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Uploaded by: yoopergirl66 — Friday December 21, 2012 — St. Joseph Charter Township, MI

Woke up this morning to find that the Spruce tree in my backyard had fallen on the house. We are less than a mile from the Lake Michigan shoreline and had winds in excess of 50mph last night.

Categories: natural disasters, storm damage, rain, trees Camera Type: NIKON D60
 
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Focal Length: 18.0 mm
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1. RenoSoHill 5:33 PM GMT on December 21, 2012    
Did you have any roof damage. We had this happen last year and just missed the house. We were told that because the spruce has so many branches probably would hurt the roof.
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2. relishthejourney 5:42 PM GMT on December 21, 2012    
Yikes, best wishes for no roof damage!! The UP is fabulous, so glad you achieved your dream of living there!
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3. yoopergirl66 5:43 PM GMT on December 21, 2012    
We don't know if there is other damage to the house. The tree people say they can't get on the roof until the winds subside - probably tomorrow. I decided to visit my other house for the holidays, and see what bad luck I brought with me!
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4. SVLover 9:52 PM GMT on December 21, 2012    
Yikes - looks like it stayed part way in the ground, which may have helped with the damage.  Good luck!
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5. tomat91103 10:33 PM GMT on December 21, 2012    
Your area looks remarkably green for the first day of winter--in upper Michigan!
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6. toot 9:37 AM GMT on December 22, 2012    
what is a yooper girl doing in St Joe?
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7. katy99780 3:04 AM GMT on December 24, 2012    
Oh no.... a most unfortunate happening! I hope there isn't too much damage...
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8. MidniteBaker 8:28 AM GMT on December 24, 2012    
Wow!! Hope your cleanup and reconstruction won't be too costly. Happy Holidays!! :D
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9. yoopergirl66 8:04 PM GMT on December 24, 2012    
Nobody could come up to the U.P. to visit me for Christmas, so I had to come back to the L.P. or be all alone. In the national forest, with millions of trees, one dropping in the wind is normal. I didn't expect it here in the middle of suburbia!
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About yoopergirl66
yoopergirl66 I live in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. This is a place of extreme contrasts. The weather here is really spectacular, as is the Hiawatha National Forest. Since the first time I visited this place, I always wanted to live here. Now I do.
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