 | | I was sitting on the porch less than ten feet away from where the tree hit. | |  | | This was the first thing I saw after the impact. It was dark outside and there was no power. | |  | | Bye-bye kitchen ceiling! You can see the tree out the window. | |
 | | Piece of kitchen ceiling. | |  | | fifteen feet from where I was sitting. | |  | | Upstairs hallway. | |
 | | Upstairs guest room. Note the collapsed floor by the window. | |  | | Upstairs guest room. | |  | | A second tree took out part of the backyard fence. | |  | | Direct hit! | |  | | Front of house. | |  | | First thing everyone says when they see it is, "That's a big tree!" | |  | | Taken from the back porch door. | |  | | Back porch. If the tree had fallen in a slightly different direction, it would have taken out the porch roof and squashed me. | |  | | Good view of the points of impact. | |  | | Kitchen. | |  | | Kitchen. | |  | | Guest BR closet. | |  | | Guest BR facing living room | |  | | Guest BR facing garage | |  | | Point of impact in guest BR | |  | | Guest BR collapsed floor, just above kitchen | |  | | Guest BR ceiling | |  | | Guest BR | |  | | Guest BR point of impact | |  | | Living room ceiling beam | |  | | Living room ceiling beam | |  | | Living room top of stairs | |