tornados, and I'm scared

[Pam]

Laurie thanks for checking in because they just said on TV that there was a tornado in northern Maryland and I thought of you. Glad you are OK!

[anna_66]

Phew! Glad to hear your ok!!

[Dixieland Dancer]

We are all glad you are ok too! We just had a tornado touch down last Sunday only 12 miles from our house. We had hail stones about the size of quarters all over our yard. I was surprised no windows or any major damage was done to our house.

On a funnier note. My husband told me last night he had a dream the night before that was very real and he could still remember it clearly. A tornado came sweeping through our yard and after it was gone the rain came. Only it wasn't water rain. It was raining GOLDEN RETRIEVERS!!!!

And I thought I was the dog nut in our family!

[AmberLee]

{{{Laurie and family}}}

So glad you are all okay.

[Logan]

Laurie, so glad you're ok. That had to be very frightening! I've only been close to a tornado a few times in my life, and one time was when I was in my little Dodge Omni, driving back to Clemson after an interview in Laurinburg, NC (a long way). The car only had an AM radio and the emergecy broadcast system came on talking about a tornado being spotted in Newberry County, several of them, as a matter of fact. I looked up and guess where I was.....Newberry County, in the middle of nowhere. I made my plans about putting my car in a ditch if I saw it. Thank goodness I didn't, but I have obviously never forgotten the fear I felt that day. It was almost 20 years ago, but I can remember it like it was yesterday. So I felt it all over again when I read your post. Thank goodness neither of us had to find out what it was like. Whew!

Have a good, restful weekend.

[Gio]

Glad you're OK!

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

So glad everything is ok. We heard about that F5 last week, and it still amazes me the destruction a tornado can do in such a short time. And how weird everything is, like one story where a ladies house was gone - completely - but the car was still in the driveway without a scratch on it! Being from Wisconsin, I've had a couple come within a few miles of me - enough to make me head for the basement. They are really scarey because they are so unpredictable. Haven't had too many close calls since I moved to the Chicago area, but just a little southwest of us they seem to get hit hard every year. And the scary part about that is that the area is growing at a tremendous rate so there are thousands of new homes in the potential path of a tornado. Gives me the shivers just thinking about it.

[luckies4me]

Oh my, you got me so scared. I am so glad that you and your family (including furbabies) are doing well.

About two months ago we had a huge storm here in Eugene, Oregon. I was standing outside when a huge tree fell to the ground. We had trees and power lines down everywhere with the 75 PM winds. It was very scary. We lost our electricity and some peoples didn't come back on for 2 weeks! It was the weirdest thing I have ever been through. You feel our house shaking because the thunder was so loud. Peoples roofs were torn off, huge trees fell into restraunts and shattered windows, transformers blew! It was crazy! So glad you are allright.