The Weather

Boy, were we counting our blessings yesterday.  On Sunday night, the girls and I were at church when the deacons came in halfway through and warned us of the tornado warning sirens going off in town with the storm "coming our way".  We evacuated the sanctuary and moved to more interior spaces.  After a 30 minute or so sit, they gave the all clear.  The girls and I headed out to my parents' house to pick up a few things before heading home.  Halfway to their house at 7:00 pm, I called my mom because although the sky in town was clearing up, it was very menacing looking in the sky out towards their house.  She said that the electricity was out at their house, but the tornado warnings had been lifted, though it had just hailed at their house.  The girls thought that playing at GMama & Grandaddy's house in the dark with candles and flashlights was tremendously exciting.  When we got ready to head home, we were diverted through 3 different streets and took the VERY long way around.  We never could get close enough to the roadblocks to see exactly what was going on.  

As we drove back out to the neighborhood yesterday, it was obvious that a tornado had come through.  The path of destruction was no more than 200 yards from my parents' house.  The storm passed through as we were driving to their house the night before - AFTER the all clear had been given, sirens had been turned off and the tv returned to regular programming.  Two big trees fell on a trailer just around the corner and killed a man sitting inside.  Otherwise, no injuries but a crazy amount of trees down.  

There have been several severe storms in the last few months - enough that this novice girl hasn't been taking them as seriously as I should.  The damage I saw yesterday is enough to put it all into perspective and make me count my blessings.  Mama - I promise to do better.  :)  My Daddy took these pictures yesterday of a couple of neighbors' houses.  

 

In other weather news, I checked temperatures before bed last night so that I'd be able to plan outfits for the kids for today.  The current temperature in Alabama last night at bedtime was 57 degrees.  In Lemoore, California it was 91 degrees.  More blessings to count.  :)