Saturday, June 5, 2010

A tornado visits us....

...this afternoon! Stacy and I had just finished up the strawberries when hubby came home telling us a town west of us had their tornado sirens going......about then the sirens in our town went off! Not the best feeling in the world! We delayed Stacy leaving for home as the sky was getting really dark and not a bird could be heard! I am so happy we did as she would driven right into a tornado!!!!

Our State Route through town runs east/west and the darkest skies were to the north of the road.......standing on our back deck,which is just south of 39, we watched the rolling dark clouds then as the rain drops began to fall hurried inside and to safety as the sirens blew again.....
Yes, a tornado passed through less than 2000 feet from my back yard but we were spared any damage! Several businesses were damaged, some barns on nearby farms were damaged, a few houses lost roofs or parts of them (including my Aunt), trees uprooted, power lines downed, and more flooding but at last report--NO ONE was injured!!!!


at my Aunt's House (also lost their garage roof)




2 comments:

Lesa Marie Bame said...

wow!!. What did you guys do to warnant these winds?? Good thing Stacy stayed to work on Strawberries and DH got home just in time. Huggs
Lesa

Bianca said...

Irene,

I am so glad you all are safe. Property Damage can be repaired, but people can not be replaced.