"Come here, Mommy" said Naomi, "Look at the lightning--there's so many."
I went by our bay window to take a peek. "Your right." I replied as I took assessment of the clouds. Within a minute the storm ferociously came in--"Ravi, get Daddy's flashlight--hurry."
The lights flickered. Thunder and heavy rain pounded our home like never before. We took refuge downstairs. After an hour and a half it stopped---I thought we were in the clear.
Then the second storm came in. I ran out to the window again. This time it was worse. The swirling winds were menacing. The trees in front which once stood straight now all bent an horrible upside down "L" shapes. I knew this wasn't good. Mentally, I went into extreme emergency mode as I tried to figure out how to get 8 sleeping children back down into the basement in case of the worst scenario--a tornado.
BAM--the lights went out. Emergency vehicles were flying up and down the road. We looked closely outside and saw that a ditch and tunnel made to drain water overflowed onto the streets making for very hazardous conditions. Our back up sump pump could not keep up with the water---we had to resort to scooping water with a pan in the dark. Then we found water creeping into the bathroom drain very slowly---thank God my husband made it home around this time (I still can't believe he drove through the storms).
Hours earlier, a non-related incident happened, a water pipe had busted in front of our home sending a river of water down the street. There were emergency crews out there all night repairing the damage---resulting also in the water being briefly turned off during it all.
The next day when our power came back I found out from the same storm system came 3 tornadoes in different areas---one only about 10-15 minutes from my home---an F2!!!! For those of you wondering what wind gusts are for an F2--they are winds from 111 to 135 mph!!!! And a funnel cloud reported even closer to my home they say leveled and devastated a huge building.
Why am I sharing this? Because I was SCARED! SCARED out of my mind---but I just wanted to let you know that God is good---too good--because we are still here and no one died in any of these tornadoes.
Praise God.
And believe me, we are all hugging eachother a little more tighter today.
Hours earlier, a non-related incident happened, a water pipe had busted in front of our home sending a river of water down the street. There were emergency crews out there all night repairing the damage---resulting also in the water being briefly turned off during it all.
The next day when our power came back I found out from the same storm system came 3 tornadoes in different areas---one only about 10-15 minutes from my home---an F2!!!! For those of you wondering what wind gusts are for an F2--they are winds from 111 to 135 mph!!!! And a funnel cloud reported even closer to my home they say leveled and devastated a huge building.
Why am I sharing this? Because I was SCARED! SCARED out of my mind---but I just wanted to let you know that God is good---too good--because we are still here and no one died in any of these tornadoes.
Praise God.
And believe me, we are all hugging eachother a little more tighter today.
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