DERECHO: hit the pretty red bud, but not as badly as the tree below!  We luckily and strangely had power while Mom and Dad were out for 5 whole days.  It was an odd scene around town, you had two separate worlds going on, the haves and the have- nots... there were even gas lines.  There were some people in the shops buying perishable foods with no concerns, while others were hunting all over just for ice trying to save their fridges/ freezers. 

Tip well and ye shall recieve... Thankfully these men took pity on me,
 i was too lazy to be clearing the debris up myself.  Yet they did it all in less than 8 minutes!  

Mike Brown from Clark - always campaigning- the July 4th parade.