07/24/2023
Well, everyone’s safe.
the devil said a storm is coming, and normally I laugh and say I am the storm, but today I said well Motley Cruezers are going inside. Then he crushed our table and my bike.
Either a tornado, microburst or extremely high wind slammed us at Waldeshanke Ciders and the scaffolding at the apartment building construction site next door fell on Waldeshanke. 4 of us were at the outdoor table that took the hit of all the hits. The wind was so high that we ran inside. I was first through the door and as the fourth came through with the bartender struggling to hold it open, the crash hit. The wind roared like a tornado but we’re on a tree lined residential east facing hillside so nobody saw whether there was actually a tornado. PS addendum, Jess, airline pilot and mother of 4 children at the scene looked out the square port window in the steel back door and said the wind was spinnng counterclockwise no question about it.
My bike was next to our table and it is now wall art. (Sue and I might have to talk about that).
Nobody got hurt. Nobody got hurt. Nobody got hurt.
Waldeshanke owners and employees reacted so fast and did everything right. They moved us in and away from the windows into the brewing area, no fooling around NOW. Their cinderblock building held and the permanent food truck was anchored professionally. It held.
We’re all safe. We’re all freaked.
Jake, their newest bartender SAVED OUR LIVES. He pulled down the garage door to the patio then opened the steel door and yelled his loudest to us right in front of him to get through this door just after I yelled “we have to go around!”
I was the first one through the door and as the fourth guy came through with Jake struggling to hold it open, the crash happened