Yesterday morning a huge line of storms moved across eastern Iowa, northern Illinois, northwest indiana, and southeast Wisconsin. Depending on where you were - the impact ranged from heavy, heavy rains to full on tornados.
My own neighborhood experienced a direct hit from an EF2 minimum tornado - my own home is simply a mess.
I am posting this because we all have a small window to secure our shops from further damage, get photos now to start the insurance process, and most importantly, move any machines that could be subject to further damage. There are at least two more major storms coming through in the next 36 hours -- so if you're reading this and need tarps ... get them asap before they sell out.
If anyone in the Chicago region needs assistance digging out or evaluating machines damaged by the storm -- please reach out. I'm not sure what I can do; but I am happy to hear your tale of woe and provide whatever help I can to another AMCA member recovering from this mess.
Now onto the fun -- my shop was saved from heavy damage by the fact a large walnut tree fell on top of my motorcycle trailer on the windward side of the shop -- and that heavy tree helped prevent all the other trees that came flying from taking down that side of the shop or getting wind under the shingles and tearing them off. It won't be easy to remove the tree -- but I'm grateful it squished the trailer and not the shop! One more foot and that tree would have landed on and destroyed the part of the shop where we store all our bikes. Little miracles as they say. Even more surprising, out of 10 houses on the block, only two are inhabitable and mine is one. We were the first in line and all the tree debris passed over our house and utterly destroyed my neighbors.
I can't even be upset - it is the most fascinating amount of destruction I've personally seen. I literally saw a 60 foot spruce uprooted and tossed on top of a three story home and in my own yard - -there's a divot where a giant spruce is simply missing. I have no idea where it is or where it went -- it's just gone.
I sorta find that funny.
My own neighborhood experienced a direct hit from an EF2 minimum tornado - my own home is simply a mess.
I am posting this because we all have a small window to secure our shops from further damage, get photos now to start the insurance process, and most importantly, move any machines that could be subject to further damage. There are at least two more major storms coming through in the next 36 hours -- so if you're reading this and need tarps ... get them asap before they sell out.
If anyone in the Chicago region needs assistance digging out or evaluating machines damaged by the storm -- please reach out. I'm not sure what I can do; but I am happy to hear your tale of woe and provide whatever help I can to another AMCA member recovering from this mess.
Now onto the fun -- my shop was saved from heavy damage by the fact a large walnut tree fell on top of my motorcycle trailer on the windward side of the shop -- and that heavy tree helped prevent all the other trees that came flying from taking down that side of the shop or getting wind under the shingles and tearing them off. It won't be easy to remove the tree -- but I'm grateful it squished the trailer and not the shop! One more foot and that tree would have landed on and destroyed the part of the shop where we store all our bikes. Little miracles as they say. Even more surprising, out of 10 houses on the block, only two are inhabitable and mine is one. We were the first in line and all the tree debris passed over our house and utterly destroyed my neighbors.
I can't even be upset - it is the most fascinating amount of destruction I've personally seen. I literally saw a 60 foot spruce uprooted and tossed on top of a three story home and in my own yard - -there's a divot where a giant spruce is simply missing. I have no idea where it is or where it went -- it's just gone.
I sorta find that funny.
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