We're alive! We had a severe thunder storm blow through last night at supper time. The only damage at my place was a small tree and I lost a piece of facia from my shed. This morning it took me 1.5 hours to get to the Birkby's. Actually, I was pretty lucky, only one fall down of any size, but lots of little stuff. On the way to town there is a place called the Black Forrest where some Germans planted black pines, it's almost all gone. Parts of North Bay were without power. I managed to get my groceries, but I didn't get any gas for the generator or boat. There are only two gas stations open and the line ups were about a kilometer long and I wasn't going to sit in line that long. I'll probably have to borrow some gas for my truck to make it back to town.

The calm before the storm.


A view of the storm through the screened deck. I couldn't get any other pictures because the rain was blowing from all directions.


After the storm.




Pretty morning.


The worse spot on my driveway.