Saturday, after driving 3 hours from Dayton, Ohio, we arrived home to what looked like a mess left behind from a tornado. The power was out, the streets were flooded a few feet high, trees and power lines were down. We all looked at each other and thought, “wow, we must have missed something BIG.”
Yesterday I had the opportunity to take some photos of the damage in our area. I am amazed that even after clean-up, there was still a mess of trees around.
I will get pictures up shortly, but in the meantime, here are some links to satisfy your appetite:
The majority of these pictures are actually within a few hundred feet of where we live. Pictures 2 and 20 are of trees that are right outside of our patio window.
http://www.wlfi.com/dpp/lifestyles/photo_galleries/photos-damage-from-saturday-storm
Here is the first blog post from the meteorologist:
http://blogs.wlfi.com/2010/07/18/july-17-2010-west-lafayettelafayette-microburst/
Here is the second post:
http://blogs.wlfi.com/2010/07/19/looks-like-macroburst-not-microburst-hit-w-laflaf/
Wow! I suppose it is good that you weren’t there, since it can be particularly scary for kids to be in the middle of that – not to mention the adults!