Well, I've gone through all of the photos that Aisling took. She is not used to using a digital camera with it's 1 second delay in picture shooting, so many are not what she (and I) hoped they would be. These pictures, by far, are not the worst scenes in Lafayette. Aisling was too awestruck looking at the bigger disasters to remember her camera in her hands, and I was driving, so I couldn't take pictures either.
Aisling, taking a picture of herself as we carefully drive back to our home the day after the storm. Does that look like a nervous or scared face to you? I didn't think so either.
Poor tree. It looks a bit displaced. This is one of Heidi's neighbors, near Lafayette High School.
This home is right across the street from Lafayette High School. See all of the sticks and limbs? That isn't even the worst part. Just a little further to the left (in front of the house) is a completely downed huge tree. Lucky for this family, it didn't land on the house.
This is the new housing development around Lafayette High School. Notice the fence in the back. There used to be one in front too, connected to the brick pillar and wooden post you see here.
A storm rolling in to our neighborhood as we drove home. Look at that dark sky!
Our home, located about 10 miles southwest of Lafayette proper, was barely touched. We have plenty of leaves and sticks in our yard, but no downed trees or damage. We are so thankful.
The most notable scenes that we don't have pictures of are as follows: The traffic lights on southwest Johnston Street that were only a few feet above the cars passing slowly underneath them (trying not to hit the dangling "left turn only" sign), 50+ ft power poles leaning at precarious and dangerous angles toward Johnston Street (about 4 of them in a line), and the huge tree that split in half and took down OUR power lines across the street behind the neighbors house.
Aisling, taking a picture of herself as we carefully drive back to our home the day after the storm. Does that look like a nervous or scared face to you? I didn't think so either.
Poor tree. It looks a bit displaced. This is one of Heidi's neighbors, near Lafayette High School.
This home is right across the street from Lafayette High School. See all of the sticks and limbs? That isn't even the worst part. Just a little further to the left (in front of the house) is a completely downed huge tree. Lucky for this family, it didn't land on the house.
This is the new housing development around Lafayette High School. Notice the fence in the back. There used to be one in front too, connected to the brick pillar and wooden post you see here.
A storm rolling in to our neighborhood as we drove home. Look at that dark sky!
Our home, located about 10 miles southwest of Lafayette proper, was barely touched. We have plenty of leaves and sticks in our yard, but no downed trees or damage. We are so thankful.
The most notable scenes that we don't have pictures of are as follows: The traffic lights on southwest Johnston Street that were only a few feet above the cars passing slowly underneath them (trying not to hit the dangling "left turn only" sign), 50+ ft power poles leaning at precarious and dangerous angles toward Johnston Street (about 4 of them in a line), and the huge tree that split in half and took down OUR power lines across the street behind the neighbors house.
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