Derecho
Last week we experienced a derecho for the first time. It produced very strong winds, and the National weather service advised people to stay inside and away from windows. It didn’t last that long, maybe 30 minutes. The derecho winds did not do any damage to the abbey buildings, thank God, as we just finished replacing all our roofs that were damaged by last year’s hail storm. There was lots of damage to our trees. Several large trees fell over and others lost large branches. The lawn were covered with limbs and sticks. We are still cleaning up the mess a week later.
