David-aviator
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On a drive home from Springfield, MO today in a torrential rain storm with very high wind, we got a cell phone call from a neighbor. Our air park home had been damaged by a mini tornado earlier and did we have a hidden key, they wanted to check for interior water damage after covering some roof holes and what remains of the chimney with blue plastic tarp. We were about 30 minutes out when the call came and by the time we arrived, they had surveyed the interior and could find no damage...whew....we did not want to spend the night in a motel. The damage is not too great. The chimney is missing its top and some shingles were all over the yard plus some of the siding trim is damaged and hanging loose. It could have been much worse. We certainly have great neighbors.
The weather in 2008 has been wild to say the least....record rain fall and more today....a week ago it was 5F and today it hit 69F. Tomorrow it will be cold again. We will be lucky to not be stranded with local river flooding again as has been the case twice already this year. The Cuivre River, its basin drains much of north central Missouri, rises as much as 20 feet over night and then goes down again just as fast.
The hangar and airplane are fine. Only damage to it are one broken and one bent wind indicator on top of each cupola. Had the airplane been outside, it would be in the next county for sure.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
The weather in 2008 has been wild to say the least....record rain fall and more today....a week ago it was 5F and today it hit 69F. Tomorrow it will be cold again. We will be lucky to not be stranded with local river flooding again as has been the case twice already this year. The Cuivre River, its basin drains much of north central Missouri, rises as much as 20 feet over night and then goes down again just as fast.
The hangar and airplane are fine. Only damage to it are one broken and one bent wind indicator on top of each cupola. Had the airplane been outside, it would be in the next county for sure.