Pray for us with bad weather coming!

[susanep]

Thank you Joe, and we are safe,  it's cooler now so it seems to be over I hope. I did end up trying out some of those tones. It was calming.

susanep

[Pisces24]

I just called my cousin who lives in extreme Southern TN. They are ok - got hail and rain but no flooding.  Minersville, AL - kinda a suburb of Huntsville got hit pretty hard. She has a granddaughter bussed to school there. They took em out of school to the Nat'l Guard Armory underground. She said the school sustained heavy damage.

Cousin said Alabama got hit pretty hard and she wasn't sure if they were letting people come in the areas or not as they were not yesterday.

Glad all are ok!!!

[genko_b]

Do we know if all "our folks" got through OK? It certainly has been strange weather this winter.

Genko

[harrigan]

I've just been catching up on the news and hoping that you are all safe and families and friends too.  What a terrible time it must have been.  Thinking of you and hoping to hear all is well  xx Ailsa

[Meld256]

susanep,

I'm glad to hear you're ok! This round of tornados through TN and Ky have been really awful Wed. and Friday, Mar. 2 was even worse.

I was pretty anxious myself, being in midst of this in SE Kentucky.  Laurel Co. Ky is the county next to ours and where one hit and there were several lives lost yesterday.  I pray for all their families and all the others affected by this.
We had one tornado on the ground just to the south of us that fizzled out near the Tn border, so I was "hunkered down" and ready.

Listening to all the reports of so much damage today; I'm feeling thankful we were missed and sad that so many lives were affected in many states around the country.

Blessings to all, 
Melinda

[irish]

This weather is almost beyond belief. I told my hubby tonight that to be hit by a tornado and come out of the ruins alive and see a little damage here and there is one thing. But, to come out of the ruins and see ruins as far as the eye can see would leave you with the most discouraged desolate feeling in the world.

I look at the mess and wonder where they will start. Where will they pile it all?? How stringent are the rules and regulations about disposal of this stuff. If they have to sort it out down to each board it could drive you to despair.

Sorry, just venting. My thoughts and prayers are certainly with all of these folks. The year isn't over and it could very well be me. irish

[susanep]

Our weather has turned colder again, so yesterday we had some snow flurries. I will take the snow over those storms.

I am so sorry for the lives lost, and pray for their families. It is so sad.

My nephew and his family with 4 little girls got caught in a lock down in our local walmart the other day when we had the storms. I was glad the store was taking precautions though. And yes, the year is just beginning.

susanep

[A66eyroad]

Threw the couch cusions into the (1920's cast iron) bathtub in case DH and I needed to bunk there for the night on Friday. Happily, we were just fine, although others in our area didn't fare as well.

Thanks to all for your thoughts and prayers.

[Meld256]

A66ey,

You sound like me; I was ready to go to the tub, too.  However, we live in a mobile home for now and the tub wouldn't have done much service.  There's a large grocery a block away; my plan in real emergency is to go to the walk-in cooler!

My husband had his usual "it'll be ok" attitude all day Friday until the reports came in from all around us. He works in the county north of us, just 15 miles, where East Berstadt Ky was leveled by a tornado.  Many of his co-workers had family and friends who lived there. 

His company held a fund-raising lunch yesterday for those affected. He took food and a donation. I think he has a much different attitude about these warnings now.  Hopefully, the spring will be less destructive than we think but I believe I'll be able to get him to "take cover now" a lot more seriously!