Here are some photos of roof damage we incurred. We were without electricity for FIVE days! Now, that's not much compared to some of my other friends whom were without for 10! Strangely enough, or fortunately, we found ways to enjoy the lack of power. We've never been more of a team than during the power outage. I actually miss it. The only negative thing was losing all of our cold/frozen food. I guess the savings in electricity should help replace it. We have an adjuster coming to look at the roof soon, and if we have an expensive enough claim, we can claim the food as well.
This happened on a Sunday, and as we were leaving church, Jaron & I watched a wall of dirt sweep across the parking lot. It really shocked me. Poor Ethan couldn't even catch his breath on our walk out to the car. I was pretty freaked out about that. The drive home was uneventful, until we arrived at the entrance of our subdivision. There was emergency vehicles and traffic directors, and all we could see was smoke rising behind them. There is a forest on that side of the road, so it was a little concerning. After getting home, our whole neighborhood it seems was excited about this windstorm, as everyone was outside just looking around in amazement while the wind whipped about ferociously. We stayed inside for the most part. But then one of our neighbors knocked on our door very excitedly. He wanted to tell us our shingles were flapping about, so we couldn't help ourselves, we went outside to see what he was so excited about. Apparently, the roof contractors didn't nail all of our shingles down. This house was built in 1999! The cutest memory though is from Jaron, our oldest. He's 3, and he's seen a particular Tigger & Pooh episode multiple times that talks about Thunder and Lightening. So, as we were walking outside, Jaron stood on the porch yelling "Mommy, it's Winder! It's just winder!" I have to admit, it took me a little while to figure out what he was saying. I guess he thought it made sense, if in a storm there is a loud noise, that is Thunder, then a storm with lots and lots of wind, must be called Winder!
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That's my Boy! Winder makes perfect sense to me, So I guess we'll have a new word in our weather lexicon that will probably be handed down to all our grandbabies "It's Just A Winder!" and we'll have Jaron to thank for that. See what I mean when I said that this boy is going lead out and accomplish great things in his life?...And a Little Child shall lead them!....HALLELUJAH!!!
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