Fun morning of 2 grumpy kids that wanted to sleep more after we had to wake them up when the storm was rolling through. Feeling it myself, don't think I ever got fully back to sleep after that.
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I had one daughter that went right back to sleep the other thought it was so cool to be up early....
Our sirens sounded louder than usual this morning - not sure if they change the volume during overnight hours, or if the silence of 4am amplified them in my head. Our 7 yo still slept right thru them, though (as well as slept thru me carrying her to the basement - guess she was tired!).
I think your problem is you have a 16 year old fence and your posts are going bad. Your neighbors white fence looks nice though.
Mom and dad are in 2 different places and both are in a tornado warning
Looks like it broke off at the ground which would indicate that it was also rotten. It's probably safe to assume if you had two bad ones then there are many others also.
Most of our posts are rotten off but the previous owners put in metal posts/stiffeners beside them that are holding up well.
If you had two bad posts,a good chance the rest was starting to go. There is a chance that what they did expedited the others falling but it was just going to be time.
Some tree limbs down in my area of Grimes this morning. Somehow, the toys in my son's water table (that I forgot to put away) stayed put. Maybe because it was tucked up against the house. Not sure. Regardless, the 4:40 am tornado warning on the phone was NOT fun, nor was wrangling a sleeping toddler and two cats into carriers. I need all the caffeine today.
Well, that was fun. We just had 70mph winds blow through Muscatine with hail. Only lasted about 15 minutes and just rain now. QC, you are about to get hit.
Only lasted 15 minutes? My gf would love 15 minutes.
I teach in DMPS by the fairgrounds. We are one of the 4 lucky schools to be cancelled because of power outage!
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No daycare for the little. Had plans to go hiking over by Prairie Du Chien. Boy that would be a ride. Looks like we may be going and brining brother home instead if this holds together.
Not bad here in Blue (Gr)ass. Sirens been going off every 10-15 minutes for the last 90 minutes.
It was our turn to water the new trees (3 other neighbors and I planted 55 new arborvitae on Saturday). So I went out and turned on the soaker before the front hit. Then walked the dog around the block instead of the mile loop we normally do.
Still no power. A couple more bid trees down. Goat’s play ground equipment and feeder blown over.
Racecar is safe!! Lol
Racecar is safe!! Lol
