It is devastating and horrible that they lost their home, but I am so glad they are alive.
((((((((Hugs)))))))) of Sympathy for anyone going through devastation and loss.
Just Lois
MrsJones5 - So happy to hear your Family in Moore, OK, are OK
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mrsjones5
Thank you Lois. I wondered if the family members were affected (they are cousins of my father and lived just a couple doors down from us when I was a small child) and my mother called this morning with news from family in Dallas that our Oklahoma family is ok. Things can be replace, family can't be.
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MrFreeze
Some good news!
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LoisLane looking for Superman
Many years ago, when I was young, an unexpected tornado hit my area, hit my street. Mature trees and cars and trucks, turned upside down, roofs, torn off. I saw the funnel out of my front living-room window. My friend, standing next to me, threw me to the ground, and protected me, as it hopped round and blew in the next door neighbors plate glass window.
Still, so many years passed, I am cautious. Only experienced one other tornado, with slight damage.
When it has been hot out and a cold front comes in, if I am out, I always look at the clouds, swirling, and swiftly streaming by, mixed with those piling up. I am also looking for a little dark grey funnel cloud, checking to see, if there is one, if it is going to touch down.
When I was a young mother, there was such a furious wind that struck our house, I grabbed my children and ran to our basement, got underneath the staircase, and covered them up. The wind kept howling and howling. Sometime went by. Out the basement window, I could see the green grass laid flat. I was concerned and scared. Finally after more time had gone by, I called my husband at his office and asked him, if he was coming home. I said we had a tornado. He laughed at me and said those are just prairie winds. The area we lived, the joke was, put an iron bar out to see which way it bends, to know which way the wind is blowing that day. I don't like that joke.
Just Lois
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jgnat
I got within a mile or two of two killer tornadoes.
The first one (Black Friday) came with torrential rain I had not seen since I had lived in the West Indies. The green sky I will never forget. It took me hours to get home through flooded streets and knocked-out street lights. It felt like the end of the world. My fellow bus passengers huddled around a radio for news.
The second one, Pine Lake, we passed on Queen Elizabeth Highway as the tornado set down. I remember saying, "Look, honey! Green sky!" and wondered aloud if a tornado was due. I never clued in that the pontoon boats and heavy emergency vehicles, rushing towards the campground behind us, was heading to a disaster site.
I always watch out for the unique set of conditions for a killer tornado. Don't have to worry about them here in the mountains.