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Friday, April 24, 2009

The tornado that touched down less than 1/2 mile from our house..

portables down by the school
remainders of the bleachers at the baseball field

a poor couple's RV house that was destroyed


So, we were just enjoying a quiet Friday night with the kids when the tornado sirens went off...Scott instantly turned on the news and within 15 seconds the lights flickered, tv went out, and the siren stopped! We were officially living through our first "real tornado."
The kids ran to our beds and hid under the covers while I folded laundry by the battery operated light and Scott listened to the radio...oh what a night it was!
Here are a few pictures of the damage we saw the next day. Riley's baseball field had bleachers on home plate and the batting cages were completely damaged. The school was left unharmed, but the new school next to ours was hit in the roof, portables fell over, and it was just a mess.

We were very fortunate and will now pay attention to the warnings from this point forward and take them seriously...you know it's hard to take them seriously when they go off about every other week!







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3 comments:

  1. MombrudApril 24, 2009 at 3:30 PM

    Wow! I sure am glad you guys are all right! I hope noone else was hurt!

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  2. BreeApril 25, 2009 at 12:41 AM

    WOWOWOWOWOW! 1/2 a mile? And they go off every other week? INSANE! I would freak out daily....I'd have been in the bed with Meg & Riley!!! lol

    But I'm a bit of a chicken. lol

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  3. Krazy FamApril 26, 2009 at 3:21 PM

    I know. The only reason we were in shelter mode was because we heard that awful tornado sound. :( Darn sirens make me crazy, so I usually ignore them. :)

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