After the storm
Some troll-nasty storms came through the north metro area of the Twin Cites last night. Strong winds, hail, lots of rain. Gusts up to 80 mph were recorded, tennis-ball sized hail in spots. Lots of trees down, power out, some damaged homes in spots. One man was killed when a tree limb fell on him
Lots of traffic lights still out this morning, so traffic was a bear. I took a lot of back roads though and made pretty good time. I saw a number of big trees toppled over, a couple of them on top of cars.
Our house escaped the worst of it. Just pea-sized hail, Rhonda said there was 3 inches of rain in the gauge, and the oak trees in the back yard dropped enough sticks to build a battleship.
The power went out at the house for 15 minutes or so, and that scared John. Before the storm arrived, Hanna said we should go downstairs and watch the storm and play Go Fish. Heh. The last time a storm came through, that's we did, watch the weather coverage on tv and played Go Fish and the couch, so Hanna was thinking hey, that's our normal storm routine!
Very rare to have storms this strong this late in the year. But as bad as they were, still not much compared to hurricanes, and Rita is bearing down on Texas.
Lots of traffic lights still out this morning, so traffic was a bear. I took a lot of back roads though and made pretty good time. I saw a number of big trees toppled over, a couple of them on top of cars.
Our house escaped the worst of it. Just pea-sized hail, Rhonda said there was 3 inches of rain in the gauge, and the oak trees in the back yard dropped enough sticks to build a battleship.
The power went out at the house for 15 minutes or so, and that scared John. Before the storm arrived, Hanna said we should go downstairs and watch the storm and play Go Fish. Heh. The last time a storm came through, that's we did, watch the weather coverage on tv and played Go Fish and the couch, so Hanna was thinking hey, that's our normal storm routine!
Very rare to have storms this strong this late in the year. But as bad as they were, still not much compared to hurricanes, and Rita is bearing down on Texas.
2 Comments:
At Thu Sep 22, 10:52:00 AM, johngrif said…
Please pray for those in Texas and Louisiana, our fellow Americans.
Glad things survived in the Twin
Cities. Part of the debate about the recent weather upheavals has been about the science of the whole things.
THE LEFT has sometimes resorted to medieval thinking with George Bush-- or any hated political group-- as the witch who spawned the killer events. Luckily basic science is readily available for those rational enough to read.
See this at http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outlooks/hurricane.html
These facts are sobering.
Some are already pursuing the idea of rebuilding the Gulf coast so that it is hurricane proof.
A topic which is worthy of long consideration is whether America is overbuilt around her coastlines.
Much as the Iraq mission teaches us how to deal with terrorists, these events compel us to
better deal with our national vulnerabilities.
At Thu Sep 22, 01:51:00 PM, R. Stewart said…
Glad you made it through relatively unscathed too. We had a trek back from church last night, around flooded streets and downed trees/power lines - all the while hearing on 'CCO radio how bad the northern 'burbs were hit. Didn't know if we'd have a house to come home to, but we got by with a few branches down and a little water on the floor from windows left open. Driving in this morning revealed we were indeed blessed.
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