This storm took us by surprise...80 mph winds, hail, and heavy rain. Fortunately, thank the Lord, all the damage was only to "stuff" that was insured, and nobody was hurt...although, two of our SBC staff were sitting in a vehicle outside of their staff trailer and actually watched the large limb fall onto their trailer...only a few feet in front of them. The storm happened Friday evening, June 18, and by mid day Saturday, almost all of the storm damage was cleaned up by staff and volunteers. Lots of people pitched in and helped us clean up...it was awesome! The mobile home in the picture, that we have called "The Palace"...although only being used for storage for the past couple of years, was the most extensive damage. A large tree top fell on it and basically split the trailer in half. We now have to figure out a way to scrap it out.
Another real "God Thing" was the fact that Dave had only 2 days before this storm, gone out and purchased a new generator that was big enough to provide enough power for the A-Frame and Trading Post electrical, which had refrigerators and freezers that were very full. We would have had a very hard time keeping all of this food in good shape, without this new generator.
My kids thought this storm was reason enough to have many of the staff over for a slumber party...so it was basically fun for them! Just like snow days in the winter... fun for the kids... work for the dads.
