I'm at a hotel right now.

We had a BIG STORM around 5pm (CST) tonight, and my neighborhood is totally out of power.

My wonderful, beautiful ash tree that we'd been babying for the past 6 years is gone.

I dont know if we have a lot of damage to our house yet, cant exactly get up to the roof to look.

I decided to take my mom to a hotel with me. No A/C at home, and I am NOT staying in an un-airconditioned house. My mom doesnt react to stress well, so I decided to bite the bullet and share a room with her. (I really hope I dont regret that decision! we dont always get along)

All the powerlines in the neighborhood next to mine are above ground. Our powerlines in my neighborhood are buried, but when the powerlines in the next neighborhood over went down, so did our power...and internet...and tv...and phones.

So, I might not be online for awhile. It could be a bit of time before we get things put back together.

It might also have not been a tornado. I know that just before the storm, they said there were 90mph+ winds coming towards us. What I saw, was NOT 90mph+ winds. It was probably 120mph+! I do think it was a tornado. I saw the trees behind my house spinning around, and just the way some of my neighbors trees look, I think there was definite rotation in the storm.

I got pictures, lots of cussing and swearing on them from my mom tho...so not sure if I'll post the videos...I might post some still shots later.

I'm going to go chug a bunch of lemonade now. I'm thirsty, hot and tired...and I'm really ****** off about my tree getting murdered by the storm. Why couldnt it have been the ugly tree in the backyard and not my wonderful ash tree. Dangit! We just got this tree grown up to the point where it was a great shade tree and we really liked it!

I'm going to go cry about my tree now. *sniff!*