Wednesday, August 9, 2023 Mostly Sunny Slight Breeze Warm 80 Degrees 4:33 p.m.
We have had a busy couple of days. The storm Monday turned out to be a F2 tornado. The tornado didn’t hit 2 of the buildings that Tina, Tammy and Monica work in, but it hit one of the buildings as well as the big apartment complex behind the place where the girls work. One build is uninhabitable and will take months to get back to being operating again. Another building isn’t as bad off but still needs some repairs. I guess all three buildings need new windows, maybe doors and I don’t know what all. Right now, some of the people are able to work at their desks while others are working from home or being set up at a different location. Tina said there is broke glass all over the place as well as wood of all shapes and sizes, parts of the roofs from the apartment buildings and tree limbs, leaves, and who knows what else.
The best part of it all is that no one was hurt seriously. That is a miracle. there are 400 people having to find other places to stay as they can’t go back to their apartments, and have no idea when they will be able to. Also so many cars were damaged or destroyed so some are not homeless without transportation. I see this on TV from other places and feel so bad for those people, but this was very close to home and I now feel so bad for all those people, here and everywhere.
People from Knoxville, Oak Ridge and other neighboring towns have arrived to help where and how they can. Not just in Knoxville but other towns that sustained high winds and terrific damage. Schools, homes, businesses across the state as well as Kentucky were hit by 60 = mph winds and torrential rains. Here, we had some wind damage but nothing serious. Limbs blown down. Right here, our 4 townhouses were fortunate as not much at all. A pillow off Tina’s butterfly chair was in the flowerbed, the fake flowers in the welcome sign had blown halfway across the yard. Next door, at the Mayor’s home, he had a plant blown over and a small evergreen tree blown over, and that was all. I up righted them both. Everything is well watered, probably with way to much rain water. We lost power for a very short while. Parts of Knoxville still hasn’t gotten power as of noon. Jerry and Dottie lost power for three hours or so, but felt extremely fortunate to have it back on in such a short time, in comparison to others.
The weatherman said that we should be getting another storm later on this afternoon or early evening, and it should last until early Thursday morning. Since the birds are not flocking at the bird feeders or the hummingbirds draining the hummingbird feeder i am sure something is coming. Also I hear the katydids in the trees, loud and clear. Summertime is starting to think about fall, I think.
Quote of the day: “The second day of the diet is always easier then the first/ By the second day your’re off it.” My calendar
Have a great rest of your Thursday. Make it a productive, positive, pleasant, and fun day.
Blessings