MY FARM JUST GOT HIT BY A TORNADO......
Duane Allen Posted June 30, 2007 01:51 PM
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GOOD WISHES, AND PRAYERS.......THE FIRST THING I DID WAS TO GET A QUICK SURVEY OF THE IMMEDIATE DAMAGE......THEN MY NEIGHBOR, BOB, WHO LOOKS AFTER MY FARM, AND I GOT IN MAY CAR AND CHECKED OUT ALL OF THE ANIMALS AND OTHER BUILDINGS......IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE ANIMALS......YOU COULD SEE THAT THEY HAD JUST BEEN REALLY SCARED......SO, I GOT OUT OF MY SUV AND, ONE BY ONE, THEY ALL CAME UP TO ME, I GUESS THEY WERE LOOKING FOR ASSURANCE THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE OK.......THEN, THEY WENT ON ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS, DOING WHAT ANIMALS DO......THEN BOB AND I WENT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO CHECK ON THE NEIGHBORS.......THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE DONE BY TREES FALLING, AND BRANCHES IN THE ROAD AND YARD, BUT, WE DID NOT SEE ANY SERIOUS DAMAGE ON OUR FIRST RUN THROUGH......TODAY, I HEAR THAT SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS HAD SOME DAMAGE THAT WE COULD NOT SEE BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING SO VERY HARD.......LOOKS LIKE I GOT THE MOST DIRECT HIT OF THE STORM, AND IT COMPLETELY DESTROYED MY BARN......IT IS SCATTERED ALL OVER THE FARM......HOWEVER, MOST OF MY EQUIPMENT STAYED IN PLACE.......THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE TO MY STUFF, BUT, IT CAN ALL BE REPLACED OR REPAIRED, IT THINK......TWO OF MY REALLY OLD TRACTORS GOT HIT PRETTY HARD, BUT, THAT WILL JUST GIVE ME TWO NEW PROJECTS TO RESTORE, WHEN I GET TIME.......SO, THANKS, ONCE AGAIN FOR ALL OF THE PRAYERS AND GOOD WISHES.......IT JUST TORE OUT MY GUT WHEN I SAW IT, BUT, THERE WAS LITTLE I COULD DO, BUT, GET ELECTROCUTED IF I TRIED......SO, I JUST CAME HOME, GOT IN TOUCH WITH MY INSURANCE MAN, AND STARTED TO GET A PLAN TOGETHER......WE WILL HAVE IT BACK IN A FEW MONTHS......THANK GOD FOR THE SAFETY OF MY NEIGHBORS AND MY ANIMALS.......DUANE
Duane..Thanks for the update on your farm. As you stated "THANK GOD FOR THE SAFETY OF MY NEIGHBORS AND MY ANIMALS..It doesn't get much better than that.
Joe Bonsall
Posted June 30, 2007 11:52 AM
I Lost 8 trees and a barn roof and a ton of fencing LAST Saturday at my farm while I was in Durant....... It was more of a straight wind kind of deal.... After what happened to the ACE yesterday...... I am almost afraid to drive back out there tomorrow........ YIKES!!!!!!!!
Ban-Joey
Joe Bonsall
Posted June 30, 2007 12:08 PM
Blondie and Truffles got loose when the fence went down...... had to round em up...... they were having a ball!!! God IS Good!
Ban-Joey
Good Luck with the rebuilding!!