Thursday, May 03, 2007

Texas Storms

Zack in our backyard on the split tree!
Zack & Court upon the broken branch!
Over the past month we have been getting hit with some pretty darn nasty storms that seem to roll through in the evening. Several tornados have touched down in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, none of them were too close to Allen,the closest one was probably about 30 minutes away. Last night another storm blasted through and hit our neighborhood pretty hard. A lot of fences are down and big old trees toppled over like dominos. The power went out for a couple hours and one of our trees in the back yard had a large chunk break off. I happend to be at work last night, but Dustin said it even made him nervous for a while. Zack called me at work to tell me how all the TV's and lights broke at our house, he was very worried about them! He even went and found his Buzz Lightyear flashlight he got for Christmas to help Dustin and Courtney see. How thoughful! Being from Utah, I've never seen these types of storms roll through this often, its kinda crazy to watch them out the window.
I also just wanted to thank you all for your nice comments on my crappy day, even my wonderful brother who told me toughen up! Its nice to know people care, even if they are all spread across the United States. Hope all is well where ever you may be!
Here are some pictures we took on a drive around our neighborhood, crazy stuff!


4 comments:

Steve and Cami said...

That is really sad that those big trees are ruined. Texas is way too crazy for me.

The Wife said...

Chris' parents were without electricity for 14 hours after this storm! Crazy! We got some of the rain and wind, but nothing like this! I'm glad you guys only lost a tree and it wasn't anything more serious.

Brad, Tracee and Brooks said...

Please stay safe! Yikes-

It's Been a Day! said...

We didn't get the storms as bad as you but we got some major rain and lightening. Glad you guys are ok!