Yes Don, I thought of you too when I read two more people had been killed near Nashville. Bob
Tennessee Tornadoes!
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Glad you are OK!
Don, I know that we are blessed when we escape uninjured from one of these storms, but damn, it still hurts like hell to see things we have loved and cared for smashed in an instant. Where were you during the storm? Were you wakened by the sirens or just the noise?
After our tornado a couple of weeks after 9/11/2001 when I lost most of my big trees, I was almost tempted to plant bamboo instead of trees because it would not cause so much damage when it came down. I am very sorry that you had to be in the storm's path. And as bad as I felt after our tornado, I could not help but be grateful that it had lifted enough to where it broke our trees, messed up siding and cars, but only two residences had the type of damage that forced people out during the repairs. On the comic side, the sight of me with a chain saw cutting up trees and hauling the pieces out to the street probably had the same effect as one of those pictures where you see the shot of the back of a lady in a gown, but when you see the face, it's a guy with a beard and moustache! And then the gawkers started walking and driving through the neighborhood just staring at our losses. It was such an invasion of our privacy and so embarrassing. Out in front of my house I had cut up trees stacked so high that it looked like Valhalla at the start of Gotterdammerung. I used to love storms, but that cured me. Now there is some fear.
Now I would like to ask those who live in tornado-prone areas, why don't you have basements or at least storm cellars with Dorothy Gale doors?
After our tornado a couple of weeks after 9/11/2001 when I lost most of my big trees, I was almost tempted to plant bamboo instead of trees because it would not cause so much damage when it came down. I am very sorry that you had to be in the storm's path. And as bad as I felt after our tornado, I could not help but be grateful that it had lifted enough to where it broke our trees, messed up siding and cars, but only two residences had the type of damage that forced people out during the repairs. On the comic side, the sight of me with a chain saw cutting up trees and hauling the pieces out to the street probably had the same effect as one of those pictures where you see the shot of the back of a lady in a gown, but when you see the face, it's a guy with a beard and moustache! And then the gawkers started walking and driving through the neighborhood just staring at our losses. It was such an invasion of our privacy and so embarrassing. Out in front of my house I had cut up trees stacked so high that it looked like Valhalla at the start of Gotterdammerung. I used to love storms, but that cured me. Now there is some fear.
Now I would like to ask those who live in tornado-prone areas, why don't you have basements or at least storm cellars with Dorothy Gale doors?
I know Tom. But our soil and water table prevent basements or storm cellers. And I really have no true unprotected center of my house.
Same here, the water table is relatively high, clay soil also. Some older homes have basements, or half basements, but I think that they all usually flood in the winter rains. Makes for good well drilling, though.
Don:WOW!! That tornado sure came to close for comfort-just saw a story about it on Fox News.Scary!!Glad you are OK!!!Too bad about your car!Hope your insurance will cover it.Thats sort of a bad thing-in the West and Midwest-there are storm shelters to hide in--In the South-there isn't-I saw a funnel years ago out here in NC-glad it didn't touch down-but it was close!!In my home at the time---no place to hide!Before I saw the funnel-got golf-ball sized hail-it even woke me up from a mid shift sleep.Thought someone was on my roof-My neighbor wanted to park his car under my carport-let him-so the hail wouldn't tear it up.
Holy smoke, glad you didn't get hurt!
