We had another Tornado blow through town on Wednesday morning about 6:45am. Our phones were going off with all the alerts but no sirens yet. We have had a few go around us in the past month so we firgured that's what was going to happen again as the weather radio said it was 4 miles north east of us. Then the sirens went off along with the phones & the weather radio. So we grabbed the dog & went to the shelter (we live in a mobile home). It's at the school about 1/4 mile from here. The shelter was full of elementary aged kids & staff & of course several residents in the area. We had to leave Jack in the car of course but its usually better at the shelter than at home, if it were to hit the house he for sure would be gone but cars are low to the ground & close to a cinderblock building. So the next thing we see are the teachers & staff telling the kids to get into the storm position. They are all on their knees with their heads down & their hands clasped on the back of their neck. It was very quiet in the room but you could hear the noise outside. Phone service was down, couldn't check on the rest of my family. My nephew worked at the school & was there in the shelter & he had a walkie. So we knew that the tornado had gone right overhead. It never did touch down, praise God, but there were several trees down. A mom & daughter were stuck in their bathroom when a tree fell on their house but no injuries. I have to commend the teachers & staff in the room. They kept the kids calm as if it was an everyday occurance & nothing to worry about. It's nice to know that kids are being taken care of in an emergency like that. I'm sure there were a few frantic parents that morning. When we got home the only thing that happened was the new pond w/waterfall that we had just put in the day before had popped up out of the ground. I was thankful that's all that happened. We live in the middle of tall oak trees that could have fallen on the house. Give me an eathquake any day over a tornado!
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So thankful that you are okay, and no major damage to your home.
Thank you.
Thank God. There is nothing that scares me more than wind.
I'm not fond of it either, nor thunder storms.
oh my so glad all are okay ...so sorry for this scare and your puppy having to stay in the car ...so glad all okay ...stay safe and love and prayers that they don't come into your area again...wow how scary ....
Thank you 😀
Thank God you are all ok and Jack, what an experience for you all. 🤗
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Thankful that you and your spouse are safe, hairbrain4 I couldn't imagine living through a tornado! When I was about five, I remember a tornado uprooting a huge oak tree right on our front yard! That was as close as I got to a tornado! 
This was my 3rd close one.🥴 & I'm still not used to them after 19 years of being around them. Growing up in southern CA doesn't prepare you for any kind of weather, only earthquakes. We do have them here in AR but they are just tremors.
Well, be safe, hairbrain4 , and do watch out for the Wicked Witch of the West!
You're right! I don't want to end up in Kansas & live in black & white with no technicolor! 😀
I drove through Kansas on my road trip from MA to AZ last November, hairbrain4 It is very flat and dotted with wind turbines! I was on the lookout for tornadoes! Didn't see any! Go figure! The week before went embarked on our journey, there was a tournado (a few actually) that was reported in Oklahoma. We carefully avoided Oklahoma!
Oklahoma doesn't get anymore tornados than the rest of the states in tornado alley but they have a lot of flat land too. I'm in Mena Arkansas which is close to the OK border. There times when we lived in Dallas that it seemed like they always came from OK though. This year though there have been a lot of tornados everywhere, more than normal & the season has only just begun!
I know, hairbrain4 ! I was happy that we didn't see any when we went through. By the way, that tornado that I experienced was when I was living in Kingston, Ontario, Canada! So, they are indeed everywhere!
Grateful to God for his shield of protection over everyone. God is good🙏🏾
Amen to that! I thank Jesus everyday for watching over & walking with me.😁
I do too🙏🏾
Tornadoes are very dangerous and somewhat unpredictable. On Thursday I had crossed the Blue Ridge to get chicken feed, stopping at a good market for a few things I can't find locally. In the market, I heard that schools were dismissing early because of tornado weather. I kept the car radio on despite the bad reception hoping to learn more and received a tornado watch (take shelter now) for an area a good bit east of my house. Then as I came in the door, my weather radio went off, warning my area. So bad weather was all over, but though we again had trees down thanks to the winds, no winds touched down. It scares me when the weather radio goes off, but I'd rather know than be crushed by a tree.
That was probably the same storm. It ripped through a lot of places. Glad you were ok too. We wouldn't be without a weather radio around here either especially when we can't always hear the sirens.☺️
As far as I know, we have no sirens in this county; it's too rural. This makes a weather radio essential. Those of us who have one can notify friends who might not otherwise hear the warning. I'm glad you have a designated shelter because mobile homes are very vulnerable. My neighbors come to my house when we are under an active watch because my house is bolted to its foundation and theirs is not. Neither of us has a storm cellar. Tornadoes and wildfires are the most frightening natural events so safety means getting underground or out of the way!
I think mobile homes attract tornados! We used to joke about it when we'd see a mobile home being towed on the highway, "Oh no hope there's not a tornado following it!"
Lived through one as a teen driving back in a panel van from a fishing trip up north, in the days of paper maps, and even limited radio reception in areas. Cell phones didn't exist. Driving in almost blinding conditions, getting worse as we went, we finally, had to stop, and tried to see someone at the hotel. No one there? Then someone came out of ???. quick, come in the basement, there's a tornado, now! We found out it passed a mile or so down the road. We saw those things you only read about, like straw shot into trees like arrows stuck in a target. One thing after another. Had we not stopped, we surely would have been in it. It was truly scarier after leaving, and seeing it. Also saw another tornado hit area traveling up north, with lots of damage. BUTThereafter, spend 35+? years every chance I could up north, in an adjacent state, in a travel trailer that never traveled, nestled semi-permanently in a campground surrounded 3 sides by state park. Never worried about tornados, and the weather radio warnings, convincing myself (right or wrong) that all those tall trees surrounding us, along with the river/lakes, would break up any tornados from getting to us. There were tornados, but always the terrain seemed more open than our campground.
Just like I believe the tall buildings of Chicago help break up tornados? Though I was told as a kid from the burgs of Chicago, we just missed a tornado that came down the city block we lived off of, but saw not evidence of any, no damages...so it really didn't impact me as kid.
Welcome to the horror of tornados! You are now part of the survivors' club.
Wonder if we may have to revive the cold war bomb shelters? They doubled as tornado shelters as a kid at school.
There have been 2 other damaging tornados come thru town since we've lived here. It still makes my heart fall to my ankles when I have to by the areas that were damaged. Aluminum roof panels wrapped around trees as if they were decorating for the holidays, trees 100 yr old trees ripped from their roots, buildings & housed completely gone. My husband & brother n law were almost sucked out of an old brick building. There was a log from an historic log cabin that Jesse James hid out in that flew 3 blocks away & went thru a brick building. The images are burned into memory. We have a lot of personal storm shelters & 3 public shelters. The way the weather is changing & the world is going it might not be a bad idea to get those shelters back open.☺️
My neighbors are replacing their driveway with new concrete today. I can see enough equipment and strong able bodied workers....should I ask them to build us a tornado/ bomb shelter while the do the driveway? They will only need a bit more rebar and cement.
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