Tornado

Yesterday was quite an exciting day for us. We went to check out a friends new home. They wanted Shawn to check out their fireplace. With no radios or TV, we had no idea how bad the weather was getting until the sirens started going off. We decided to head back to our house with our friends since this was their 1st tornado. As we came upon the track near our home, we could see the cloud rotation, which appeared to be very near to our home. We realized that we really couldn't head to our house at that pointed and started heading to the home our friends were currently renting. Then, as the fast moving clouds passed in front of us we again headed to our home.

We spent about an hour in the basement in the dark before it was clear for us to come back upstairs. During that time we had 4 kids (9,4,3, and a baby) and upto 6 adults and a dog hanging out listen to our weather radio. This was a pretty scary time as the last NWS kept announcing that there were tornadoes touching down in the NW. In the end, the closest one was more than 2 miles away, but having seen the damage it is really scary.

We're happy to say that as of last night their were no deaths or serious injuries, though we have heard the police, fire, and ambulance sirens pretty regularly through last night and this morning.

Also, Charlie, who was away at Girl's Camp for the 1st time, called early this morning to let us know she was okay and to check on us, and that based on the NWS predicting more storms this evening, camp is ending early and she'll be home tonight.

As special thanks to the Connett who came to check on us when we didn't answer any of our phone (because I promise they really never rang)... It's wonderful to have the kind of friends that go out in a storm to make sure that you're okay.

Here is a link of some of the damage that occured. Thank you Brad (Weber) for sharing the pics you took. Our new camera should be here sometime today........