We had a good 4th of July with everyone being able to make it up to the cabin for some portion of it. The weekend started off pretty eventful though with a huge storm on Friday night. John had headed home to work that evening and ended up driving through majority of it. Luckily he made it through & was able to call and warn Joe & I to get everything secure and head for shelter. Shortly after his call and a phone call from my mom with the same warning, storm clouds began rolling in fast. By the time we got the boats on the lifts and the water sport gear inside the blue sky had turned a dark shade of green. Within minutes of getting up to the cabin the power went out & strong winds started (they were strong enough to nearly knock Joe off his feet while trying to make it back to the guest cabin where his friend was) so we headed for the basement where we hung out from 7:30 until about 10:30 when the second wave of the storm blew over. The next day on our way home we saw the damage - several tornadoes had came through the area, with a few small ones in areas around the cabin. Fortunate for us, our cabin & property escaped without any damage and were one of the first areas to regain power mid-morning on Saturday.
The storm did prove that my mom's storm preparedness at the cabin was not a waste. However, Joe & I did point out that a weather radio is no good when it gets any other channel except for the weather channel... Luckily for us though, Joe was able to give us an accurate weather report when he returned from his trip to the garage to re-stock his beer supply - "it's bad."
Here are some pictures of the storm. The one of the pontoon flipped over while still in its lift is from a friend who has a cabin on a nearby lake.
Also, in case you haven't noticed, I finished uploading our photos onto http://www.yogile.com/moreyfamily
--Posted by Anna
2 comments:
In my defense, the radio does work, Anna just didn't know how to reset it. In her defense, it is old, and a new one will be at the cabin this weekend! The second picture is acres of trees, all broken off at about 4ft from the ground. The strom had a path of distruction almost 100 miles wide, with a combination of straight line winds and tornadoes. An article about Solon Springs (20 miles west of us) damage was in the Dickinson Press.
I am so glad that you and Joe are safe and that the cabin had no damage - I am sure you were really scared. It seems like the weather is strange everywhere we have been have over a week of storms every late afternoon and the sirens have went off several times on north end of Denver. Everyone be safe!
Love Jake
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