Monday, May 26, 2008

We survived a tornado





I know that it has been a very long time since I posted to this acct, but now I'm back in action--Watch out!
Here are some photos of what occured at our house following the tornado that blew through on Thursday. We all were home for lunch, my friend Teresa called from Greeley to say that a tornado was coming through between Fort Collins and Wellington (that's us) so we took cover in the basement living room, there are no windows there, just a patio door where Brian could watch from behind the couch. He could tell you everything that he saw, but I know he saw the trees bending back and forth repeatly. I was holding both boys on my lap with a big blanket over our bodies, we decided that we were "kinda camping." After a little while, we checked out the damage and saw 2 trees totally sideways outside the patio door, not much else was different, until we went upstairs to check out the larger area. The tornado had picked up a stack of gated pipe and tossed it about and strewn all over the yard, along with a bbq grill, ride-on toys, and lots of pieces of roof shingles, and tree branches. With that being said, we are very fortunate that nothing more was done to us or our house and the damage was very minimal compared to others nearby. Thank you God for saving and protecting us!!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hi Jamilyn -

I am so HAPPY that you guys are safe and sound. Still can't believe the damage that surrounds Wellington. Thank goodness the tornado was weak by the time it hit the North. Windsor is a mess.

HUGS to you all!!!

Love, Jillian