Man, that thunder sounds weird

Tweet

Last night, I was getting ready for work. I had just got into the living room after a trip to the bathroom and I heard a cracking noise. I thought, "Man, that thunder sounds weird". So, at first I thought maybe a little storm was on its way. Then the cracking noise got louder and louder.....then BOOM!! OK....THAT was a tree!I felt the house shake a little but did't hear anything else other than the cracking and boom. I decided to investigate, got my little flashlight, and went outside. This was around 8:15 so it was dark out. I almost went around the north side of the house but turned around and headed to the south side. Imagine my disbelief when I saw the top of the tree that is in my backyard laying along the south side of the house. That was when I started to get shaky. I heard a couple of people around the back of the house so I went to see who it was. They live the first street behind me and came over to see what had happened after they heard the noise, too. While I was talking with the neighbors about what had happened, I called my landlord to let him know about what had happened and he was at the house in about twenty minutes to take a look. He told me that he would call someone in the morning to get the tree cut and hauled away, call the insurance company for estimate on damages, and call the electric company since the tree was on the main line that leads to the house. I called my oldest daughter, told her what happened. She said she would call my other daughter. They both showed up with their kids in tow. One of the ladies I work with came by to pick me up to go to work. I told her to go on ahead to work since I didn't have to start until an hour after she does. My oldest daughter took me to work. I took some pictures of the tree against the house and they came out pretty decent even though it was dark out. I also took some more this morning after I got home from work. When I got home from work, I saw that the tree was being cut up and hauled away. The electric line had been disconnected and replaced after the electrician put in some new parts at the meter. The landlord came to check on the progress of everything. You know what? I'd say I was pretty lucky in all this because if this part of the tree had fallen 15 feet or so to the north from where it did, I would have been hurt. Now that I have thought about it a little since the tree fell last night, I do remember hearing a popping sound every once in awhile and never gave it a thought. It could have been the tree giving a little bit each time I heard that. I have picture posted here in this discussion and will be posting a few more in my profile so that you can see what happened. Other than during storms, has anyone had a tree to give out and come crashing down on your house.....while you were in it?!?!?