My brother’s big pickup was shoved 75 feet, then one of her loafing sheds blew into it. Truck is totaled. She lost 2 other outbuildings (and by “lost” I mean they have disappeared from her place into a neighboring farm), the roof blew off her horse barn, and her shelter belt is flattened. Chicken coop is gone. New siding on the farmhouse looks like it’s a hundred years old. No power there, either. They are devastated.
My brother Ron and sister Bev are both single, so they live out on the farm Bev bought when she got out of the Navy years ago. They’ve worked so hard on it. She’s scheduled for surgery on Monday for a bicep repair. My brother drives the school bus for the small school there, and it hit as he was driving his empty bus back to town. He said he had the parking brake on and was literally standing on the foot brake, but the bus started moving down the gravel road. He said it didn’t go far…about 10 feet…but he was terrified it would roll.
Stay safe, my friend!
Just got these photos, added them:
Ron’s truck was parked next to Bev’s car. Notice the siding on the house.
These were the only pics Bev sent me so far.
The photo below was taken by some good friends of ours in Canton as the storm rolled in there. Canton is about 70 miles from where my sister lives in Canistota, with Sioux Falls being right between them.
My brother Ron and sister Bev are both single, so they live out on the farm Bev bought when she got out of the Navy years ago. They’ve worked so hard on it. She’s scheduled for surgery on Monday for a bicep repair. My brother drives the school bus for the small school there, and it hit as he was driving his empty bus back to town. He said he had the parking brake on and was literally standing on the foot brake, but the bus started moving down the gravel road. He said it didn’t go far…about 10 feet…but he was terrified it would roll.
Stay safe, my friend!
Just got these photos, added them:
Ron’s truck was parked next to Bev’s car. Notice the siding on the house.
These were the only pics Bev sent me so far.
The photo below was taken by some good friends of ours in Canton as the storm rolled in there. Canton is about 70 miles from where my sister lives in Canistota, with Sioux Falls being right between them.
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It's been hectic here lately. I had family show up from Texas a month earlier than expected, and they're staying with me, of course. 
DD 2 is filing for divorce, and we've been running in circles trying to figure out how to manage her work schedule with the kid's bus schedule. The baby is a little colicky, with that and the extra hubbub of a house full of people, he's not sleeping very well. What can I say. Beautiful chaos ☺
