We just had our first big tornado scare. The big storm was predicted to hit us with a “tornado likelihood” in Wells Branch of 6.8/10. The weather folks couldn’t sound more excited that they were getting to use their new toys. They did their best to temper it with concern, but it was pretty obvious.
They have a pretty accurate (well precise anyway) predictor of when the storm will hit a given area. We gathered up the kids and Mom of course and all huddled in the downstairs bath. If you’ve ever been in that bath you know it is pretty hard to get in by yourself, let alone with four other people. Thankfully two of those people are rather small.
Wesley slept through most of it only waking up briefly and is now back in bed. Jillian is up having a great time. I imagine she’ll stay that way for at least another hour.
Other areas were getting hail as large as four inches in diameter. So I headed outside and put the plastic kayak on top of the fiberglass one and tucked a few other things away. Luckily the storm turned a bit north and we didn’t have any hail, just a few minutes of extremely heavy rain. Our house has a new roof (three years I think) because of hail damage from a similar storm.
So, now we are just watching the news. Both relieved and at least Mom and I are a bit disappointed. Looks like another storm front is heading right this way again. I don’t think it will be as bad and I’m not too worried. We’ll let you know if we end up homeless.
