Joplin area got hit good. 71,000 in the area still without power. 1500 trees uprooted. 2,000 roofs severly damaged. I have two trees uprooted. One is an evergreen lying on its side causing no damage except to the tree. The other is a large walnut tree which took out my cyclone fence, cable/electric lines and is blocking the alley behind my house. Hard to believe but Empire electric fixed the lines and I had electricity back on at 7PM. Very lucky. Debris/branches/leaves are littering the yard. Getting help today to clean up. No one hurt, no damage to the house. My dogs freaked ! Anyway, I will have some pics later today. Some of my neighbors werent as lucky. House/garage damage all around me. Fire trucks everywhere yesterday.
My wife is a floral designer and she worked yesterday. No power at the shop and no phone. Tree took it all out, including pulling the electric service off the building and it will be a couple of days before it is fixed. Will cost the shop owner a bunch of dough as they were swamped with Mothers Day orders and were expecting a lot more yesterday and today. She has insurance that will cover part of it. Today my wife is working at the Salvation Army kitchen as they need help to feed the normal group plus additional people without power. Anyway, its a mess !
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