Hailstorms and tornados

This week has been rather trying for me. First the last goat I had left managed to get into my garage (long story), wedge herself behind a broken down washing machine, and die of old age. Of course she did this while I was out of town for a few days, so by the time I discovered her, she'd been marinating for a bit in the June heat and was too soupy to remove without the use of a wet vac and a spatula. Then my sewer line backed up, causing the washing machine to flood the damn house when it tried to drain. Sunday I and everyone else where I live was treated to a 30 minute hailstorm with 80-100 mph winds and a couple of tornados tossed in for added effect. The end result of that is the roofs on the hay barn and my house are destroyed, every window is broken, my french doors were blown open allowing the dining room to flood (and now they won't close), and every sheep shed I have is in someone else's yard. Hail killed a few lambs, but considering all their shelters had blown away it's a miracle any of them survived. My Nissan has more hail damage than Michael Moore's ass and is littered with broken glass, dirt, and grass thanks to the hail busting out a window. I was at work with my truck, and it took the full brunt of the sideways flying hail on the passenger side, but amazingly enough did not get a single dent. However, the driver side view mirror shattered despite being on the protected side. Hrm.

There is no vegetation left standing, only shattered stalks remain. Trees were stripped bare of leaves and bark. None of my fruit trees will survive, and only the oldest of my pines came through ok. My flowerbeds are blasted almost down to the ground and one massive cactus that had been nearly as tall as me lies on the ground looking like someone used it for target practice with 00 buckshot.

However, I came out pretty well compared to others. A friend of mine's roof first turned into a swimming pool before finally caving into her house and flooding it.

I took a ton of photos of the damage the next morning. Last year we had a tornado come through and my insurance company tried to say that despite the broken windows and raised off the rafters decking, there was no damage. This time you can see the stripped and broken shingles from the road (and even see half the shingles still IN the road), so they better not EVEN try to pull the "Oh it looks FINE" crap again. They tried to tell me that my house is crappy so unless the house is a total loss, they won't be paying anything. Funny, I don't recall seeing a "Since your house is a POS we won't pay anything unless it's razed to the ground" clause on the policy.