Topping the hill on my way home from work today following intense straight-line winds and stormy weather, my heart sank at the sight of the neighbor’s tree slammed across the street, top branches at our garage. Grateful, then, to discover that our own tree, plus the neighbor’s tree, had blocked it from striking either of our homes. It may have taken down the power lines on our street and blown the transformer, but so grateful for an intact home.