Sunday afternoon between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. a strong cold front moved south from Pennsylvania into Maryland where the afternoon humid, high temperature was around 101F (Heat Index of 108F). The hot, unstable air-mass set the stage for severe thunderstorms with microbursts and wind gusts near 70 mph. One of those 70 mph wind gusts tore all of the shingles, tarpaper and nails out of the roof of our new (14 month old) dormer and back of the roof (which is 18 months new). The storm caused our new dormer to leak, too. We didn't discover it, though until around 7pm when we were coming back from walking the dogs (since the post-storm temperature had dropped to 76F). Here are photos of the event, starting with 1) the Beautiful sky during sunset, hours after the storm had passed.
2) Pictures of the roof damage and the roof being repaired today (Tom and I had to take the day off to get it organized and help the contractor
3) Severe tree damage in the neighborhood.
4) We suffered a Power Outage from 3:30pm until around midnight. Luckily the power returned (cable/internet was out all day).
5) We contacted two of our neighbors that live on other streets where the power hasn't returned, and we had Elvina over for breakfast (she said she was craving coffee and a bagel, poor thing!), and Susan and her dog Zack over for dinner. They were both told their power would be back on by 5:30 p.m. If it doesn't come on, they may both come back to spend the night in air conditioning. This was a tough storm.
6) Our friends Tom and Rebecca sent us a photo of lightning associated with the same cold front once it reached South Carolina (where they live)
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