Tornado pic from local news channel 5
Well….we had a very rocky start to Spring here in North Texas. April 3, 2012 will go down in History for us Texans.
We had expected rain and possible hail over night the night before the 3rd. Woke up and nothing….no rain, no hail, nothing! I took the littlest kid to school at 8 and picked him up at 11. It was mostly cloudy but we still had plenty of sun. I get home and since I wasn’t feeling well I took advantage of our brand new furniture (got it 2 days before that day). Since the rain was coming my allergies went CRAZY! So we were laying down and the weather radio goes off….warning about severe thunderstorms, no biggie–car’s in the garage. Laid back down with my comfy blankie and a few minutes later it goes off again! SERIOUSLY!! We have the weather radio by the bed because that’s the best place for it while we sleep. It’ll wake us up and not the kids (don’t worry….because we can wake the kids if necessary).
So after it going off multiple times I decided I wasn’t going to be able to rest and I turned the news on. All of a sudden there were tornado’s like crazy!! And I mean like crazy!! As of April 10, 2012 there have been 17 tornado’s confirmed.
The most amazing thing is this video….you can actually see 18 wheelers being tossed in the air!!!
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My entire family (even hubbs side) and most of my friends were were every tornado hit. We only had to take cover once but I’m so glad we weren’t affected personally by this tragedy. The one thing I wasn’t sure of was should I get my son from school. I wound up leaving him there. After hearing this woman’s story about her split second decision I now know that I made the right choice by leaving him there. Growing up in Texas my Momma always told me that you were safer inside a place than out. If your out find a ditch. These are the things we have to think about growing up in Tornado Alley. I left him there knowing they’d do their best taking care of my baby.
For more pictures and video’s click here.
My heart goes out to each person affected.
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