this link is about 4 blocks away... here.. the front windows were open maybe 3 ".. and it left water puddled 20 ' away
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/nyregion/17storm.html
... a few eppis in big clay pots were tipped over about 6 smaller pots with brugs were tipped over.. not too bad.. considering.. my 20' tall JMG sail was ok as was everything else.. and nothing went over the edge..
http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/
this is a link to my block.. my roof is 1/4 block away... this is the park is where my park brugs are... just out of the frame in the second photo.. got plenty of wind and rain.. big hail..
here are the park brugs before
oh.. the funny news clip .. was this lady they interviewed next door to where a tree went through a house... she was home and described the storm to the tv.. then mentioned the tree on the block on top of the car..
yup.. I was going to park in that spot this morning... but this guy beat me out getting to it..
maybe this alll is just karma n action... as well as I did.. I must have a bushel of good vibes..built up...
boug raspberry ice went flying.. but was just fine.. ty ty ty...
Good to know that you're ok.
Gordon, I was thinking about you when I saw it on the news.Glad all is ok with you and your garden!
Dee
Gordon,
I'm glad that you are OK. I hope none of your lovely plants suffered any permanent damage.
Gosh, I thought about you when I saw this, Gordon. Glad you and garden are ok.
the storm got ths 50' tree a few blocks from me... it laid it's self down along a few back gardens.. not hitting any houses..
this is the garden today... mmmmm brght and swept up.. hardly a sign of the rain ...wind or hail... such resilance.. and luck to have been passed over..
So glad that you and your babies were passed over!
How scary that must have been!
Well... I wasn't aware of what it was... but that's the beauty of a tornado in that a bit away from it.. or right next to it... it's only the wind,rain and hail..
but that tree was surrounded by buildings as big as it was .. like the protection of a waggon train.. circled around... and there I was sticking myself up there with a large wind footprint..
I've seen the inside of a tornado... at mothers.. three weeks after she moved into the solar house built her.. there was a tornado... it picked up the cab over camper she'd been living in.. whch was lashed down some 60' from the house... wired up.. and plumbed in with water and sewage to the new house system.. it picked up this big camper.. ripped it from it's hook ups... bounced it once on the roof... then set it down in the driveway.. straight and even... right next to the garage door... snuggled under the eve of the house... getting under with an inch to spare under the two foot roof overhang and about an inch from the house... without ever touchng the house.. or scraping on the concrete driveway.. not a shingle was touched on the house.. .. but inside the tornado that I watched from underneath one of the 6 4' x 7' skylights.. was all green.. from the lightnng.. and in the glow.. you could see water going left and right.. up and down... like you see in the front of a washing machine with the glass doors..
glad to have missed it again...
