Storm Damage

These pictures were taken during and after our storm yesterday afternoon. Around 1:00 I was making lunch and things started to look pretty ominous outside. Of course the sirens went off right away, apparently Dakota county is the only county in the metro area that sounds the sirens for severe thunderstorm warning. Why? Because what I really want to know is if there is a tornado coming or not, but nope can't rely on the sirens. I have to go between the TV and the internet to check things out, if there were a tornado in the midst of the severe thunderstorm warning one wouldn't know. Dumb. There was a tornado about 8 miles east of Farmington and I can't help but think we were in the makings of that tornado.

Kids in the downstairs bathroom waiting out the storm...

CJ staying entertained on his Spiderman bouncing ball...

Keep in mind, before the storm hit, the patio set was set up like any normal patio set. At first the wind tipped the umbrella over but didn't break the table. But then, the wind proceeded to bounce the entire set around the deck like a ping pong ball. One chair even flew over the edge and was lying in the lawn.

At first when I looked outside I thought all the white was hail, but then I realized unfortunately it was glass from the shattered table.

The force of the stuff hitting the deck rail was enough to make the joint come apart...

Thankfully everything else was fine, sure gave me a good scare though. That was some nasty wind.