Last night around 10:30 we were under a tornado warning in my area. A tornado went thru a small town (Harveyville) west of us, damaging about 50% of the town. Another tornado cell formed a little later about 10 miles west of us. When I heard that warning, I did our tornado drill in the house - got all the critters down into the basement with me and kept everyone down there until the storm passed. The key to our drill is to remain totally calm, herd the cats into the basement, and the ones that don't follow are bribed with treats and taken there.
A tornado went thru Branson Missouri last night, and the storms that passed over us are now slamming Kentucky.
Do you have a plan in case of bad weather? After a tornado hit our home in Missouri 9 years ago, we realized how ill prepared we were in a bad storm. That house didn't have a basement, and one of the primary reasons for moving was to get into a house with a basement. We also bought more cat carriers, as we didn't have enough to hold all the cats.
And just as an aside, the tornado that hit Harveyville last night is due east of a town (Eskridge) where our neighbor's father lives. The father is out in Arizona for the winter right now. When I heard that the tornado formed over Eskridge and moved east to Harveyville, I volunteered to drive out to his house to check up on it. The neighbor is going to try to get his brother out there today, and if not, that's what I'll be doing this afternoon. If he lost part of his roof or windows, the house will need to be boarded up to prevent further damage. Since they aren't letting people close to Harveyville today, and I normally drive thru it to get to Eskridge, I'll be taking some weird back roads through Kansas.
A tornado went thru Branson Missouri last night, and the storms that passed over us are now slamming Kentucky.
Do you have a plan in case of bad weather? After a tornado hit our home in Missouri 9 years ago, we realized how ill prepared we were in a bad storm. That house didn't have a basement, and one of the primary reasons for moving was to get into a house with a basement. We also bought more cat carriers, as we didn't have enough to hold all the cats.
And just as an aside, the tornado that hit Harveyville last night is due east of a town (Eskridge) where our neighbor's father lives. The father is out in Arizona for the winter right now. When I heard that the tornado formed over Eskridge and moved east to Harveyville, I volunteered to drive out to his house to check up on it. The neighbor is going to try to get his brother out there today, and if not, that's what I'll be doing this afternoon. If he lost part of his roof or windows, the house will need to be boarded up to prevent further damage. Since they aren't letting people close to Harveyville today, and I normally drive thru it to get to Eskridge, I'll be taking some weird back roads through Kansas.
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