‘All of a sudden, we heard a loud bam!’ Garage takes flight in extreme Collinsville weather

Anita Moore and her husband have called Collinsville home since 2003.

“We picked it out, we put it here, and we had our son here,” Moore said. “So, this is where we raised him, it's got a lot of memories.”

They’re the only family to ever live in their home, tucked in a quiet neighborhood where they’ve spent 22 years.

“It’s quiet, it’s beautiful… it’s where we are family,” Moore said.

A History of Close Calls but Never Damage, Until Now

“We’ve had tornadoes come close, we’ve had horrendous straight winds, but we’ve never had anything that’s done damage,” Moore said.

That all changed with the recent severe storm.

“We’ve always felt really lucky, but this is the first time, and it just picked up his garage and just threw it at us,” Moore said.

Ten Minutes Before Impact

Moore had just gotten home when the skies turned dark.

“I knew it was going to be bad because I could see it, but I didn’t know how severe it would be,” Moore said. “We got inside, we were watching TV, watching the weather. When it started raining, it came down hard. We couldn’t even see the tree in our front yard.”

Then, A Loud BAM

“All of a sudden, we heard a loud bam,” Moore said. “My husband and I looked at each other, wide-eyed, and said, ‘What was that?’”

They were just 20 feet away in the living room when the neighbor’s garage slammed into their home.

“It was surprising,” Moore said. We looked out our sliding glass door onto our back patio, and this garage was inside that. Twenty-two years of no incidents, and that garage decided to come visit us.”

Damage Everywhere—But Not Everything Was Touched

Splintered beams, exposed nails, and chunks of debris littered their property.

“That’s what gets me, is those beams,” Moore said.

But somehow, some things were left perfectly in place. A birdhouse and a pair of clippers on the porch weren’t even moved.

“It Could’ve Been So Much Worse”

The most important thing was that everyone was ok.

“Nobody was hurt,” Moore said. “None of our animals were hurt. And that’s what’s important.”

In Her Own Words

Listen to Moore react to her neighbor's garage landing on her home during Monday's storms.