Dangers of the Weather

A few nights ago, we had a brush with a Micro-burst. I never experienced one before and would rather not again. We had no actual warning of it coming, as it came while we sound asleep in our bed.
Our windows were being pounded with Hail and wind, and it sounded like someone was pressure washing our windows.
I look out the window in our office and there was a branch the length of my house!
Clean up was horrible and I was exhausted at the end of the day!
Here is a definition of a Micro-Burst....
A microburst occurs when a sudden rush of very heavy rain from a thunderstorm hits the ground with force, sending a surge of wind fanning out in all directions.

They say that by the time the storm hit my area wind gusts were at 75-100 miles per hour.