Severe Weather across OH

[mrspunkysmom]

Storms across SC tonight! Power already flickered once. Hope it stays on!

[Donnaj4962]

Well Sasha and I didn't fare too well. Our house took a direct hit. Tree came crashing through the dining room window, another one took out part of the front porch and crushed my gas grill. We still have no power (I am at the library!) and are being told my street may not have power until Saturday!

Poor "OchieBoo" was home alone, as I was at work. I arrived 3 hours after the storm hit. When I arrived I was in total shock, and just sat in my car and stared at the devastation on my street. I asked about my upstairs neighbor (she is elderly, her husband was at work and their living room window was blown out!) She was okay, but shook up. And then my landlord told me they couldn't find my cat! You can imagine my panic and I ran into the house, calling for her and looking in any hiding spot she might be in. I finally found her under the couch (which she really cannot fit under!), backed as far into a corner as she could get, shaking like a leaf and her eyes were huge! She finally came out when she saw me. Poor baby.

91 MPH winds, trees crashing through windows, onto the porch and crushing one neighbor's car and another neighbor's motorcycle.... she had to have been terrified! And then everyone yelling, going into my house, and then the chainsaws!

She is okay now. Property can be replaced. People and pets cannot. And so we know how lucky we are. Had I been home, my car would have been crushed by the tree that landed in the driveway!

Below is my neighbor's car. My house is the white one in the background.

[Karen]

Thank goodness you and Sasha are safe! How scary for your poor kitty, I don't blame her for hiding!

[phesina]

Oh my God. I am so grateful you are all right. As you said, property can be replaced, people and pets cannot.

Blessings,

Pat and cats

[chocolatepuppy]

Yikes! I'm glad you and Sasha are ok!

[Catty1]

No words except I am so glad Sasha and you and the lady are all right! I hope you all have a safe place to stay.

[Cincy'sMom]

I didn't see this until just now...and I know it is a week late!

Toledo did not get hit by the storms last Friday. The north side of Findlay was also pretty much spared, though my parents lost a few tree limbs at their house. Christy said her power flickered, but that was it. As of last night, as least part of south Findlay was still without power. With 100+ degree heat all week, I can't imagine how hard that has been!

Anna also lost power on Friday. I believe they got it back early this week.

Lat weekend we went down to the NASCAR race in Kentucky. We thought nothing of it, not realizing how severe or wide spread the storms had been. We tried 3 places to get ice for our cooler before we got any. Then coming home, we were going to stay with Mark and Anna. Since they did not have power, we thought we'd get a hotel room. There were none to be foind from the north side of Dayton all the way to Findlay, so we ended up driving all the way back to my parents in Findlay. It was unreal to see the trees down all the way down I-75.

We had some severe storms here in Toledo on Thursday. There were some large trees down, a large tranformer blew and caught on fire and much os Sylvania did not have power over night Friday. What a week for the power crews!