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Apr. 10, 2008 - More Tornadoes

If you still believe that tornadoes can't touch down in metro areas then you are really stuck in the dark ages. I know that was a myth that debunked after the OKC tornado in May of 1999 (or earlier but that one was a whopper.)

I had the most frightening experience last night. First of all, my youngest has croup so my dh and I were up alot last night with him. Underdog was up more. He's so awesome. He will always sacrifice his sleep to let me sleep. Who says there aren't any gentleman left?

I tried to sleep but I couldn't. I was really worried about Little Man.

When I checked the weather at 8pm I heard that we were expecting a squall line of thunderstorms. The winds were going to get pretty high. But the chance of tornadoes were none. That changed at 11pm. We were told there was potential for tornadoes. So I go to bed with the though on my mind. . .would I hear the sirens (like I wouldn't - they are 2 blocks behind me.) Then Little Man woke up and I forgot all about it. About 4am I woke up to strong storms outside. My clock was flashing so we had lost power at some point. Then I heard a huge gut of wind hit the house. Then my heart froze. The warning sirens went off. Underdog had only just gotten in bed and fallen asleep. I sat up and told him the sirens were going off. He asked me what we should do. I thought that was such an odd question for a man who is very controlled in temperament. I asked him later about it and he said he was just really out of it because he's just fallen asleep. I told him to get dressed and get the kids. I went in to my closet (Praise God we had electricity) to get shoes because I didn't have shoes downstairs. Next thing I know there are 3 children in my room. They were rather calm for 4am in the midst of a tornado warning. We sent them downstairs and they obeyed. You would have to understand my surprise. We really struggle to establish first time obedience in them. And I have often warned them that one of these days there will come a time when they need to obey and they are going to question us at the wrong time. I commended them in the closet on their obedience. I was very proud of them.

Underdog and I rushed into the boys room to grab the little boys. I help The Linebacker Stater Kit down the stairs. I think he flew down the stairs because I was going really fast and shaking to death. I sent him after daddy and ran to the kitchen to grab flashlights. Then we hunkered down.

Nothing happened. After about 15 minutes we noticed the calm. The computer was down that Underdog grabbed so we didn't have access to the internet in the closet (I have a laptop that he ran to grab after a few minutes in the closet.) Finally we decided to step out of the closet and check radar. They were just announcing that the warning had expired for Collin County. But that wasn't until after things had been damaged.

I don't think they have determined yet if it was a tornado or not. Some places we saw today looked like a sheet of wind just ripped through there. Other places looked like a tornado had definitely gone through there. A good portion of my home town still had power out today. Trees and fences were gone. We were very fortunate. Yesterday afternoon there a county west of us that had tornadoes touch down. Homes were destroyed and there were some injuries but nothing serious. I won't say there isn't damage. There were several homes in the process of being built that were leveled. One gentleman I saw on the news today had his roof ripped off closer to Fort Worth. We found out later in the news cast that he didn't have home owners insurance. Ouch!!! There were several schools and districts that canceled as well. It was a rough morning.

Schmoo had school this afternoon but I wanted to keep her home to rest. But then I remember that all the parents had been invited to come observe the class to see how their day works. With Little Man sick I couldn't have my babysitter come. Underdog was so tired this morning that I was able to convince him to take a sick day. That worked out well because his company didn't have power all morning. He was able to stay home while I got to go to school with Schmoo. More on that later.

On a lighter note, our neighbors now have 5 expected babies. If I can keep the Linebacker from going out that door and slamming it, we might actually have some eggs hatch in a few weeks. It just occurred to me that I didn't see the daddy bird today. I hope he's alright. The wind was fierce last night. It was so hard that we had leaves plastered to the sides of the house and car.

I am headed to bed now. I am tired and expecting to get up in a few hours with Little Man.

Apr. 24, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by jsgay97

Praise God you're all alright!
Jennifer

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