My back yard

[Ron Wenrich]

We had a strom move through on Thursday evening.  Winds were estimated in the 90 to 100 mph range.  Here's my backyard.





We were pretty lucky.  20,000 were with out electric.  I was down only 5 hours.  Others will be down about 3 days.  Some roads will be impassable for 3-5 days due to debris.

Driving through the area showed plenty of wind damage.  Electric lines were snapped and laying on the ground.  A small airport was pretty well destroyed.  The American Legion lost it's roof, and a local ballfield had bleachers thrown into the middle of the field and the fence blown over.  No one was hurt.  This was not a tornado, but wind shear.

Norway spruce trees were snapped at about 10 ft. above the ground.  One guy had white pine with no branches.  A lot of maples and willows were hammered, shearing off their tops.

I had a pine tree in the front of the house, as well as a Norway spruce and red cedar that didn't even lose any branches.  The elm was about 100 ft away and limbs came crashing down on it.

It will take a couple of days to clear the debris, along with my trusty Husky.  I sure wish I had a swing blade mill.  I could have done a lot of business clearing big logs where they laid.   Now most of it has gone to firewood.

Well, back to work.

[Paul_H]

Now the work starts.Did the airport have planes flipped over,or was it building damage?Looks like you've got some nice trees around your place,glad they all weren't destroyed,and nobody was hurt.

[L. Wakefield]

   Today is July the 4th, and when I turned on the Weather Channel briefly this evening, I could NOT believe it. Maine never has tornados- but the whole state and surrounding was red with a tornado warning. Clouds were right for formation of a funnel cloud up over Cornish. I guess it was not sighted nor was there any touch down. We've been having scorching hot weather, but that was a real surprise. Nothing here yet- clouded up briefly but now the sun is out again. Temps were over 100* today.    

   lw

 

[Bro. Noble]

Ron,

Hope your getting stuff cleaned up and back to normal.  Glad things weren't worse.  Near disasters kinda makes a guy realize whats really important in this old life.

LW,

Sounds just like your in Missery---------------or Oklahoma or Kansas!