly the corner of their brick house is holding it up - otherwise, it would have landed on my Brother-in-law while he was sleeping. What a mess! It is about 60 feet tall (long, now) and laying on their house. They are so lucky no one was hurt, especially since one of the branches came into their bedroom, bringing with it glass from a small broken window pane, insulation from the attic, and drywall from the ceiling. All that debris rained down on the bed on top of him. Huge branches have poked holes in their roof. And who knows what is under all those needles.



The tree guys are going to start removing this tree on Sunday. We'll probably be there just to see how and where they are going to start to get this done.
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H said...

Holy smoke that is more damage that our tree did when it fell several years ago. It was about 30-40 years old as well and the tree guys said it was the healthiest tree they ever had to remove. Sad. We've grown a pretty pathetic looking tree from it's roots now. (we call it our Truffula tree)
Oh, and we lost power for about 6 hours but SRP customers in Tempe didn't get hit.

August 30, 2008 at 6:00 PM

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