The pictures are from an event this morning I’ll probably never forget. Here is my story …
At about 11:30 a.m., after we held our worship service in the Trinity Lutheran Church basement Sunday morning, I left for home to see if we had any water in our basement.
I turned north on to 5th Avenue and found the curve onto Milwaukee Avenue nearly impassable … but I got by on the side of the flooded road. A few blocks later, water blocked another intersection at Milwaukee, so I decided to cut through Oak Creek Parkway to get back home. All looked good — not much water on the road — until I started heading west on Oak Creek Parkway.
After passing the Mill Pond, I couldn’t believe what I saw — a large tree limb falling across the road and onto a minivan about 75 yards in front of me. It smashed the van’s windshield, severely dented the hood and dislodged the spare tire from underneath the van. I stopped to see if everything was OK and saw a man and a young child get out of the van, unharmed.
Thank God.
I called 911 and police arrived shortly afterwards, as I helped another bystander get the limb to the side of the road.
I made it home around 11:50 a.m. with no problems, only to find our power out (but still a dry basement). Power was restored about an hour later.
That’s my story from today’s crazy weather. What’s yours?
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My husband and I were almost hit by a falling tree while vacationing in Kentucky a few years ago. This happened in clear weather. Ever since then, the creaking of trees scares both of us pretty bad. Good thing the family was not hurt, and the only thing damaged was the car.
My husband, daughter, grandson and granddaughter were at Marquette High School in Milwaukee where our South Milwaukee Middle School First Lego Team was participating in Robotics and “Nature’s Fury” project tournament. Projects of all competing teams were natural-disaster related. Our team’s “disaster” was Floods as were some others. Some were Tornadoes. In the Midst of the competition, everyone was hustled to the basement because of a — TORNADO warning!
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Hey, that’s my story !
Bill: Were you driving the minivan? That was scary — I can’t imagine what is was like for you.
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