TOrnado Damage

[Mr.Hoppes]

Friday evening I was joking with a freind on line, that lives close to me about a tornado watch. A few minutes later though the joke was on me. A streight Wind blew our chimney off and into our master bedroom knocking the ceiling in and allowing the very heavy rains in. Another peice of the chimney smashed our deck outside the bedroom.

NO ONE was hurt as we went to our basement shelter when we felt the house shaking and the wind pick up.

Our insurance will take care of this financially The animals are ok, and we will be alright.

Amid this I was getting ready to take my son to church camp North of Chicago, so I took Him.

I drove through the night and a second round of storms to drop my son off at Church camp, and returned during the day today.

My Wife stayed with my sister over night and took care of the farmers marlet Saturday morning.

When I got home I tarped the hole so the rains we are supposed to get tommarow morning won't be in my bedroom.

All in all a good experience. YES a good experience. We dealt with everything as a team should and everything went out decent and in order without strife.

God's hedge of protection isn't aloways what we expect, But I thank GOD for keeping my family safe thruough this.

On a side note I don;t think I will be joking about weather warnings anymore. DOH!

And BTW no goats flew. LOL

[Bubbajms]

Could have been much worse, but that's no minor hole! Hopefully the insurance folks won't give you much trouble so you can get that fixed up!

[Bigum1969]

Really glad you are all okay.

[4sarge]

Glad that no one was injured. If you need anything PM me and I'll do what I can

[Dr Falken]

Wow, glad you and your's are safe. Seems like you all kept on task and got done what needed done. Good job and good luck with getting repaired. Even with out a Tornado, front line gusts can be very dangerous, often with little warning.

[agentl074]

Dang! Glad ya'll are alright!

[Militarypol21]

Glad your ok man! I was watchin the storm out the back patio and noticed a small tree skimming across the top of the lake thats in the backyard, thats when I decided its a good time to take shelter!

[hotfarmboy1]

I'm glad to hear you are all ok! I hope you can get it fixed soon without anything out of pocket on your side

[Joe Williams]

Glad you are OK!!! Friday night sucked. First we saw the warning on the weather site on our computer, then the sirens went off, then we started hearing that tornados were on the ground all around us. I'm not actually sure ANY touched down, I think folks were just freaked. The girls at Cathy's day care called (she runs an evening shift until 11:30P) and told Cathy they were in a closet with the kids. We waited till the front passed, then drove through the rain to check on them.

[Bull]

Glad no one was hurt George, GOD does watch over us.