A microburst of some kind hit a home at 12 Tallman St. in Richmond Friday night, uprooting a tree, which tipped over and landed on the house, its branches enveloping two vehicles in the driveway.

Sandy Dzyak and Alex Mac- Donald rent the home. Standing outside the house Friday around 8 p.m., Dzyak said the two were still shocked over what had taken place.

“We were sitting there eating dinner and then this storm took off and all of a sudden, one huge branch came down, because we were right off the porch. … We were in the kitchen right here eating dinner and one branch (came) down and (we) ran out of the room and then the whole rest of the tree came down.”

Dzyak said her husband had just got home from Nebraska and since his birthday was Tuesday while he was away, they were celebrating Friday. He was on the phone with her mother, who was wishing him a happy birthday and because of the storm and lighting, Dzyak advised him to get off the phone.

While sitting at the kitchen table, “I was in total shock to see this branch coming at us, and we just jumped up and got out of the way, thinking it may come through the roof, and it stopped,” she said. They didn’t think the rest of the tree would come down. “And then all of a sudden, because it was still blowing, blowing and blowing, I think that’s when it uprooted … then it started to crash, coming down.”

It was loud, and scary Dzyak said, “because we knew there were a lot of wires down and were afraid the whole place was electrified.” They dialed 911 and were told not to go outside. A Central Maine Power Co. worker was on scene to make sure the wires weren’t carrying a current.

Standing just several feet from the downed tree, “I think that it looks like the tree landed very nicely on the roof, but it did a number on my car,” Dzyak said, which is just a little over a year old. The couple doesn’t own the home and the landlord was on his way.

“We’ll have no electricity for a while I’m sure,” she said.

“Nobody was hurt,” Dzyak said. “We have four dogs and they’re all fine, so everybody’s fine, that’s the main thing. We can deal with all this other stuff. But it’s scary and you shake for a while and then you get over it.”