Maybe a good thing I wasn't home during the tornado!

[Spoonminnow]

In May, devastating tornados and winds of over 85mph hit southern NY. My house and car weren't spared:



One of three trees that landed on the house:


Car with hood dented and rear window gone:




Root that came up inside the pop-up floor:


I was coming back from fishing, traveling north and then the radio started constantly reporting public warnings every few minutes. Nice sunny day and good fishing to the south, but once I hit town, totally dark with a torrential downpour and garbage cans flung in all directions.

Took me three hours to get home from just 7 miles away. All four roads were blocked with power lines and trees blocking all traffic. No matter where I've gone after that day, I see the stumps of trees hundreds of years old snapped midway up, some still on houses.

Wife was in the basement with the dogs during the storm and we had no power for over three days (some people for over a week). We had a similar storm though not as bad 6 years ago and only one tree came down blocking the road for three hours.

Good thing for homeowner's insurance. My bills add up to over $10,000. Good thing I hadn't yet picked up my new fishing boat - it would have been parked just across the driveway near the car!

[stormcloud]

Those things will hurt you. The only two things I'm scared of is tornados and electricity.

["G"]

Yep...you were lucky....could have been a lot worse. Hope you get everything fixed up and back to normal....well normal without trees ....soon.

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[Redge]

Hope you get back to normal soon.
Best not to be there if a tornado is on its way. That’s coming from an Okie.


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[crp4570]

Glad no one was hurt

[Spoonminnow]

Thanks. Other than missing all those old shade trees, things are back to normal except the removal of the huge roots.

[flycaster]

Couldn't tell from the pictures of the house if you have a fireplace.
The hardwood tree will make some mighty fine firewood.
Get you heated up, cutting it up
Heat you up in the winter by burning in the fireplace.
it should season out nicely over the summer months.
The evergreen, not so good of wood to burn in a fireplace or stove. To much creosote created.
Sorry to hear of storm damage.

[Spoonminnow]

Propane fireplace. Mulberry and cherry woods. Woulda bin nice.

[SpeckledSlab]

Glad your wife was able to get to a safe room. Tornadoes can give precious little time to do so. Hurricane Matthew left me a couple of large live oak trees and their roots to deal with also.

[crappiepappa]

Propane fireplace. Mulberry and cherry woods. Woulda bin nice.

Cookin wood!