tornado
last thursday there was a tornado in vancouver, and i can't imagine the odds of that happening. Theres an even smaller chance of where it landed being my street, but thats literally what happened. I had just gotten home from work, and brought the garbage bins down from the street, luckily, because the winds were strong enough to relocate some containers about a half mile.
my mother was out walking the dog when it struck, the side of the road she was walking on had five trees blow over, right where she had been standing. she's incredibly fortunate to not have been hurt. the wind blew her across the street, to safety, and nothing flying through the air hit her. i was even struck just standing on my porch yelling at her to get inside.
i saw trees falling, the power transformer in front of our house exploded, my neighbors car got crushed, dozens of roofs were removed, but my parents' house and all of us came out clean, and free of injury. amazing.
my mother was out walking the dog when it struck, the side of the road she was walking on had five trees blow over, right where she had been standing. she's incredibly fortunate to not have been hurt. the wind blew her across the street, to safety, and nothing flying through the air hit her. i was even struck just standing on my porch yelling at her to get inside.
i saw trees falling, the power transformer in front of our house exploded, my neighbors car got crushed, dozens of roofs were removed, but my parents' house and all of us came out clean, and free of injury. amazing.