Photos from after the August 18, 2005 tornado:

What's left of the yurt, 08/19/05:



(We've found all the pieces except the front door.)

Our neighbor's mobile home, 08/19/05:


Damage to the south hill, 08/19/05:


Another view of the south hill, from a mile away, 08/20/05:


We lost acres of trees and we have hundreds of pictures of them. Here's one of a big basswood that fell on the middle hill, 08/21/05:


An oak at the top of the ridge, 08/20/05:



Another old oak at the top of the ridge, 08/20/05:

Two maples that were uprooted, 08/20/05:



Another maple, 08/20/05:

A maple that was snapped off and then dragged about fifteen feet, 08/20/05:

A cottonwood?, 08/20/05:

What's left of the tree stand, 08/20/05:





The photo below was taken from the south hill; you can see the path the tornado took moving toward the southeast across our floodplain (next to the pond), over the neighbors' houses, and then up the hill across the highway, 08/21/05:



Photo taken among the downed trees on the south hill, 08/21/05:

Two large maples taken out by the roots on the south hill, 08/21/05:

Another view while on the south hill, 08/21/05:








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