On Sunday March 13th we had a bad storm. At first it wasn't that bad-you know-some rain, some wind. Chris noticed in the distance some really dark clouds and we knew it was going to be a thunderstorm. However, we had a Hurricane! It was hailing and the wind was blowing at about 60 MPH. We lost our shed-the wind picked it up and threw it into our neighbors field. Our trash cans got tossed and cans went everywhere. I saw our trampoline lifting and I'm surprised that didn't go flying. So-after the heavy wind died down some-I ran out there and started picking up cans that were all over the field. I noticed that big metal thing in the neighbors yard and asked Chris what it was. He took one look at it and said, "That's our shed!" I didn't know at first. I couldn't believe it. There were trees down all over Sutherlin. A lot of trees completely uprooted. Chris' parents had 3 trees fall down-one fell and hit the side of their guest house. Other people had trees hit fences, cars, houses. Shingles came off roofs, metal roofs blew off, a tree fell and took out the powerlines. We saw three poles down and the lines in the street. We were without power from 2PM-until 2 AM-and that means water too. I'm glad that no one was hurt in our family and that we had minimal damage. Some people I talked to weren't as fortunate. Oregonians can handle rain-but we have really mild climate-just a lot of rain, but never like this. It was crazy. We spent the afternoon cleaning up everything that was exposed and getting prepared if the wind started up again. I'm glad it didn't. So-we ate over at John and Soozee's-they cooked on the BBQ and we ate by candlelight. Then the kids slept with us-All 4 of us in a Queen size bed-not very comfortable-but Holly and Carson felt safe and that's what matters most.
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