Columbus Day

I don't have much trouble remembering what I was doing 50 years ago on Columbus Day.  I was in Castle Rock at the Diner when the storm hit, quite a few people were taking refuge there.  The guys from one of the gas stations saw their gas price sign go sliding by and ran to get it.  When they came back one said he had been hit by a quart oil can flying through the air.The only reason I was able to get home later was because my MG was low enough to drive under some fallen trees and wires, I did have to go home through JimTown.  On the way home, I stopped at Roller's, Ed had a hammer and nails trying to fasten down anything that looked like it might take off.  Their Smoke house had blown away just before I arrived.  When I got home, it was amazing, there was no wind around the folk's house, the trees to the South were sheltering it.  The smoke went straight up out of the chimney for about 50 feet and then disappeared!  If you walked down the driveway as you neared the road, it was like you stepped through a door and you could hardly stand up for the wind.  We played games in the kitchen until the wind let up.   Barry and I walked over to the Chuinards and while talking to them, we all noticed their barn had blown down.  Later we went for a ride and saw the 4 Corners Store with the roof blown off.  Lots of houses lost their roofing on the South side, all you would see would be the nail with some shingle under it, the rest of the shingle would be gone.  The next day we were in Longview and you could not see down some of the streets for the fallen trees.  The folks lost quite a few trees on the East end of the place, Dad took an inventory of them and they were able to deduct the loss on their taxes that year.

This is my 1960 MGA Coupe.