Power on and everything fine morning. Lights, hot water, heat, coffee and toast for breakfast!
But let's backtrack a little, too early Friday evening. Although predicted mostly cloudy scattered thunder storm, we had had a bright sunny day. Then, just after supper, around 630, Seelerman's remarked I hear thunder. We stepped out onto the deck. Heavy black clouds to the north. A rumble of thunder rolled across the sky. A minute later great flash of lightning and a crack of thunder drove us into the house. The next half hour or so we watched driving rain, hail, wins, twisting the trees, both front and back. And then rolling away, leaving drizzling rain which then stop too.
Oh yes, during the half hour. The lights had blinked several times, and then a big boom in the direction of the transformer and we knew we were in the dark for a few hours (or more).
Before long, people were out on the streets and sidewalks survey the damage. Water streaming down the driveways and gutters, carrying trigs and small branches, and leaves. Huge branches of the mature trees that line our street. Mainly big maples. We walked around the neighbourhood noting the trees that had fallen across lawn and driveways and out onto the street. Already people have started the cleanup, cutting the large trucks in manageable lengths, pulling l the debris from the streets and sidewalks, helping neighbours. We returned home to use the dwindling light to find flashlights, and prepare for bed thinking all would be okay in the morning.
The next day we awoke to the silence and the dark of the heavily clouded sky. Seelerman took the camp stove out onto the deck and heated water for two for coffee, and browns and toast over the open flame. In a butter and jam rent rounded out our breakfast. Leftovers heated on the camp stove or the barbecue provided our other meals. A couple of drugs around the neighbourhood listening to her radio for the news and weather repor ts and in viewing the damage showed more trees down, not uprooted as the radio reported, but torn or twisted off sometimes 20 feet in the air, leaving huge scars on the trees. We didn't personally see much damage to houses several cars or recreational vehicles were crushed. In a trailer park a couple of miles away at least two trailers were lifted off their base and badly damaged – no reports of personal injuries.
Strangely, this seemed to be a very localized storm. Very little damage on the north side of the river; I have talked to Ninjafairy or Luce nds but I'm presuming they miss the most of it. Likewise little or no damage South of this area. It seems we were in or near the centre.
All is well that ends well. Considering traditions in some parts of the world. This was a mere drop.
