What a night !!

[jkwnt9]

Got hit by tornados last night at 8:30 and then again at 1:45am. Lots of damage, No power, running on generator right now. I got the house all sealed up and took care of the neighbors houses, everyone is helping each other. The 1 thing I want to pass along is that " When you here the tornado sirens- SEEK SHELTER IMEDIATLY- There was only a few minutes warning and thankfully no one was hurt in the nieghborhood.
When they say a tornado sounds like a freight train, They are correct!

Well I gotta go
Jon

[Lew]

Luck to you Jon. Glad you came through ok. Hope it didn't scuff you up too bad. Let us know.

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Lew

[Jonezee]

I hear you brother, here in S.E. Michigan, Washtanaw County, up most of the night with lightning strikes and thunder all around. Tornado watch from early this morning, just expired an hour ago. Winds now gusting up to 45, suppose to gust up to 60 by midnight and start snowing and lasting through all day tomorrow. Lost power for a time also. 69 degrees at noon today, will be snowing by tonight. I am ham radio operator so will but on the tornado/storm watch net again tonight. Glad you are OK, yes, good neighbors are a real blessing. 3-13-06

[ohiotuber]

Glad to hear you are ok. An after dark tornado has to be scary as can be since you can't see it.
Mike

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[Jim Hatch]

Hey Jon,

As a young boy, I was watching my Mom
and Dad playing canasta with the neighbors
at our kitchen table. There came a terrific
noise not unlike an express train scooting
past the station and a sound of breakage
which included a utility room window in our
house. It also accounted for our neighbors,
who were in our house playing cards, losing
thier house to a tornado. Had they been
home, they could have been badly injured or
killed. The house was totaled. We lost the
one window in the utility room.

Last year, I was pulling into the yard
looking at the dark clouds descending on us
when the radio reported a tornado sighted
very near our home. I got out of the truck
and watched the tornado pass about 500 yards
from our home. Phew! Scarey kritters they
are. Glad you made it through it OK. I've
experienced the fear, but not the loss. I
hope we never do. Warm regards, Jim

[nighthawk]

John,
Prayers to you and your community. I have been through several of these nasties. Always respect the power of nature and heed the warnings.

[MOturkE]

My wife's uncle is living in temporary housing because his home was torn up last night near Wheatland, MO and her cousin's business (Autobody shop, I think) in/near Wheatland was completely demolished.

We heard sirens and had hail as big as ping-pong balls here in Independence, MO. I was worried they were gonna go through the soft-top on the Wrangler, but they didn't.

We had a few deaths in MO from the storms. It was one of the busiest nights for tornadoes in many years. Thankfully, the doppler radar system really shows the rotation in the storms with such accuracy, they're able to warn people and save lives.



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[Betty Hiner]

MOturkE

We passed through Wheatland early Monday morning on our way to Lebanon. The destruction to homes and businesses was incredible. The power company had just arrived to try to reestablish electricity ... but with power poles splintered it was going to be a long session. The power of a tornado is beyond words. Huge trees were littered with metal strips (wrapped around the trunks), insulation and clothing ... at least the ones that remained partially standing. There was massive destruction all through the Ozarks, and a number of people killed. When we drove back through yesterday, people were pulling together, cleaning up the debris, tarps on top of houses, where roofs once were. Forsythia bushes in full bloom, in front of where houses once stood.
107 tornadoes this past weekend, and we're not even into spring yet.

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[rookie]

my sincere prayers are with all of you experiencing these frightful times. God Bless each of you and your communities.

[jkwnt9]

Thanks for all the nice replies, we got power back last night (the furnace felt good). I have to give the power crews and city employees a big atta boy. They have done a fantastic job under difficult circumstances. Now I hope that things will start to get back to normal.
Thanks again everyone.
Jon