Storm

Yesterday we drove into Pittburgh. We had to go get a new rental.. long story for a different post! :) While we were at the Airport it looked like there was a huge storm pass thru, but we didn't get to see it. But after we got the car we decided to go find a Wal-Mart. Apparently there was a major storm pass through right before we got there. There were braches all over the road. We turned down one street just to find out that a huge tree had fallen right into the middle of the road. We got closer to the Wal-Mart and suddenly we realized that all of the power was out. It was getting pretty dark at this point. No one was stopping at the stop lights. It was somewhat chaotic. Big city, no power... not a good idea.

Well the closer we got, there were trees laying all over, downed power lines all over and a huge puddle. There was a section of the road that had to have a good 8 inches of water or more. It was crazy. Of course we got to Wal-Mart and they were closed becuase there was no power. The whole city was dark. It was kinda weird. Across the street there was a strip of restaurants that still had power. So we went across the street and ate. I think they were getting ready to close down... and got a rush of customer because they were one of the few only ones that still had power.

It was kinda weird driving in the dark with no stop light, street lights or anything. You would be driving and then all of a sudden there would be a huge tree in the road. Here is one of the trees that we saw.

It was crazy. I have never seen anything like that before. I kinda felt like I was in the middle of a natural disaster. Of course we would never have that sort of disaster in Richfield. Although I did dream last night that most of Richfield burned up. Of course, out yard went up in flames in a matter of seconds! I bet it is super dry now!