Well That Sucked

We had a major wind storm move through the area earlier today. It hit our house about 445 pm. A hellacious storm developed just north of here with 80 to 90 mph winds reported. It was bad enough that the city of Omaha sounded its tornado sirens, even though it was only straight line winds. Two weeks ago to the day, our new trees were planted in the back yard. I was worried whether they'd be able to withstand the wind. One fared OK, the other was blown down as the support straps gave way. Thankfully, the tree only got toppled over, pulling the whole root ball out of the ground. The top of the tree also looks like it's been permanently bent, and not sure it will ever recover. I was able to put the root ball back into the ground, but may have to have the nursery come back out and replant it. We didn't have any damage to the house though, and am thankful for that. Other's in Omaha weren't so lucky. There were thousands of trees down, a LOT of property damage, and about 126,000 people without power. Several homes were completely destroyed. All in all, I'm getting very tired of the extreme weather, and wouldn't mind the dog days of summer to commence.