My mom lives in northwestern Wisconsin where she also owns a cabin. We all planned to go up to the cabin for the 4th of July weekend. Friday night severe storms swept across Minnesota into northwestern Wisconsin. The severe storm hit my mom's town, Danbury around 7PM. My mom and Joe had just left the cabin and were driving in the car when the black sky let loose rain, thunder, and incredible winds. "Straight line winds" is what the news said afterwards but I wonder if there wasn't a tornado hidden in the storm too. The storm ripped trees out by the roots as well as chopped many off halfway up and twisted others. By the grace of God my mom and Joe were okay as well as her house and cabin. Her car and garage roof each suffered a tree but the damage was minimal compared to what it could have been. The sons-in-laws all headed up over the weekend and helped Joe with cleanup, chain-sawing trees until the blades could take no more. They worked hard through heat and because my mom's house was out of power for 3 days it was a real challenge to get water. The worse part is that Joe's dog died in the storm. He was in the house and it seems he dropped dead from fear as he was extremely afraid of thunder. Joe is very sad as he had the dog for 9 years and took him everywhere with him. We are going up again tomorrow to continue the clearing.
My mom lives in northwestern Wisconsin where she also owns a cabin. We all planned to go up to the cabin for the 4th of July weekend. Friday night severe storms swept across Minnesota into northwestern Wisconsin. The severe storm hit my mom's town, Danbury around 7PM. My mom and Joe had just left the cabin and were driving in the car when the black sky let loose rain, thunder, and incredible winds. "Straight line winds" is what the news said afterwards but I wonder if there wasn't a tornado hidden in the storm too. The storm ripped trees out by the roots as well as chopped many off halfway up and twisted others. By the grace of God my mom and Joe were okay as well as her house and cabin. Her car and garage roof each suffered a tree but the damage was minimal compared to what it could have been. The sons-in-laws all headed up over the weekend and helped Joe with cleanup, chain-sawing trees until the blades could take no more. They worked hard through heat and because my mom's house was out of power for 3 days it was a real challenge to get water. The worse part is that Joe's dog died in the storm. He was in the house and it seems he dropped dead from fear as he was extremely afraid of thunder. Joe is very sad as he had the dog for 9 years and took him everywhere with him. We are going up again tomorrow to continue the clearing.
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Praise God we weren't there!
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