It started
This is where the trampoline used to be, close to the fence.
This is where it was Sunday morning.
Scott moved it back into the middle of the yard and by the end of the day, it was right back next to the truck.
This is not the first time we have had strong winds reek havoc on our trampoline. When we first moved to SD we lived in a double wide trailer. We lived further out in the "prairie" and had even stronger winds than we have where we live now. Winds so strong that the water in the toilets would shake. One summer, after having coming home from a trip to Utah, we pulled up in our driveway in the middle of the night. We noticed right away that everything on our deck was missing. Next we noticed our trampoline was gone, with the exception of the blue pad that covers the springs. We found it wrapped around the top of our play set. Upon further investigation the next morning we found everything had blown off our deck, including our grill. We found our trampoline in our neighbors yard, in their tree. The tree had been knocked over, by the wind or the trampoline we are not sure.
Surprisingly our trampoline suffered only minor damage so we brought it back to our yard and put it back together. The following summer while in our bedroom I heard a huge gust of wind just outside my window. This was not uncommon so I didn't think much of it. Until later when I was standing at the sink doing dishes and looking out the window. I noticed that our trampoline was gone. I went outside to see what happened and found it in our other neighbors yard. This time it was impaled on a fence post and suffered irreparable damage. It wasn't until this spring that we finally broke down and bought another trampoline, knowing full well the risks.
Love South Dakota. Hate the wind!
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That is funny! We have bad winds here. They feel/sound like the beginning of an earthquake!
But when we lived in Erie, PA, we had winds, too! We also had a trampoline and no fences between yards. Once after some bad winds we found pieces of a neighbors trampoline all over the neighborhood. And it was a twisted mangled mess! We've watched kids plastic jungle gym things "pass through" our yard. But luckily no damage to our own trampoline. Don took it down every fall to protect it from the brutal winter.
Hope the worst is over for you!
Amanda,
Have to say, I don't miss the wind one bit. Even on days that we have tornado warnings, it isn't as windy as SD. Miss a lot of the people though.
Janene
is there a way to pin the trampoline to the ground?? Tent stakes or something similar?? Just a thought.
I'm glad that wind storm is over. I like your new background. I keep seeing cute blogs that use that "cutest blog on the block". I'll have to check it out sometime.
Wow! I feel bad for you about the wind. I can't stand the wind. Maybe you ought to anchor your trampoline down!!! I thought we had bad wind but our trampoline hasn't left our yard, or came close to it.
I thought the wind was bad in OK when we lived there...that's pretty strong wind!
I've never been to South Dakota, but fell in love with it in this book series: http://www.laurainesnelling.com/html/redriver.html
Ditto!
LOVE South Dakota HATE wind.
So the tramp and the truck got a little thing going, huh?
Couple Augusts back Provo got hit hard with micro bursts and our neighbor's trampoline ended up in the other neighbor's yard, power lines down, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria. Well you get the picture.
We had this row of poplars along our back yard and they spared us from any damage any time the winds go rough. They are apparently a wind block.
So I don't mind the wind when I I have those circumstances.
How are you doing anyway? Love from Utah.
Wowee! That seems crazy that the wind is strong enough to move the whole trampoline! Maybe you guys need to dig a pit for it like you see in Utah so that it's level with the ground or something.
And that wind sounds cold. BRR!
Even the grill? Sounds hardcore. Don't go out Amanda!
hey Amanda! I saw your link on Mary's and thought I would take a peek. I hear you there, the wind is the one thing I'm not missing in South Dakota! Congratulations on the new calling!
Wow, now that's some wind.
We had some awesome wind on Sunday that flipped leaves around and blew our hair and everything. That's pretty rare here.
There's a soccer team in my daughter's league called "The Wind" and it always makes me laugh - it reminds me of flatulence. "Cabbage gives me the wind something fierce." Now you know where my mind is most of the time. ;)
i hate the wind! more than rain, more than snow, more than, cold....don't know why, but i do!! sorry your having so much of it. we have had a very cold wind here today as well. things blowing all over the place---seems like crazy weather everywhere.
We get a lot of wind here too. I'd love a trampoline! Maybe the wind will blow one into our yard this year!
Even after reading this wind story I still miss SD sooooo much and I'll take it, wind and all!!! This just shows you how much I can't stand TX :(
Gotta love living on the prairies, eh???
I know just what you're talking about--after all I live in Winnipeg or Windypeg or Winterpeg (it has all kinds of names ; )
I've noticed a difference in the wind since we moved from Dakota Ridge. Our trampoline moved accross the yard too! One of the legs was even removed. I'm not strong enough to fix it myself, so I guess it will just stay that way until James gets back from the black hole.
I too love South Dakota. We thought about retiring here, but the wind factor is a little too much!
Yikes! Spooky trampoline tricks!
Once I raked my leaves into a big pile, but I didn't have any bags to put it in. Later that day when I finally had bags, my leaf pile was nearly gone. I think it blew into the neighbors yard!
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