Spence has spent nearly 5 summers in a row calming me down during thunderstorms explaining that tornadoes can't hit in the south and something abotu physics and moutnains...I don't know. What I do know is that he will never again utter those words. He came to the basement with me last night and never made fun of my over-preparedness one time. Turns out the emergency kit comes in handy when tornadoes DO hit in the south! :)
At one point we stopped to use the restroom and noticed the sound of water...and then watched as it flowed into our basement through the wall in the basement workshop. Spence worked the shop-vac as I stuffed old towels and dust rags under the door. Awesome!
The following are some pictures from the internet-not me because people who go out side to "watch" the storms are about as intelligent as people who drive 56 miles to save 2 cents on a gallon of gas as far as I am concerned!
It hailed so hard at one point that Spence was convinced it was the sound of the shingles and siding blowing clean off our house. I reminded him that it was probably just rain and hail as I have grown up listening to storms like this.
Here is the difference, though, between an Ohio tornado and a TN tornado...Ohio WARNS PEOPLE! Seriously, had we not installed basic cable a few weeks ago we'd still be sitting upstairs watching American Idol on the laptop not having a clue how bad it really was outside. Not a single siren went off...not one.
Seriously, Southerners...there are worst natural disasters than Dale Jr. not winning in overall points. Have a PLAN people!
The good news is that no one we know was hurt. The area was hit hard and people are still freaking out but damaged signs and trees can be fixed. If I were running for office down here my platform may have just changed to installing updated weather alert systems!
You gotta just love Mother Nature at her finest. I would never drive 56 miles to save 2 cents on a gallon of gas but storms are fun to watch outside in the breezeway! I am glad that noone was hurt especially Lil Zeb! Papaw
ReplyDeleteHOLY COW !!!! Was that funnel cloud close to you?!! You could hurt somebody with that chunk of hail!! HAHA!!;) I hope Spence changed his mind about where tornadoes can hit. We never thought Heath would get it either.I guess sooner or later your luck runs out. Glad no one was hurt!
ReplyDeleteTake care. Love you guys Linda Pinda
I looked up Webb's store and the menu special was "Sadie Burgers"? do you get tots with that? i hope that all of the storms are gone for the year down there. Come out, Come out, where ever you are and meet the young lady who fell from a star! haha Guess who?
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