Edit...not so officially freaking out here - as much lol
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I am sitting here listening to the wind going bonkers, trying to convince the trees not to come down on my home or power lines or car.
Then...*BOOM!* I hear a huge thump and then breaking glass, and I am sure my car is toast...but no. The tree came inches from my back bumper, but hit the LR window with my little tree in it.
The little tree is still lit, the window is broken.
I need to go out and take the tree off the horse fence so they don't escape, but I'm afraid I'll get zapped by another tree!
I'm going out anyway, because I'd rather do that than have to chase the horses in this shit.
If I don't make it back in...it was great knowing all of you!
Where the hell is my hard hat when I need it??????
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Whistling like I'm on the freaking prairie here in the woods.
Very apocalyptic! 
Thank you!
The wind was almost completely calm while I was out there.
GLAD to hear things are OK!
I was so certain my car was smushed when I heard the glass and the sort of crunching sound. It's tree roulette around here when the winds blow, but I thought I'd picked a good spot.
I couldn't believe it was just a LR window broken. And that I can snatch a doubled up one from an unused bedroom, so no $$$ out.
I was really freaking about that car!
Thans for the well wishes!
Right now I wish I lived in CO or WA so I could fortify myself with some green courage. 
The coffee shaking in my hands will have to do...
Oh Goddess, another big gust....give me courage I ain't got!
That was not too bad...the tree is about a 40 footer, about 16 inches across where it's on the fence.
Started to get the chainsaw ready 
but then I decided I didn't want to be running it under another leaner - which is only 6-8 inches across and dead, but right over where I'd have to cut.
So I tied a lunge line across the three posts and that should keep them in. They have been freaking all day with this crazy wind. They got a few carrots and oats to munch on while I was figuring out what to do.
I am so glad they didn't get hurt, that my car is OKAY so far ( breathing huge sigh of relief ) and that the gusts died down while I was out there.
No sleep for me tonight. It's going to be like this into tomorrow, which is why I stayed home rather than partying with friends tonight - gotta keep an eye out for critters in this weather.
Thanks you guys for being here to vent to! Now I'm gonna go get that baked rigatoni waiting for me in the oven and hope no more of the leaners decide this is their moment to take the plunge!
You are a complete bad ass! I'd be freaking out!
Hang on and let us know how you are doing! 
but I have lived a very full life, all my own kids are grown, so if the Gods and Goddesses decide I'm to go with a tree clonking me on my little bitty noggin, at least I bathed today!
And I am wearing one of Howler's awesome tiedye shirts over a long sleeve red sweater, so I think I was pretty protected lol
Lots of juju
If you're where I think you are, NO! Too many trees that way, too.
We can get the neighbor guys out tomorrow if I can't get it cut out of the way myself. It is blocking my car in, so it will have to be moved.
Horses are secure, but thank you for offering, Love. 
You stay careful, too.
The winds seem to have calmed here for a while, and for that I am thankful. But they are something, aren't they, those winter gales?
Yeah, no internet on one's day off sucks! Means you might have to actually do something productive, dammit!
Thanks for the good wishes. I have a lot of leaners that are dead and need to come down ( some kind of bug eats at the base of them and makes them die ) and I am in the woods, literally.
If the girls will just stay out of the way of any fallers I will be a happy camper!
Stay safe
The wind is ferocious here and the poor guy did NOT want to go back outside.
I spent a few minutes trying to get him out by myself but he just flew around like a nitwit.
So I let him rest for about 30 minutes while I waited for reinforcements (my husband and daughter) to get home.
Took ALL of us about 15 minutes before he was tired enough and capitulated to our efforts to shoo him out. I felt really bad. Its damn cold and windy out there. We had the doors WIDE open and he would actually land in the open doorway and then catapult himself back inside instead of going out.
I would have let him stay but the 4 cats had already made some crazy manic lunges for him before I managed to corral all of them into the bathroom. He would have been cat chow within an hour if I let him stay inside (or dog chow when the Jack Russell came in. She's a fierce predator whose already killed more than her fair share of animals in her 2 short years....)
Glad you are okay and everything's still holding together at your place!