another sunday night storm

we had another Sunday evening storm with winds above 60 mph
lost some branches but don't think we had any more trees downed.
had 2+" of rain again too.  I am going to have to put in fence posts to hold up the tomato cages since they keep getting blown over.  but only after the garden dries out enough to walk in it.  it had several inches of water sitting on it last night.

our river is out of it's banks again, and water is up on the roads.

the pictures show the result of last nights storm on the beautiful maple that was in front of our house. 

taken last night right after the storm

taken this morning.  it looks like the tree is split, but the main part of the trunk is intact.

storm damage

Don't know when I will be back online at home.
we have been out of power since before 6pm last night.
major storm blew through, only 1.65" of rain, but very high winds,  weather stations stated 70-80 mph.

Here is just 1 of the trees we lost. and I think there may be 30 more either total destroyed like this, or tops snapped off, maybe even more.

huge old Russian Olive.  we lost many elms, ashes, cottonwoods, boxelder, damage to some maples.

the cows thought it was time to check out the soybean and cornfields so had to teach them some manners.

got to get back to work.  sneaking a few minutes between tasks

Storm Watching, no tatting to show

Tonight I went to training to be a Weather Watcher/Storm Spotter
The picture above looks similar to some of the pictures we were showed learning about Tornadoes, what to watch for and how to call into the Weather Service to report a severe storm or tornado.
We do have them here in the eastern part of the state, they just don't do as much damage as other places where there are more people and structures.
The instructor told us that it is harder to gauge the strength of a tornado in North Dakota and other open areas due to the fact that tornadoes can not be measured while they are active, they can only be measured by the damage that they do. Since damage is difficult to gauge when it is a field instead of a subdivision, there is little debris to give them a understanding of the strength of the storm.
So they need people to take a good look at the weather, and give the Weather Service an actual look at what is going on with a storm and just exactly where it is.
This will count toward my yearly required amount of training for my First Responder position with our local Fire Department.
I am doing some tatting, but don't have anything scanned and there enough energy left to do it now since it is 10:45 at night and I need to get to bed soon.