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BOY, AM I GLAD !
By Norm Seeley | August 18, 2010
First of all, thanks to about a half a dozen who responded with emails about God Save Arizona. The thoughts and comments are all appreciated. Those of you who didn’t respond, and that’s not a problem, might be interested in knowing that I didn’t receive one negative comment.
Last night our house was hit by what the weathermen on the local TV call “Micro-bursts”.
All of a sudden the roof was pelted with heavy rain, the view out our windows was a heavy white gray and you could hardly see to the street or the back fence. The “Micro-burst” lasted maybe 5 or 6 minutes, then there was a steady rain fall.
The noise was loud. The pelting rain was heavy. The Wind was a howl and loud. And we could hear what sounded like flapping on our roof.
Being waterproof, I went out front to see if our roof was still there.
It was. But I found in our front yard what looked like asphalt from the roof. Not one piece, not two, but at least a dozen and they were across the street and two doors down.
And the street was filled with water speeding West to East toward the end of our block.
I went out back, ant there I found , the roof on our patio, ripped up. It wasn’t all gone, but enough that water was coming through the boards onto the patio itself. Chairs and other things near the outside wall of the house, normally dry, were soaking wet.
You get the picture, patio roof gone. I’m happy that I don’t have my antennas up, cause most likely knowing my “Luck” at least one of them would have thought it was an arrow and been found sticking out of Somebody’s roof a block away, or maybe through their front window.
Maybe I should build a basement and put the antennas down there.
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