Voosh
Senior Insider
Last week was a record breaker. Michigan is usually pretty calm - no earthquakes, few tornados, moderate snow - nice.
Then that pesky microburst hit one little spot. A spot we call one of our safe places to stay. 80-100 MPH horizontal winds (not a tornado.) The devastaion only hit the Sleeping Bear Dunes and Glen Arbor. Flattened everything. Our friends' home was kinda spared - lost 40 trees, nothing hit the house except for the 3 trees leaning over that a crew removed with gear you normally don't see outside of lumberjack territory. Cleanup is going to take some time. Four days after the "blast" many roads were still closed and all power was out. Today most roads are clear but power is spotty since the "temp fixes" are being replaced with "real" fixes. Friends have not posted pics. But, since they were here for an SBH crew birthday yesterday, I saw the pics and videos. Awesome destruction!
From the local paper:
Then that pesky microburst hit one little spot. A spot we call one of our safe places to stay. 80-100 MPH horizontal winds (not a tornado.) The devastaion only hit the Sleeping Bear Dunes and Glen Arbor. Flattened everything. Our friends' home was kinda spared - lost 40 trees, nothing hit the house except for the 3 trees leaning over that a crew removed with gear you normally don't see outside of lumberjack territory. Cleanup is going to take some time. Four days after the "blast" many roads were still closed and all power was out. Today most roads are clear but power is spotty since the "temp fixes" are being replaced with "real" fixes. Friends have not posted pics. But, since they were here for an SBH crew birthday yesterday, I saw the pics and videos. Awesome destruction!
From the local paper: