We Missed Church

Yes, we missed church today. We made a decision to stay off the roads because this area was issued a high wind warning. I bet some semi trucks were blown over or off the road today. It was 35+ miles per hour and it gusted so hard it shook the house a couple of times.

It was kind of a good thing we stayed home because I looked out the window just in time to see the wind blow a tree down. The problem was that the tree fell on two hot live wires and broke off another one. It was really not that big a tree, more of a tall skinny one and not too old.

It started arcing fire on the branches and then the tree began to burn. I had to call the electric company right away, the minute I saw the tree was sparking against the wires. It took an hour for the truck to come and shut off the electricity so they could cut the tree down and loose from the wires and fix the wires. It could have caused a real bad fire in the strong wind and could have caught onto the house close by.