Tornado

Radio blasted the grating sound used for a weather advisory. Severe storms in the Tazewell area. This reminded me of the tornado that hit the old farm house in Iowa..

My sisters were required to release their room to our company that came from Arizona. So we girls were all piled into my bedroom. The summer heat was suffocating , windows were open wide. When I entered my room I made a comment about what a strange oder was in the room. Immediately my sisters thought I was making a dispareging remark about their hygiene..but before I could rebutt the storm hit and everyone jumped to shut the windows.

Mom was home from her classes at Woodward and was up in the bathroom when the storm hit. She tried to wake dad up but his good ear was down in the pillow. She finally got him awake enough to tell him the tree outside the bathroom window was twisting around. He mumble something to the effect that this storm was nothing to worry about..she missed the big one that came through earlier in the week.

We went out the next morning...the mulberry tree was twisted off it's roots but lying away from the house. The big hay barn was twisted on it's frame . The pole barn looked good from the house but it really had the east side torn away. The garden tiller that had been setting next to the pump house was now resting on top of the pump house and the garden hose wrapped around the tillers.

We were amazed that our visitors did not get electricuted when the came back to the darkened house. The power line from the transformer to the house had pulled away from the house and could have easily tripped/electricuted the visitors.

While the storm earlier that week had caused massive damage to farms around the county our family was left untouched..The good folks were commenting that Ford must be truly protected by the Lord...However, 3 days later only our farm touched by the Iowa tornado..