100% The Worst Day of My Life
I mentioned in my last post that my mom passed away. I've been thinking about posting something about it here on The Neopologist ever since it happened. Trying to write it up as some kind of record for what happened, but finding the prospect daunting.Well, thankfully, I don't have to:https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/community/uprooted-family-deals-with-death-and-derecho-20200927TAMA — Veryl Sievers sheltered in the basement with his sons and their spouses as the derecho wreaked havoc outside on the Sievers Certified Organic Farm, ripping apart dozens of trees and sending one crashing down on a car.“If you’ve ever seen a video of a bomb blast and you see the shock wave after, that’s how the storm hit the house,” son Ryan said. “That wind came right across the field and you could see it change. The grass just went flat.”As the storm eventually moved past the farm on its ruinous route across Eastern Iowa, silence settled briefly in the basement. It was broken by a ringin…
