Bad storms

Last night when Mike got home from work he was telling me about a really large storm that was fixing to move through Oklahoma City. It was moving south but I thought for sure it would dissipate before it made it to us as it usually does. This time it didn't! We were woken up just after 2 this morning by really high winds. We have large trees, one right behind our bedroom and I though for sure it was coming down. From the inside of the house you could hear poles, trees, and tree limbs snapping. We turned the news on and the highest recorded wind speed was 94 mph! We only lost power for a minute but over 16,000 people in town lost it and didn't get it back. As of this afternoon there are still 12,000 people with out it. Unfortunately most of the people in our families are in that 12,000. I'm hoping my parents will bring their little dogs over here and stop by for dinner. My mother's very upset as her items in her freezer are starting to thaw. She called the electric people back to ask how much longer they thought it might be and they said it could be up to 48 hrs. :(. That's not fun at all in Texas in the summer. Mike had my camera out earlier and snapped a few pics of what the wind did to some trees. Most people around here have spent the day cleaning up. Luckily we just have a lot of broken limbs. I noticed our privacy fence is leaning and I think Mike needs to go check the roof to make sure our shingles are intact. I really hope so. I don't feel like the hassle of filing a claim. A lot of trees fell on cars. I'm really glad we didn't have to deal with that. What a pain that would have been.