Shoveling Out

According to my next-door neighbor, the 10:00 news weather forecast last night didn't even call for what happened by 10:20. From out of nowhere, all hell just broke loose. We were some of the luckier ones. There are people with windows blown out. There is a house in Arvada with a tree going through it. We got plant and tree damage and damage to the paint on our house. The hoods of our cars look like the surface of the moon. Mr. Carol for Peace is on the roof right now, cleaning off the leaves and branches and looking for damage.

Would you like to take a tour of our house and neighborhood? (If not, you know what to do.)


The sun didn't come out until maybe 7 or later this morning. The sky didn't seem to exist. Things were eerily silent around here, except for the sound of transformers exploding every once in awhile. Then as things got lighter, we were inundated with helicopters hovering overhead for a really long time. It started to get unnerving.

Our front deck

One of the biggest branches that we lost - about 12 feet long. Not bad, considering...

These used to be green bean plants. We were just starting to get some beans.

Broccoli

Tomato plant


We had one ripe tomato. Yesterday, I thought that I would wait until today to pick it.

Our house is the one on the right. Our neighbor's car is under those broken branches.

If you look closely, you can see the right tail-light between the branches. Notice how few leaves there are on the branches that stayed upright. A lot of trees, plants and bushes here were just stripped.

In the night, I wondered about the wildlife. Where do they go? How could they all avoid the wind and hail that pelted us? I wonder if this bird is a victim of the storm. You can see that he has a wounded leg, and I'm not sure his wings are working well. When I saw him a second time, close to my front door, I thought I should catch him and get him to a rehabber, but he wouldn't let me get him.

There's another storm in the forecast for tonight. I hope they're wrong about that.