Storm Damage

Monday morning, 8:00 a.m.: Clouds roll in. Winds start to blow. Squires family sits happily in the bay window to watch a storm. We jumped back when this tree blew down and we saw the bolt of blue from the electrical wires coming down.

This is our front yard. This pine tree is now in three parts. One in the ground, one in the ditch, and one hanging from the wires.

This is the view down our street. There are wires down all over the place, including across the driveway into the church parking lot. It looks like at least one utility pole will have to be replaced. As I write we are 48 hours into the power outage. Church has electricity, so we have lots of modern amenities just a short walk from home.

The Com Ed trucks have been coming down our block and they probably look at this mess and think they'd rather go find a simpler problem to work on.

No major damage to our house or the church building. It looks like a lot of trees to clean up but not much else here. Today's forecast is in the 70s. If you have to be powerless, today's a good day for it.