Last night I mowed the lawn and then went in for a nap. When I went in it was almost 90F and really sunny out no clouds. about 30 minutes later I woke up to thud thud thud BANG buzz no power. What the heck was that ! I looked outside and the the rain was going sideways if not upward so naturally my first thought was tornado after all this is Michigan. Then it occurred to me that the car across the street was raising a good 6" off the ground then dropping again and that was the front end 
Next I looked out back and my 60lb park bench was flying through the air like it was a marshmallow but there was no tornado warning. It was just plain sheer winds Know I have been all across the country seen twisters and even strong sheer winds from time to time but that was just plain insane. The bang was my antenna which is bolted into studs and installed on a 1/4 inch thick poll getting bent like a toothpick and slamming into the roof over and over and over My chimney by the grace of god was still setting there but the top piece was a little sideways.
While all this was going on I was trying in vein to call my wife who was just in front of the storm to tell here to find a house and get off the road fast. When I finally got a hold of here she was at her sisters down the road about 2 minutes ahead of the storm so I said wait it out you will see why. Thank goodness she did it went through there with a little less energy but it was still very strong. I think somebody was watching over our area because out of that monster storm nobody in the village or surrounding area was hurt to my knowledge.
Pete
Next I looked out back and my 60lb park bench was flying through the air like it was a marshmallow but there was no tornado warning. It was just plain sheer winds Know I have been all across the country seen twisters and even strong sheer winds from time to time but that was just plain insane. The bang was my antenna which is bolted into studs and installed on a 1/4 inch thick poll getting bent like a toothpick and slamming into the roof over and over and over My chimney by the grace of god was still setting there but the top piece was a little sideways.While all this was going on I was trying in vein to call my wife who was just in front of the storm to tell here to find a house and get off the road fast. When I finally got a hold of here she was at her sisters down the road about 2 minutes ahead of the storm so I said wait it out you will see why. Thank goodness she did it went through there with a little less energy but it was still very strong. I think somebody was watching over our area because out of that monster storm nobody in the village or surrounding area was hurt to my knowledge.
Pete
Thanks Begreen we are all safe. Dennis we have a aluminum bucket that had about 4" of rain water in it this morning ! Glad the fish are ok Gary thats a lot to loose!
