Surprise during the night!

[geo g]

I rented a house on Lake Chatuge for the 4 th of July week.  In the middle of the night a storm came up and a big tree cut a house in half just a few doors down the lake.  Trees were down everywhere.  

[GRiver]

The weather has been brutal this year.

glad your ok

[Mike L]

Wow!!

Glad you guys a Safe!

 

 

 

 

Mike

[TnRiver46]

Oh dear, both our houses are surrounded by giant trees and I worry about that . It’s too doggone expensive to have them cut down 

[Bird]

Thought maybe you were exaggerating " cut in half "......you weren't.

Hope no one was injured.

 

[Dwight Hottle]

When I was a kid we had a large tree hit the back corner of our ranch home during the night. It sounded like an explosion when it came crashing down. Definitely a scary situation & a real eye opener. 

[Pat Brown]

Here I was expecting to see a 10 lber hooked on a whopper plopper at a small public pond after sundown.  Sorry to see the damage and destruction.  Glad you're okay!

[keagbassr]

Years ago myself and my 2 buddies were on our yearly canoe/camp/fish trip down the saco river in maine. We were sitting around a fire one night,the wind was blowing and my bud says hey I think this tree is gonna come down tonite, and if it does its gonna land on your (my) tent. I said ehh that trees been there for 40 years what's the chance it comes down tonite? Later I went to zonk out ,I heard that tree creaking and thought hmmmm, what if he's right, so I pulled my stakes and dragged my tent and all its contents about 5-6 feet away. At some point during the night I was awakened to a loud crash as that tree landed where my tent had been before I moved it. Phew! 

[Darth-Baiter]

DANG!!!  did you hear it come down at night?

 

(i cant believe i am the first to ask).  was anyone in that house?

 

 

[Fishin Dad]

That is scary.  We are surrounded by trees at our house too.  I always wondered how much damage a tree would do.   Yikes, that is bad. Glad you got through it safely.  

[T-Billy]

 

This thing cut a swath a few miles from my place a couple evenings ago.

No injuries that I've heard of.

 

[Eric 26]

@T-Billy I’m glad to hear no one was hurt

[islandbass]

I was expecting to see a new pb so this was truly a surprise. Hope no one got hurt. 

[Sam]

That was a close one.

Glad you are OK.

[geo g]

Fire department came during the storm but had to cut their way down the streets because other trees had them blocked.  

[Swamp Girl]

19 hours ago, keagbassr said:

Years ago myself and my 2 buddies were on our yearly canoe/camp/fish trip down the saco river in maine. We were sitting around a fire one night,the wind was blowing and my bud says hey I think this tree is gonna come down tonite, and if it does its gonna land on your (my) tent. I said ehh that trees been there for 40 years what's the chance it comes down tonite? Later I went to zonk out ,I heard that tree creaking and thought hmmmm, what if he's right, so I pulled my stakes and dragged my tent and all its contents about 5-6 feet away. At some point during the night I was awakened to a loud crash as that tree landed where my tent had been before I moved it. Phew! 

 

Whoa! What a ^story.^

 

I was once camped on the Mississippi with kids. In the middle of the night, I awoke utterly. It was the only time in my life I awoke so completely and quickly. I knew that there was danger outside, but I didn't know what it was, so I just listened. In a couple minutes, the wind started to howl, so I ran to the boys' tent and screamed (I had to scream for them to hear me.) to run to my car. We were at a campground and other campers' anchored motorboats were thrown onto the shore, which we saw with the headlights The aluminum dock was crumpled like aluminum foil. Then a huge branch fell on the boys' tent. We should all listen to our spidey tingling. 

 

21 hours ago, Pat Brown said:

Here I was expecting to see a 10 lber hooked on a whopper plopper at a small public pond after sundown.  Sorry to see the damage and destruction.  Glad you're okay!

 

I was expecting something similar. 

[Tackleholic]

I live high in the Ozarks and I am often criticized for removing every tree which could cause property damage if it ever fell; 35 trees in all. 

[geo g]

On 7/3/2023 at 11:09 PM, geo g said:

I rented a house on Lake Chatuge for the 4 th of July week.  In the middle of the night a storm came up and a big tree cut a house in half just a few doors down the lake.  Trees were down everywhere.  

Lots of damage to other homes, but nothing like this ladies house!

[Skunkmaster-k]

That’s the drizzles. I hope she had insurance. 

[geo g]

9 hours ago, Tackleholic said:

I live high in the Ozarks and I am often criticized for removing every tree which could cause property damage if it ever fell; 35 trees in all. 

  
your smart to do that!

[geo g]

I found out that this was a micro burst and not a tornado that brought down all these big old trees.  Amazing power.