The photos I took of our yard tells the story. No electric for the better part of a week, and it took 4 days for the utility gods to clear enough of the downed lines for me to be able to simply get out of our tiny hamlet. Every road leading away from our house was blocked.
First light, after listening to the total carnage happen in total darkness, for hours. I'll never get that sound out of my head.:
As I was in the cellar inspecting any rising water from the loss of our sump pump, that large branch crashed down on the rear of the house and scared the shit outta me! Our beautiful maple didn't survive.
Looking at our house from the south standing in the front yard of the ol' Hemlock High School.
From the rear (east, looking west) schoolyard.
From our front porch, my Honda Goldwing narrowly escaped getting crushed from the top of our sugar maple when it came down.
Another early morning light photo, as the carnage continued on for hours.
The most eerie thing was being awakened at 1:30AM in total blackness. There was absolutely no light anywhere to be seen...except for a crazy blue-white glow behind the homes across the street from us. It was the substation at the Hemlock Agricultural Society fairgrounds sizzling away for hours, until it finally went boom and then even that meager bit of light was gone. Total darkness until the sun finally came up.
First light, after listening to the total carnage happen in total darkness, for hours. I'll never get that sound out of my head.:
As I was in the cellar inspecting any rising water from the loss of our sump pump, that large branch crashed down on the rear of the house and scared the shit outta me! Our beautiful maple didn't survive.
Looking at our house from the south standing in the front yard of the ol' Hemlock High School.
From the rear (east, looking west) schoolyard.
From our front porch, my Honda Goldwing narrowly escaped getting crushed from the top of our sugar maple when it came down.
Another early morning light photo, as the carnage continued on for hours.
The most eerie thing was being awakened at 1:30AM in total blackness. There was absolutely no light anywhere to be seen...except for a crazy blue-white glow behind the homes across the street from us. It was the substation at the Hemlock Agricultural Society fairgrounds sizzling away for hours, until it finally went boom and then even that meager bit of light was gone. Total darkness until the sun finally came up.
