Late Monday evening the sun began to go down and little did we know that the storm was blowing up. Fifteen minutes from home our son called and told us to “get off the road” my gosh was he right! In less than ten minutes there was hail and winds that literally moved filled trashcans, hoses from the gas station we were seeking shelter in blew horizontally from the pumps, and scary things began to happen.
A full thirty minutes of lightening, hail, winds, horizontal rain and ice came through and it was impressive as we sat in the car deciding where would be safer….outside where things were blowing past like in the Wizard of Oz, or in the car, which we knew wasn’t a good choice. However, there were no ditches to be in, the building was almost total glass, so the car at that moment seemed best.
Prayer seemed best, so pray we did, and God indeed kept us safe in the storm.
Arriving home much later, the storm left its path through our neighborhood. Trees down, branches everywhere, trashcans scattered like toys left out. Our umbrella from the deck blow to who knows where….a cedar tree that was 100 ft tall, now on the fence….our dogs safely indoors with son, but their yard obliterated.
God is God and we are not….and I am so very thankful for a home to come home to!
Wow! I’m so glad that you and your family are safe. That sounds like it was a pretty bad storm.
Thanks Lord, for your protection over them!
-Melissa