Wind Storm

We had an amazing wind storm the other day. We woke up to a windy day and I thought it was a shame to sit down and do school books when there was wind to run around in! So the boys bolted down some breakfast and then took off outside to play by 7:30am!! . I am glad I did it!! There is nothing like experiencing weather, versus sitting in a classroom and being taught about it!!

It got more and more windy as the morning went on. At one point one of the boys told me that a tree near our garage was bending dramatically and the roots were beginning to uplift the ground around the tree. I glanced outside but could only see about a one foot area extending away from the tree.

About 10:30 the boys came back in and began their lessons and I went out and checked the tree situation. This time I was shocked to see the roots had snapped further down away from the tree and the tree was now leaning quite a bit!

I went around our house and checked it all out and found about four trees had fallen around the house; three of these had fallen across our fence into our neighbours yard!

While I was standing out in the yard at one point, a sheet of plywood flew up off a pile and blew across the yard!

I was getting a bit nervous about the tree in the back, as it was about six feet from our garage and if it came down in the direction it was leaning, there was a risk of it hitting the neighbour's house! So we prayed!

Exposed Roots and Leaning Tree

About an hour later the boys told me the tree had come down!! I had the boys stay in the house and then dashed outside. It was amazing!! I hadn't heard a thing! But yet, when one of the smaller trees had fallen I had heard the crash!

Six Feet From Top to Bottom

This is the base of the big tree that went down. It got itself all wrapped up with the log pile that *was* there before it went down. We are *so* thankful as it missed our garage and did not *quite* reach the neighbours house!

Directly in Line With the Neighbour's House