Doom Averted
So, I just about got killed. A storm was coming. The rain had already begun. I was standing in the doorway, debating whether or not to rush out and retrieve my nice new red trash barrel from beside the road (this morning had been trash pickup). I was steeling myself for a rush through cold rain, when a huge gust of wind (probably a downburst) came, and a substantial part of my front tree broke off and landed exactly in my putative path. It hit with a very flat, heavy *whack* - it didn't bounce an inch. It would have literally flattened me. Now, 30 minutes later, the rain is more or less over. It's fairly peaceful outside, but the yard is covered with branches.
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