The night of the tornado

On Sunday evening March 28, 2010 our family didn't even know we were under tornado warning and how bad it was. Mike and I were surfing for used cars on the internet while our kids were watching Harry Potter the movie. After the movie was over Mike wanted to see the score for the Final Four on Basketball. Well, to his surprise instead of seeing the score he saw the tornado warning. He quickly told me and put us all in the hallway away from windows infront of our half bathroom. We gathered flashlights, pillows, and blankets for the kids. He put a movie on his work laptop, said a prayer, and all snuggle together for the next couple of hours.

We even looked outside but didn't think it was to bad. We have been in worst storms before. It was heavy rain and a little wind. But we weren't to nervous because we thought they always say this and usually everything is just fine. But WOW! We were sure humble and learned a BIG lesson from this. The warning is true and is meant to be followed. You never know but it is always better to be safe.

The first tornado came through and we thought it was over. We started to get our kids ready for scripture time and bedtime when we were put back on tornado warning. So we all decided to sleep in our little hallway together as a family. If we needed to we would go into our half bathroom. We don't have a basement which not many houses do.

We would keep checking the news and we did hear it came through and hit the neighborhood down the street from us. But we didn't know how bad until the next day. Then it really touched home. We were so blessed as a family but we will continue to pray for all the many homes and businesses that were affected.

We have learned now that we do get tornado's here and last year one touched down about 3 miles from our house. So we will have to be careful and always be prepared. We have lived here for about 6 months and didn't know how severe it is. We wished they had sirens here to warn us but we will have to invest in a weather radio.