So Rob and I can now say we have experienced one of a homeowner's big scares. We were hit by a tornado about a month ago (the same storm system that hit downtown Atlanta real hard). The tornado didn't actually hit our house, but it was somewhere in the very near area. We didn't see a funnel cloud or hear the "train" noise, but it was pretty scary for about 5 minutes. We had been watching the news all afternoon and getting really worked up and excited about the possibility of a big storm. I am super impressed with how accurate the technology is now. The local weather guy was predicting the exact location where the tornados could form and giving minute-by-minute details of where it would be right down to the street names. We kept watching and saw that the whole storm system was coming right at us. The rain started right as predicted and within a couple minutes the wind was howling and we decided to take cover in our hallway. It was right at this time that the power went out and we lost our exciting commentary on the TV. Rob was running in and out of the hall to take video of it all (you can see the video footage on his web album http://picasaweb.google.com/regbert/March08Tornado). Next thing I know Rob is yelling that a tree fell and we are freaking out/excited/confused. We were worried one of our big pines would fall on our house, but luckily it was a smaller tree that didn't do any damage! Luck was definitely on our side as not a single plant from our yard was touched. We had been planting stuff all over the yard earlier in the day and working on the garden. The tree came within inches of our brand new azaleas and one of my rose bushes, but not a branch was harmed! Here are the exciting photos of the clean-up. 
Here I am taking all of the branches off the tree. Rob had a test the next day, so while he studied, I tapped into my Harding genes and did all the work on day 1 of the cleanup.
Showing off all of my hard work
A view from below
We don't own a chainsaw so Rob decided to be resourceful and cut the tree up into pieces using only a circular saw and an axe. Yes, it sounds crazy, and it was. But it did the trick. Granted, the really thick part at the bottom and all the roots are still laying in the yard until we get a chainsaw to finish it off.
2 comments:
Yikes, glad no one or nothing was hurt! I think y'all did great on clean up though. We had trees in our backyard cut down 2 summers ago because they were dead and one was about to fall on our house, and parts of the darn things are still all over our back yard! Glad to hear that everything is okay though.
How do you add your pictures to your blog. The pictures have a shadow effect to them and I like that.
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