Thursday, December 1 was a blustery day, to say the least. Winds in Centerville were recorded at 102 mph. We didn't sleep very well the night before because it was so noisy! We woke up to crazy wind during most of the day. We moved from window to window watching things fly by, trees topple, siding and shingles being ripped off of neighbor's homes. We were particularly concerned about our tall aspen trees in the front yard. With high bursts of winds, we could see the ground move as the roots tried to hang on. In the end we only lost a bunch of shingles, which is far less damage than many people. Our neighborhood was one of the few who had power through the whole storm and days following, with a few exceptions of flickers.
Many business signs were blown out, semi-trucks were blown over on I-15 and a lot of very tall, old trees were blown over.
Saturday morning was busy with clean up efforts around our neighborhood. Chainsaws were heard around town for four days straight.
The following Sunday another burst of high winds were expected, so even church was let out early so we could go help clean up any other debris that might cause damage. Some of our neighbors felt we should cut down our aspen tree so it wouldn't fall on our Westerly neighbors. We talked them into cutting only 20 feet off, so it is now level with our house.
North Centerville was hit the hardest, so the governor called in the National Guard to help organize the clean up effort. Thank goodness we got most of it cleaned up, or at least against walls that prevented flying debris, because the winds were not bad at all Sunday night.
Looks like we'll need a new roof though:
This is the east facing side of our house (above and below)
These pictures are the North facing side of our house, just above the master bathroom:
That hairline arch is where the wood of the roof is exposed.
And we got off easy!
Mark went into work that Thursday afternoon and said there was hardly wind in the Salt Lake Valley!
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