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I just talked to my 12 year old a couple weeks ago about tornados. She had a severe reaction to any bad weather and was really afraid about the possibility of tornados. I told her that in the 45 years on this earth, I had never been around a tornado here in Michigan and there was nothing really to worry about.
Today a tornado ripped through our town of Dexter. Praise God that there were no severe injuries or deaths. However, there was lots of damage, and my daughter is now more terrified then ever and sleeping in our bed.
I always though that it would be kind of cool to see a tornado, but after seeing one in my rear view mirror as picked up my kids from Lacrosse practice, I have decided that I never, ever want to see one again.
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Hopefully your place didn't receive any of the damage...
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No damage at our house, just lots of hail. Our town (I teach and coach there) was hit pretty hard and we lost a bunch of houses and a few businesses.
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Good to hear you didn't get any damage. Houses and buildings can be replaced, lives cannot. There is at least something to be thankful for.
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I saw that on the weather channel Coach. Glad you're O.K.
Don't you just love how mother nature can make a liar out of you? You just can't say never with mother nature!
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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Tornadoes are common place here. We know the safety because it happens several times a year.
Mother Nature has been acting strange in last couple of years. I have seen things that 70 year olds have seen one or twice.
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Brian, I knew you were in the area, but didn't know how close it was. I'm thankful that you and your family are safe.
I know the feeling that you have, I was thru the first tornado that touched down in Indiana during the Palm Sunday Tornado's in the '60's. The house that we were in had some damage, and we were very lucky that we didn't get hit worse. Large trees fell just the right way and missed the house, although we lost maybe 8 24" dia or larger Oak Trees. I looked out the picture window (no basement) and watched it go thru the center of the lake in front of the house. It wasn't until years later that I realized that the center of the tornado was 700 feet away. That one, classified in the old system, was an F3.
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I just saw it on the news. There were actually 3 tornado's.
They are pretty rare in MI, especially this early in the season.
They said the one in Dexter was the most serious.
Glad you are OK.
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Also glad that you're OK.
Those darn things aren't uncommon enough here to suit me. Our schools actually have tornado drills like other places have fire drills. I've been through several of them and they aren't unusual enough to suit me. When I was a farm Kid on the NW Texas plains(Muleshoe area) every farm house had either a basement or tornado shelter. Those are no longer common, especially in town.
Brian, develop a family game plan for tornado survival. I expect that you're good at game plans. It generally includes finding the safest place in the house, usually an interior closet, but might be a hall that keeps you away from flying glass. Get a really good, battery operated, weather radio and keep the batteries refreshed. Be prepared to jerk mattresses off beds and get under them.
Identifying practices to keep safe might help your Daughters outlook. Lots of information of this type are on the internet and you might want to involve your daughter in the research.
BTW, this should also include a game plan and practices on what to do in case of a house fire.
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A house with a basement will never be more appreciated.
Glad your family unit came thru with ok, Coach.
Now ya got me thinkin' again about a storm shelter at the pond project.
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Hey Coach good to hear you and your family are ok, I'm glad Tornados are rare here also.
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Glad to hear you made it. Sad for those who lost their homes...
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
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Thanks for all the well wishes. I have met only a few of you, but time and again, I am reminded how great this community of pond people is. The clean up efforts will start this morning. With all the destruction, it is truly God's blessing that no one was killed or even seriously hurt.
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Also glad that you're OK.
Those darn things aren't uncommon enough here to suit me. Our schools actually have tornado drills like other places have fire drills. I've been through several of them and they aren't unusual enough to suit me. When I was a farm Kid on the NW Texas plains(Muleshoe area) every farm house had either a basement or tornado shelter. Those are no longer common, especially in town.
Brian, develop a family game plan for tornado survival. I expect that you're good at game plans. It generally includes finding the safest place in the house, usually an interior closet, but might be a hall that keeps you away from flying glass. Get a really good, battery operated, weather radio and keep the batteries refreshed. Be prepared to jerk mattresses off beds and get under them.
Identifying practices to keep safe might help your Daughters outlook. Lots of information of this place are on the internet and you might want to involve your daughter in the research.
BTW, this should also include a game plan and practices on what to do in case of a house fire. Agreed. May think about wearing some sort of a helment to. Tornado Safety Check out that link.
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Glad everyone is OK. Newburgh Ind has been hit by 3 in eight years. One 2 blocks to the south east, one 1/2 mile to the north west (killed 22) the last one this month F1 just did damage no deaths 1/2 mile south. You will be supprised how many people, agencies and churches will come out to help those in need.
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you are right. The response today was incredible. The devastation was also incredible. We have lots of work to do, but the healing that happened today for the kids was great.
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Glad to hear your o.k we just had hail here in chelsea.
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