INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Neighbors at S. Grand Avenue and E. 54th Terrace in Independence heard a loud sound around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. When they went outside, they saw a massive tree's branches blocking one of the lanes on the street.
“I was a little nervous, I ain't gonna lie,” said DeJay Middagh, who lives across the street from the tree.
He watched through the window as the tree fell.
“I mean, it was nerve-wracking,” Middagh said. “Nature doesn't play around with that.”
He said he lost power at that time, but he’s glad the damage wasn’t worse.
“It didn’t hit our cars or our house … hopefully they are okay,” Middagh said.
“They” refers to his neighbors, Evan and Isabel King, who own the house where the tree stands.
They were not home when it fell.
“It’s quite shocking,” Isabel said. “It kind of wakes you up and makes you think, 'Wow, it could have gone so much worse.'”
Evan was equally shocked.
“It’s quite a surprise to get home and see that," he said. "We know that many times during a storm, we see some branches here and there. But to see this, it is quite devastating."
According to them, some of the branches fell on their fence, but they had no other damage.
“We're glad to see that this is a fixable issue and that no one was harmed,” Evan said.
Overwhelmingly, the Kings said they feel blessed and relieved.
"We feel like there was definitely somebody looking out for us because nobody was hurt from this,” Isabel said.
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