And now, the rest of the story. . .

Adam Jerdee writes from West Des Moines, Iowa:

So, I see my Mom [Rebecca Rolfsrud Jerdee] told you about our wind damage over the weekend. I wouldn’t say we were so scared, just shocked.

Though there were a couple tornadoes in the area, we were simply hit by a very isolated large gust of wind. We [Adam and Kim Jerdee] were actually both at work when it happened, but the power was out for three hours after we got home.

There wasn’t any damage to the house or any structures, but we had the top of an evergreen (about 8-10 feet of it) ripped off and thrown about 10 feet out. The fortunate thing is how it landed in an empty area of our yard and fell perfectly parallel to the little house in the back yard, doing no damage to it or the trellis.

Also, our neighbors had a very large branch break off and it did not damage their house, though it easily could have. The city will pick up our yard waste at no charge given the heavy damage in the neighborhood. That is a generous offer considering how much it usually costs.

We never would have been able to get it all done so quickly if it wasn’t for the help of the Underwood family [sister Amy and brother-in-law Dave] as well as Mom and Dad. I felt a little guilty for all the help they gave us.

Mom and Dad supplied a wonderful afternoon lunch on our patio. In the end it was just an odd excuse to get family and neighbors together.

Adam and Kim

Photos:
Top: large branch in neighbor's yard

Left: our back yard
Bottom: top of evergreen next to little house
Right: the tall tree in the back ground is the evergreen that the top snapped off