[swedishsteel]

I live just north of Brainerd, directly east of Craguns resort about 5 or 6 miles and was in the center of the storm last year. We have 17 acres of woods and lost an estimated 300 mature trees, not counting all the young saplings that got bent over and flattened. Many trees down in our yard, but only damage was to the corner of our deck and a big oak came down next to my pole shed and busted the tails off the rafters and punched some holes in the roof so I had to replace two thirds of the steel on that side of the roof--40x60 shed. Our old cars were in a garage with no damage at all. That was July 12 last year. This year on July 11 we had got 10 plus inches of rain along with some wind. No trees down. Two weeks later we got another blast of wind and lost some trees, one big Norway pine leaned over the house, but hung up in another tree so only two shingles were scuffed. We have gotten several heavy downpours of an inch or two in a short time, so have been pumping water out of the basement for over a month. But.......many people had much more damage than we, so we are very grateful. I burn wood for 90% of our heat, but I have more downed oak trees than I will ever burn. I'm 63 and in good shape, but I'll want to quit cutting wood before I get it cleaned up. Rod