As hurricane Ike moved northeast across the country we got crazy 84 MPH wind gusts that knocked the power out for almost a week.   A section of our wooden fence blew over, snapped a 4″ x 4″ wooden trellis post near the ground, blew over two smaller 20-25′ trees, and the taller trees lost so many big limbs that they damaged 3 additional smaller trees that will need to be taken down too. Not a fun clean up but we were so lucky to still have a house with no insurance claims that I am NOT complaining!

We don’t get that kind of wind in Ohio for that many hours straight and it was just getting started.  There was no way I was going to go out there to take picts with so much stuff falling or flying.