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Old Apr 3, 2024 | 10:31 AM
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My first tornado.......The last house was three doors down from me. Just about every tree in my backyard came down one of which destroyed my deck. Minimal damage to house itself but I'll never forget that loud crack that sounded like 5 transformers exploding at the same time......the vette is unscathed.





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Wow, scary stuff. Hope you and your
loved ones came through it ok.
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sucks you had some damage but lucky your your whole house (as you well know!) could have gotten whacked! buy a lotto ticket today!
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sucks you had some damage but lucky your your whole house (as you well know!) could have gotten whacked! buy a lotto ticket today!
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Originally Posted by schaumi
Wow, scary stuff. Hope you and your
loved ones came through it ok.
Thank you........One of the trees top branches fell against my bedroom window. Had it been 5 feet taller it would have landed right on top of me.....................
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Been there and seen that. Except for the tree on the house.

Been through a number of downburst that are just as bad and had a couple tornado brushes.

We just had our trees cleared out this winter due to expected major storms. thinned and topped can save a house.

Glad no one got hurt. we had 3 death and a ton of damage just 3 weeks ago here. We at least have basements to go to. My buddy has had two tornados in 3 years hit his property. They have lost almost all their trees.
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The silver lining is that I will be selling the house this summer and now I'll have a new roof and gutters
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