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Post by bill9068 on Mar 3, 2023 22:28:06 GMT -5
Had a what we think a tornado go right by my house in Vanderburgh county today. After 4” of rain my wife and I went to run errands and while we were away a tornado came through our neighborhood. No damage to our house but neighbors had trees down so I spent the afternoon cutting up trees so they could use their homes and driveways. Tore the roof off a church behind me.
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Post by bill9068 on Mar 3, 2023 22:28:25 GMT -5
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Post by bill9068 on Mar 3, 2023 22:29:08 GMT -5
Neighbors house.
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Post by esshup on Mar 3, 2023 22:41:56 GMT -5
Wow. That was close to you, too close.
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Post by stevein on Mar 4, 2023 10:20:26 GMT -5
It looks like that tree was ready to go anyhow. Close call for you. Up here there were a lot of cars in the ditches.
When we added on a Breezeway and Garage as an afterthought I should have put a tornado shelter.
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Post by treetop on Mar 4, 2023 11:19:00 GMT -5
Glad your all good Had one hit about 1/2 to 3/4 mile from my house in the early 80 leveled a few barns and a few homes tore a bunch of homes up and 100 of trees it was only on the ground for a short bit Fortunately most of us just had wind damage I lost a screen door most the shingles on the house some gutters all the lawn furniture grill unfortunately I had just put the roof on the year before been nice if it was 20 years old and I got a new one
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Post by Woody Williams on Mar 4, 2023 12:49:46 GMT -5
Bill,
I saw that in the Evansville news. That old roof had stood the test of time before. Had to be a direct hit by a small tornado.
Lots of trees down around here. Lots of rain soften the ground around the roots and made them more likely to blow down.
Same thing happened to me once upon a time. Water soaked ground and a high wind is a recipe for disaster. In my case the wind uprooted several trees with two falling on my house causing $65,000 in damages. Farm Bureau came through in spades and it never cost me a dime. In fact they paid me and my son for our time doing cleanup and repairing several items.
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Post by Ahawkeye on Mar 4, 2023 13:19:46 GMT -5
Went right over my work, my house, my church, and my kids school. I was on pins and needles.
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Post by Woody Williams on Mar 5, 2023 8:27:18 GMT -5
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