This week has been a crazy week.

On Tuesday evening we were sitting at the kitchen table. Is was raining fairly hard and family windy. All of a  sudden the intensity of the wind increased three fold.

I said to the kids, “Okay everyone, Powder Room, now !!!!”

It lasted about 2 minutes, we lost power and it was still raining.

We had just been side glanced by an EF-2 (around 135 miles per hour winds) tornado.

We got off fairly easily.

I have been in cyclones, earthquakes and now a tornado. The damage that can be done by these in such a short space of time makes them extra dangerous, compared to cyclones.  I’ve never experienced anything quite like it.

Here is a link to a video of it: https://facebook.com/ajcella/videos/10219734847911567/

A Video of the Tornado

Video of the Tornado

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below are some pictures that we took then and the day after.

Firstly a map that shows the route and how blessed that we were. The black circle shows where we are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s how close the car was to being hit by a part of a tree:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This one shows how much force the tornado had. This is the wrought iron fence that was around the pool. Is was completely flattened:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This one shows damage to one of our neighbor’s homes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Video of the Tornado

Video of the Tornado

 

 

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