Power Out

This morning about 4:30 am we lost power. It was crazy windy and lots of lightning and thunder and rain coming down hard at the side.

Wham, bang .. poof .... two more tree branches down. It fell on the kitchen roof (it extends out from the rest of the house) narrowly missing windows.... but yikes, the branch is split... but not yet completely broken off!

Out of power! Through text reports from Bubba and his friends, not too far away lightning struck and closed streets to the north of us!! We didn't get our power back until 11:45am. We left the house early for an ortho appointment, when another storm of blinding rain came through, we noticed there were 8 ComEd trucks with guys on the cherry pickers between our street and the one behind us.... we have Com ED power lines running through our back 40.... we had a little over 2" of rain.

The tree man is coming next week.... we are in for more adventures... stay tuned!
Weird weather with the heat dome, and the extreme storms and dryness!

Peggy Sue