I live in a valley in Cleveland Township which sheltered my family from noting the arrival of the storm; once it did arrive, our valley turned into a maelstrom of flying branches, sheets of rain, hail, and cracking limbs in the forest around us. We live in a Swedish notch log home with no chinking; the 70 plus mile hour winds drove through the logs creating air currents in our living room. August 2nd happened to be the two week post op day from knee replacement surgery. August 3rd was marked on my calendar as the first shower-well the power was out for 4 days and no shower! Like many residents impacted by the storm, we adjusted. Trips to Bass Lake to fill up gallon jugs to flush the toilets, and my first ” shower” occurred on a tube and washing my hair in the lake with biodegradable shampoo. Thinking back on August 2nd, our cats knew all along something big was coming; their typical summer days are spent outside lounging on the porch and tracking mice in the meadow. They came in at 10am and were nowhere to be seen during the storm having taken shelter in the house. At least we had just finished washing the dishes before the electricity was gone! Later that week driving around Big Glen on the sections of 675 that were open and M-22 past Alligator Hill, we were stunned at Nature’s devastation and powerful pruning. My husband, a landscaper, for 20 years along Northwood Drive, was in quickly after the storm helping with the massive clean up. We have cords of wood for winter heating for several years.
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