Yes, this is my reality! We almost lost our pole barn yesterday due to HIGH winds, only to find out that a EF2 Tornado touched down- a block away!
The irony of the whole situation is, shortly after we bought this old house, we were able to work with the historical society, I am a history buff and really wanted to know the who built this house, why did they build it, how did they live- all those, now unanswerable questions, with a house built in 1892, right!
But the historical society caught up with a gentleman who lived in our house in the 40's and told a story about a barn on the property that his Uncle was living in and caring for. In the late 40's, in late fall a tornado went through- at this time this house had acres of land- so it was all field. It took out the old barn. His Uncle survived, as did this old house- but the barn was demolished! There is another garage- Carriage House- in front of said barn and that survived also.
Well, here we are over 120 years later and who builds their pole barn in the same spot as said tornado victim barn- my Hubby. We honestly didn't know it was in the same location until the Gentleman relayed to the contact I have.
So, today, I thank God for letting us remain safe, letting our barn - who already fell down once during the build due to the winds last year- still stand proud.
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