Hurricane Matthew by homeschoolmom

Hurricane Matthew

While our town didn't have much damage, other than some downed trees, but our power was out for 36 hours and our water out for nearly 8 hours. Found some of this damage today when I was out driving around, including the roof of the church where my boys go to Boy Scouts. The gate on the top center is ours. The wind blew the gate inward nearly a foot, which is quite a feat considering th metal rod that holds it shut goes down into a pipe in the ground - the whole pipe was pushed nearly a foot into our yard. Too bad I didn't get a picture of the many closed roads this morning. We drove around several trees in one spot before the road became totally blocked by downed trees. And, I didn't even take a picture of it. I even had my camera with me. But. please remember everyone who lives south of me. Many were evacuated from their homes. Near Ft. Bragg, just south of me, two dams almost collapsed because of heavy rains.
How scary... I'm glad you and your family are safe.
October 10th, 2016  
wonderful tribute shot
October 10th, 2016  
Glad you are ok and you have your power back on. Electricity is important! I remember Katrina. Our electricity was out for almost two weeks. We were just thankful we didn't have other damage.
October 10th, 2016  
yep, glad you're good. Good collage.
October 11th, 2016  
@claycameras Thanks.
@annika82 Thanks!
@cdc44 Some of our friends still don't have electricity and they are telling them anywhere between Thursday and Sunday. That's a long time. There are just so many trees down and flooding to the south of us.
@francoise Thanks!
October 11th, 2016  
Glad that you are safe. There was some significant weather related problems down east this weekend.
October 11th, 2016  
So glad to hear that you're ok- your travels sound like how it was around here after Sandy. Trees were down and blocking everything. It took them a few weeks to clear them all. Hopefully your clean-up will not take as long. Great collage.
October 11th, 2016  
Nice collage. Glad you are okay!
October 11th, 2016  
How awful for you. We have been watching this on the news. Glad you are okay.
We had a cyclone here last year and were without power for 4 days.
October 11th, 2016  
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