We're OK
A little while ago we had a sudden storm that was really intense. It started out with pouring down rain and very loud thunder and lightning, progressing to huge hailstones hammering the roof and intense winds. It lasted quite a bit longer than hailstorms usually do here.
I thought, "Wow, it almost sounds like that wind is trying to rip off the roof." When the storm got intense and the power started flockering, I made sure we were all downstairs and encouraged the kids to come and look at the hail from a safe distance.
A while later, a friend called to ask if we were okay. It turns out that it was quite possibly a tornado (it looks like it, but apparently National Weather Service has to confirm that, which will take a day or so).*
The worst of it was at one of the stores we often shop at, about 5 minutes away. There were cars and a semi trailer flipped over, roofs ripped off, billboards destroyed, trees downed, and buildings damaged. Lots of downed power lines and trees, of course.
Right now they're showing on the news a picture of a building with 2/3 of the building literally ripped off and vehicles with broken windows that were lifted into the air and dumped in different places. Another picture was of a pickup truck on top of a wall ripped off a nearby building.
They're showing eyewitnesses that saw a funnel and/or swirling clouds. Now there's a picture of debris like pine needles and a piece of wood embedded in the side of a house. I haven't been out to check the outside of our house yet.
What's amazing is that so far there have been no reports of injuries.
We almost never get tornadoes here. The last tornado in this area was before I was born.
I'm actually sort of glad I didn't know it was a tornado when it was happening. I would have been a little more scared.
I wish I'd gotten some video or pictures of it, though. :)
* The National Weather Service just confirmed that it was indeed a tornado.
I thought, "Wow, it almost sounds like that wind is trying to rip off the roof." When the storm got intense and the power started flockering, I made sure we were all downstairs and encouraged the kids to come and look at the hail from a safe distance.
A while later, a friend called to ask if we were okay. It turns out that it was quite possibly a tornado (it looks like it, but apparently National Weather Service has to confirm that, which will take a day or so).*
The worst of it was at one of the stores we often shop at, about 5 minutes away. There were cars and a semi trailer flipped over, roofs ripped off, billboards destroyed, trees downed, and buildings damaged. Lots of downed power lines and trees, of course.
Right now they're showing on the news a picture of a building with 2/3 of the building literally ripped off and vehicles with broken windows that were lifted into the air and dumped in different places. Another picture was of a pickup truck on top of a wall ripped off a nearby building.
They're showing eyewitnesses that saw a funnel and/or swirling clouds. Now there's a picture of debris like pine needles and a piece of wood embedded in the side of a house. I haven't been out to check the outside of our house yet.
What's amazing is that so far there have been no reports of injuries.
We almost never get tornadoes here. The last tornado in this area was before I was born.
I'm actually sort of glad I didn't know it was a tornado when it was happening. I would have been a little more scared.
I wish I'd gotten some video or pictures of it, though. :)
* The National Weather Service just confirmed that it was indeed a tornado.
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Posted by purple_kangaroo at 2:03 PM[Permanent link]
2 Comments:
I heard recently about the werid weather bringing tornados... I was JUST reading about another in another weird area. Stay safe!
So very glad that you are okay!
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