Storm Damage

Wow!  A brief, but strong, storm passed through last night and in a matter of minutes this is what was left of our beautiful Red Bud Tree.  It lifted it from the ground and threw it about 10' into our driveway.  Another tree in the front yard was split in two pieces, the same tree that had similar damage from lightening a few years ago.  Took about two years for it to grow enough new branches to hide the damage.  This is on the other side so will be interesting to see how it comes back.

Though there were a few tornado warning out, this was what they call "straight line" damage.  Hurricane force winds that travel in a straight line rather than the swirl that signifys a tornado.