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When I was 10, we were at a friends home for a birthday party. They had rented a place with a inside pool and we were all swimming. It was in april and it came up a thunderstorm. we were called outa the pool and was sitting around eating when a friend called my dad and told him lightening had hit our home and it was on fire. by the time we got home ( about 30 miles away) you could see the glow from about 2 miles away. the fire dept did what they could but it didnt help alot. our home burned and fell into the basement. we were homeless and all we had on was bathing suits. we stayed with my grandparents for a few days and someone donated the use of a very very small mobile home for us to use until we could get our house built back. I remember goiing to school wearing a cousins cloths. She was way bigger than me and her pants fell off of me . I tied a rope around them to hold them up on me. I also wore her shoes with paper towels stuffed in the toes so they didnt fall off. it was horrible. As word spread, people began to bring cloths and such and we finally had cloths to fit.
Also. Hugo. we are 200 miles INLAND!!!! didnt think Hugo would be a problem but boy was he a pain in the butt! No eletric for 3 weeks.lost all the food in the fridge and had just put a side of beef in. lots and lots of our trees down in the yard. lost a 100 yr old willow tree
Last edited by littlejo; 02-01-2009 at 06:36 PM.
Reason: Forgot Hugo
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