Some of you wonderful blog followers also happen to live in Kirksville. Hopefully, you, your family, and your home survived the straight line winds that literally ripped through Kirksville around midnight Sunday night/Monday morning.
We lost power at 12:15 a.m. and got it back on Tuesday late afternoon. I salvaged what I could from the fridge and freezer and I safely evacuated the large quantity of frozen meat in the deep freezer to Kristi and Gerrit's house. It was an inconvenience to lose electricity at home and a few foodstuffs. However, I think for a lot of us seeing this damage produced by 70+ mph winds reminds us that our storm was nothing in comparison to the devastation experienced in Joplin.
I thought I would share what our backyard looked like. We were very lucky compared to many of our friends, coworkers, and fellow community members.
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| If a straight-line wind tries to blow over your pepper plant the night before here's a tip. Turn it the other way so that in the future the wind coming from that direction might straighten it a bit. |
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| The basil plants got a little bent out of shape and the white flowers on the left were partially lifted out of their dirt. |
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