Thunderstorm!

We had a moderate but close--very close--thunderstorm last night. I kept hearing a "pop" sound, much like fireworks, and finally looked out the window. It looked like fireworks out there--one of the electrical wires across the street was on fire and sending up sparks like crazy! One emergency vehicle was already there, and by the time Ken had come downstairs to see what was going on the fire trucks were arriving.

The firefighters had to break into the building cati-corner to us, hunting for electrical fires in the wiring in the walls. Fortunately, no one was hurt and mostly the roof and the interior were damaged. No one was sufficiently injured to be taken in an ambulance that we could see.

We lost two huge limbs--better than 12 feet long--from the maple on the corner of our property. One is still hanging from the tree and our coop's maintenance department has been alerted about it. (No, Mom, I'm not going anywhere near that tree.) The other was chipped up by our city public works department this afternoon--I'd called at lunchtime and got them just in time. Or perhaps they were simply looking for all downed limbs in the area.

All's well that ends well--our unit wasn't damaged, no one was seriously injured, and we didn't even lose power.