Monday, June 16, 2008

Storm Damage?

Given everything going on in Hugo, Austin and Iowa, I have very little to complain about in terms of storms these days. That said, I wasn't thrilled to walk out Sunday morning and see this.
The storm that passed through on Saturday night was quick, but very intense. Even with all the windows closed, the wind just absolutely howled. (It put me in the mood to watch "The Hound of the Baskervilles.") Sunday morning revealed that our grill cover was blown off, my watering can had been picked up and flung across the yard, plenty of birch limbs were down in the front yard and -- bummer! -- three of my four tomato trellises had been blown over on top of the tomato plants.

I was pretty worried about the plants, which looked crushed by the trellises, but after I carefully untangled them and propped them back up, they seem to be doing okay. Guess we'll see after a few days whether they truly weathered the storm.


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