Wind Storm

Just when we think that things are calm... that's when the storm comes!  True to this week and to life in general!  This week was supposed to be peaceful after Nutcracker and Thanksgiving but... not so!

We had been warned that a strong wind storm was coming on Wednesday night and we did take small precautions but we have had high winds before and it hasn't been a big deal.  Well at midnight we got woken up from the loud wind sounds.  In the morning the wind was so strong still but it wasn't until kids were going to school that we realized how much damage was happening.  Many schools did not have power.  The high school kids got sent home after a few hours because they did not have power.  The junior high stayed open because it is a brand new school and they use solar power.  For the first time for me in Utah they even canceled school on Friday.

We ended up having winds up to 100 mph.  Many homes are still without power and everyone is just trying to clean up the mess.

We were blessed to not have much damage at our house except for our garbage cans across the street and a glass table that got blown and hit the side of the house and shattered.  Our power went on and off a few times but we never completely lost it!  We were lucky not to loose any shingles or anything damage to our house or cars but others had significant damage.  We also do not have a fence or big trees and that is where lots of damage happened.  Here are a few pictures of what our area looks like:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  This looks like C's car but we are so glad it's not!

 

 This are an apartment complex that is being built close to our house.  It's so sad to see such damage!

 

 

 I'm writing this post so early because we found out that our entire stake canceled church services today so that we can all help get things cleaned because there is another wind and snow storm coming tonight.  They want to prevent all of the debris from the last storm to get blown around and cause more damage by the new storm coming tonight.