Nasty Weather

Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 8:05 AM

We had a very nasty storm roll through our area last night.  I have to say it was one of the strangest storms I've ever been in.  It started out windy at about 10 p.m., which I knew was coming because the weather man had told us.  I also knew there was some chance of rain.  At about 12:45 a.m. my wife and I awoke to intense wind and driving rain.  The weirdest part was that there was so much lightening, but no thunder.  About 15 minutes later the hail and thunder started in, and I mean BAD.  It got to the point that my wife and I were discussing whether we should get the kids up and get them into the center of the house.  The power was out, and we had no idea if there was a tornado in the area.  We kept looking out the window, but what are the chances we're going to see a a tornado through the driving rain.  Before we could decide, it all just kind of stopped.  The wind continued blowing, but it died down and there was no more rain and thunder.  Weird.

At about 3 a.m. I woke and started getting worried about whether the animals had faired badly or not.  I'm glad I did.  All was well except that one turkey in our chicken tractor was dying.  The chicks (about 3 weeks old) were huddled in the corner for warmth, but he was laying out alone, soaking wet and obviously bad off.  I took him to my shop and put him under the heat lamp, hoping he'd recover.  Those darn turkeys are not cheap.  I got a pleasant surprise this morning when I checked on him.  He was up and moving and looked as healthy as could be.  I'm sure if I'd have waited until morning he would have been dead.

I was also surprised to see this morning that our new trampoline was no where to be seen.  It just vanished.  I took a quick drive around our area before work, and sure enough it was hanging off a neighbor's fence 300 yards away.  It had rolled through my his pastures leaving little parts of itself as it went.  Luckily it doesn't seem to have damaged any of his fences.  It's pretty trashed so I doubt I'll be able to repair it.  I'll have to go get it after work.

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Posted by homesteadinthemaking on Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 9:13 AM - Link

I'm so glad you are all safe. I think we are supposed to be getting that same storm here in Ms. this afternoon.
Blessings,
Trixi