Entirely Too Close

[MattNW]

Had some thunderstorms through here today. Was a big cell coming up from the southwest and I was watching it out the window. Sky was looking really wierd and I heard a roar I thought at first was thunder but it didn't die out. We headed for the laundry room until things cleared up.

Found out later that a tornado passed less than a mile from the house. Somone's home about a mile north east was flattened completely to the foudation they're ooking for that house in Oz right now. Luckily no reported injuries however but a neighbor has a tree through his living room tonight.

[Jakemaster]

sounds scary.  Cold front just hit us like a ton of bricks about 5 hours ago.  There was one thunder that was a huge boom, followed by a lot of low rumbling noise.  Sounded like the FA-18 at the airshow after its really high spead pass

[MattNW]

You must be north or west of us. Just now noticing the wind swinging around from SE to W and NW and expect the temps to drop soon. Just got a new stove and I'll be installing it in the cold tomorrow. Glad it came in today so I can use it cause it looks like it's going to be needed.

Take back that no injuries. One person with a broken leg and less than two miles from here they are having a hard time getting into the area because of debris and downed power lines. Still power here at our place.

[Scorpiоn]

The sky turned yellow again.  It always happens when I don't have my camera. I suppose this is the sunset plus the clouds scattering the light?  Who knows.  Nothing but some rain around these parts.

[TacitBlue]

We had rain and then snow, then both at the same time today with lots of wind and temps around 30* F. It's been a nasty day.

[Jakemaster]

You must be north or west of us.

Um, wanna guess again? lol, try directly south.  Cold front just arrived yesterday, so we went from 80 degree weather to 50

[Saitek]

I was talking to a friend in Texas yesterday who said there was a bad lightning storm going on.  ::)

[MattNW]

Took a ride up the road to see if anyone needed any help cleaning up. There was multiple tornados from the same storm. One field had 5 paths through it. Two houses totally gone (nobody home at the time luckily), a hog barn (hogs are OK) and a chicken barn (somewhere to the north east it was raining chickens yesterday  ;D).

At least people believed me this time when I said there was a tornado. I witnessed the Easter tornado in the 70's Indianapolis when I was 6. We had a bunch of company over for the holiday and I went inside and told them there was a tornado outside. They thought I was pretending and my uncle told me to go chase it away. About that second the sirens went off. I said, "I told you there was a tornado".  ;D

[Scorpiоn]

About that second the sirens went off.

I wish Houston had a siren.  Either that or big cities don't use them.