Storm Damage

Over the weekend we had quite the storm blow through.

It took out several trees and large limbs.

Dwayne was making a video as the storm rolled it.

You can see it on Facebook.

The wind sure wreaked havoc on the corn.

We think the corn behind the house will recover.

Only time will tell with some of the other fields around us.

They were hit pretty hard.

This is Elmer's boar pen behind our house.

A few large limbs came down.

One of the apple trees blew over in the duck run.

Thankfully it missed the coop and the fence.

It missed the ducks too.

We may try to salvage this tree by pulling it up and staking it.

Hopefully it can recover.

A nest blew out of the apple tree too.

Funny how it's intact.

Some birds build strong nests!

Our house was OK except for a small bit of siding that loosened on the basement.

We did have an old dog house blow across the yard.

We normally store firewood in it but it was empty...

The woods behind our house where there are some cattle also suffered some downed trees.

Of course one of them was over the lane to the back part of the property.

The other end of the farm had some damage as well.

This broke our hearts.

These trees have been there over sixty years!

Now there's only the middle tree left.

This large limb just missed the pole shed.

There were several trees damaged in the rows of pine trees.

All of the broken trees looked like the top 1/3 to 1/2 snapped off.

Two trees along one of the ditches snapped also.

We're thankful everyone's homes were OK and we didn't lose electricity.

However, it will take a while to clean up.