Once again, violent weather took center stage in our state and others on Saturday evening. Because we were in the warning area for severe thunderstorms with the possibility of tornadoes, we gathered essentials into our designated safe room, the kitchen pantry, and then stayed glued to the television for weather reports.
We got only a brief thunderstorm before the front moved east toward towns where Hubbie's family live. He phoned his daughter to make sure everyone over there was aware of the warnings. They were. So we sat on the edges of our seats until the storms passed further east and out of the state.
In the meantime, tornado warnings cropped up south of us, near towns where my family live. We remained glued to the TV until the storms eased in that part of the state, and we could breathe a sigh of relief.
Unfortunately, a town way south of us did get hit with a tornado and suffered power outages and a lot of property damage, but, thank God, no casualties.
Finally, at 9 p.m., the storms abated and began moving out of the state, so we could relax and watch a couple of one-hour shows on DVD to de-stress before bedtime.
Our state is very storm-weary, but we are already hearing that more of the severe stuff may be headed our way mid-week. That's several days off, so hopefully things will change for the better by that time.
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There's a storm cellar out here now, so Son and Dog got in it with the guys who live right next door. I need to put some emergency gear and rations in there, though, and something to sit on.
Good. That must give you some ease of mind! Wish we had one. We've talked about building a safe room, but probably won't get around to it.
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