Storm Damage

For the second year in a row, we've had a major storm in the area. And it came out of the blue...we had a "slight risk" forecasted.  Woke up at 3:30 a.m. to no electricity and lightning, major wind and thunder. The house shook, and I could hear branches and debri hitting our house.  It's the scariest storm I have been through. Thankfully, Harper slept through it all! But with that major wind came major damage. Even with our damage, we lucked out.  About 4 miles north of us really got the worst of the storm - the city of Maxwell looks like a war zone...trees down on every block. Some pics below:

This was a limb that actually broke off in last year's storm, but was still dangling up high in the tree.  We just never took the time to saw it down since it was so high up.  Well, this storm brought it down for us!

Harper's toys all in a heap. Branch broke our clothes line too.

Back yard...and Noah's tent!

The poor corn. Hard to know if it will rebound or not. The corn is just about to tassel so it's a critical time. If it doesn't stand back up, it may not pollenate and produce the corn. All we can do is wait and see. Farmer's won't know until harvest how this affected their yields.

Tree blocking the road just north of my mom/dad's.

The barn at our acreage we bought this year (Ted's). 

The corn crib at Ted's also gone.

Corn in one of our new fields we purchased this year. It was looking so good too - so sad to have it damaged liked this.

Cattle fence at mom/dad's blew down and mixed up two pins of cattle. Dad, Russ and Noah got them sorted back out (hopefully).  The cattle in the two pins were nearing similar weights - only about 25 pounds off. So that makes it hard to sort them back out.

Corn at an A&W field. This field is 4 miles north of our place and much flatter than the corn down by our place. 

The old barn at my dad's 80 - also closer to Maxwell. Nothing left on top. And we loved this barn - very historic looking. Sad to see it gone now.

Roof of the barn.

 

This is closer to Collins - Noah's broker Joe's shed/farm.  The tin from the shed is scattered a good 1/4 - 1/2 mile west. A huge mess to clean up.

Two huge bins at Joe's - both damaged.