We had a big storm blow through Cedar Falls overnight. I got a Code Red call at about 3:30 a.m. alerting us to a severe thunderstorm in the area. I laid in bed as the storm blew in & heard what sounded like a train coming. I got up & looked out the window to see huge gusts of wind blowing the trees and then the hail started. I herded the kiddos to the basement to sleep during the storm. Our power blinked off & on several times, but stayed on overnight. We lost cable from 4-9:30 so our weather updates came from my phone. It rained like crazy & later we found out we got 2.5 inches of rain in about 2 hours. Our yard was a soggy mess!
We got up and assessed the damage once the sun rose. We just had one screen in our house that was completely destroyed. Most of our neighborhood looks like a war-zone. Downed trees, downed fences, lots of debris everywhere, power lost by a lot of the city, downed power lines and so on...we were lucky! We heard that there were 60-100 mph straight line winds that went through Cedar Falls.
For those that are familiar with the city, the "miracle tree" on 18th Street is gone. It is sad to see a landmark destroyed by the winds. Many big, old trees are gone in the UNI area as well.
A tree downed near our house.
A fence downed a block from us
Jake's friend's trampoline on their fence.
Allie's friend's trees, less than a block away
More of Allie's friend's trees
Jake's friend's bball hoop
Allie's screen...tons of holes from either hail or flying debris
Our neighbor's flag pole
The tree that is downed usually covers the whole sky on the right of the photo.
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