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Etherton Farms - Home of TESIGN and KIDS CLASSIC HUMMER

On June 26, 2005, at 12:58 a.m, our lives changed in a heartbeat with straight line winds in excess of 150 MPH.  We were home at the time and unknowingly, know that our beautiful yard was destroyed.  We had a 150 cords of Cottonwood and 190 cords of miscellaneous trees that were uprooted.  Our house sustained major damage.
 
We are thankful to God that neither of us were hurt and only one foal sustained minor injury.  Luckily all of them were in the barn and it could have been the death of them if they were outside with flying debries. 
 
It took a loader 3 1/2 hours to go 1/4 mile down the road to get to us and another hour down our driveway.  We are thankful for the outpouring of help that we received the first two weeks of cleanup.  Our horses were kept by some dear friends of ours since we had no pasture and fencing.  Track hoes came and removed the 26 foot roots from our yard.  Bobcats and 4-wheelers were abounding, trucks and chainsaws were a daily sound.  A lot was accomplished in that short time, and even now over a year later we are still cleaning up, it will never be the same.
 
So if you are looking at our website and wondering why they haven't shown or bred much this is why.  Something had to give and it was the horses.
 
As of 11/8/06, the exterior repairs of our house is complete.  The interior is too complete, except for the mess of tossing something into this room and that room to get to that window to be replaced.  That will take time. 
 
This page is dedicated to be a BIG THANK YOU to all that helped maked our house a home again.  If not for them, we would be no where near done yet.  And also to thank God for all that he's done for us.
 
 

Just one of many uprooted trees
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This root was 26 feet wide

2nd sweep of cleaning the driveway towards
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the main road

Our driveway all cleaned up
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A look from our bathroom window
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This was our front yard

A look from the driveway towards the house
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This was once the driveway got cleared

Another shot towards the house
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More roots across the driveway
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This is in our horseshoe

Completed 11/8/06
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All pretty in yellow
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Picture from the road
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Look no trees down