Storm!

The craziest storm just hit in our area. I was nursing Ethan around 4:30 when it got extremely dark. First came the thunder then the rain. With in minutes it was pouring, followed by hail. It only lasted 10-15 minutes but the damage around here is incredible. We went outside to see a tree in the back had snapped in half crushing the neighbors fence. The hail destroyed all my dads flowers and his entire garden.




As we stood out there we could here a humming noise. It got louder and louder and louder but we didn't know what it was. Then we looked down the road and could see a glow coming from behind some trees. A tree hit the power line and it was on fire! Apparently there were more lines and trees down over on New Britain Ave which effectively trapped people in the neighborhood and kept everyone coming home from work out. Ryan and Rebecca were on their way back with our pizza and ended up parking at West District School and hiking it through the fields to our backyard. They said there were over 20 cars parked over there. We saw quite a few people cutting through our yard trying to get home. Oddly enough, we didn't lose power even though most of Farmington did.



Our neighbor told us that a police car came through and asked him how to get out of here. He had a prisoner in the back of his car that he was transporting to UCONN Medical Center. Brian told him about the narrow access path by New Horizons but that it was blocked by poles. The cop headed that way and no one saw it return so maybe he figured out how to get out and move the poles. Its been over 3 hours and the line is still there and as far as we know still no way out so Ryan's car will be staying at the school for the night. Hopefully our soon to be house is still in one piece, there are a lot of trees around there!