I know it has become popular to take a vacation and chase tornadoes. My husband spent many years as a storm chaser and I know it can be exciting but I would be remiss if I did not share with you at least a bit of what you could be caught in. . .

The rain is beginning to get harder, the rain isn't too bad yet . . .
The rain begins to pound down harder, hail begins to get larger . . .
After the above picture we were forced to take cover in our safe. The previous owners installed a real live bank safe that came from the First National Bank of Olney, Texas. It saved the employees' lives when they were forced to take cover in it from a tornado. We use it as our storm shelter. We could hear the tornado as it passed by our home. It sounded like a rope sounds when you swing it over your head. The electricity goes out. The hail increased in size until it reached SOFTBALL size (that wasn't a misprint). The good people of Seymour were blessed because no one was killed. There was much damage however . . .
Many including me lost pets because of the hail, roofs were destroyed, cars were totaled, windows were smashed along with many other items.
When we came out this is what we saw (we never know what to expect) We were so thankful to still have our home and trees.
Some of the flooded areas were too deep for anything lower than a pickup




Debbie
2 comments:
Yes,I have been in 2 and very cloe to several more.Nope,I don't want to chase them I want to outrun them.haha...Ann
These are such striking shots of weather in action - and weather that we don't have here. We read about it, but seeing all these different stages really brings it home what ferocious weather conditions you can have.
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