More photographs of the damage from the storm (Derecho) on June 29th, 2012.
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Below is a photo of the dirt road that leads to our homes. My Dad had already cleared some of the trees by the time this shot was taken, but if you look closely (or click for the larger version) you can see more lines down and *normally* you can see down the hollow much further. The reason you cannot in this photo, is because of trees down.
My cousin and his wife live in the home on the left of this photo and his garage is on the right. They didn’t have any damage to their home that I know of, in this storm. The last time we had a bad storm here, a tree went through their house. Thankfully no one was hurt.
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More trees & limbs down.
I’m fairly certain that this large limb hit our house before landing here. We got hit with a lot of limbs, but there was one particularly loud hit, on that side of the house, and we think it was likely this:
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The photo below makes me a little sad. The bush that you see on the ground was a Rhododendron that my mom planted when she & my Dad lived here. It was so tall now that it reached all the way up to the 2nd floor window. Emma loved that she could see the pink blossoms every year, right up against the window. After the storm she told me it was “missing”. I said, “No, baby, that doesn’t make any sense. It was right up against the house, it should be fine.” And sure enough, she was right. It was actually uprooted and knocked over. It kind of surprised me that it took that much damage, given that it had some protection being up against the house. It’s now gone.
Those of you who have followed my nature blog, probably remember me posting various photos of it over the years (like these).
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More trees on lines:
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More photos to come.
You can take a cutting and start the rhoddy again. My mother took a cutting from a very old rhoddy at my grandmother’s house, and “planted” it next to her rhoddies and it took. I don’t know the process, but you might still be able to have Emma’s rhoddy back again (even if it doesn’t reach as far.
I posted a clip about the Derecho on facebook as we experienced a milder version here — nothing like what you went through.
I’m glad your house held up, and nothing came through the roof or walls.
Hope the cleanup goes okay.