[tri-wings] Re: Storm Clean-up - Gloria

Gloria,
                On Aug 16, 2008, at 9:34 PM, Kim and Gloria wrote:
                We are no where near done with storm cleanup--two weeks ago     
        had a  
huge storm go thru with 100plus MPH winds that took out                 many 
huge  
trees in town, including in our yard.  We lost the                      
evergreen tree  
by Erin's stone that I always decorate with white               lights at  
Christmas, but her stone was fine.  Fortunately there was               no 
major  
home damage except one mobile home flattened and                that guy wasn't 
 
home. Sadly, one guy was killed during cleanup.  I              guess we just  
never know from day to day.

I'm glad that you posted this.  I should have tried calling you  
because I had asked Dick (when it was scrolling on the bottom of the  
TV screen) how far away from you that storm was.  We decided that you  
probably had to be pretty close.  But then, life got busy around  
here, and I just never thought of it again.  I'm so sorry.  I'm glad  
that Erin's stone was not damaged.  My sis and b-i-l had major clean- 
up to do a few weeks ago in their yard, too.  The neighbor's large  
tree came down across my sis's fence and into their yard.  The main  
trunk did not land on the garage, but right beside it.  There were  
major branches on the garage and throughout the yard. And that takes  
time to clean -up.  The sad part is that the neighbor whose tree it  
was, did not offer to help with any of the clean-up.  And from the  
pictures that I got, there was no other damage in his yard.

I've been going to ask you about Karah for quite a while, too.   
Thirteen!  Wow!  Maybe she doesn't even go to the same school  
anymore.  I have her mom's school e-mail in my address book, and I  
know that schools are getting more and more strict with the use of  
their e-mail.  My son is going to be working at the Inner City School  
some this year.  He has had 2 additional buildings added to his work  
load, so he might/should be seeing them if they are still there.   
They start school on Monday!  How sad!  99% of Minnesota schools  
don't start until after Labor Day since that was mandated by law, but  
schools can individually petition and start earlier.  Because our  
State Fair runs until Labor Day, and there are a lot of kids from  
rural areas at least in 4-H, most schools go with the day after Labor  
Day.

(I keep trying to do this fancy indent to get away with quoting more  
than the list limit.  So if it turns up with huge spaces in it, it is  
because it didn't work.)   ;^}

Glad you are OK.

Always there for a Hug and a Prayer!
Sheila Helleson                 Minnesota Grandma to:
Hope (T-18 ^i^ 11-1-1) & Alison (almost 4); Cadence (7.5 yrs) and  
Bridge (4 + yrs)
Mom to Cheryl (& Denny);  Wade (& Charity)
Wife to Richard

"Shared joy is double joy, and shared sorrow is half-sorrow."   
Swedish Proverb
Laughter and tears are the healing medicines of God.








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