At 3:45 I was awakened from a nap by the sound of an emergency alert on my phone. There was a tornado warning. Lily was also napping on her bed, so I grabbed the entire crate and a few books and headed to the bathroom.
Since I don’t have a basement, Lily and I hung out for a while in the bathroom.
At 4:30, the warning expired, but a new one replaced it. A tornado had touched the ground 5 miles west of my condo! Suddenly, I could hear the strong winds and a horrible banging noise. Lily’s tail poofed up because she was so scared. It was hailing, but at first I thought the tornado was tearing things apart. I grabbed Lily and shoved her into her crate and brought it in the tub with me. She settled down a bit, but I was shaking!
The tornado went south of me, touching the ground several times along the way. All we got was a bunch of hail, but it was still terrifying.
Water/hail came out of the downspouts so quickly, the rocks were scattered onto the sidewalk!
The poor little tree outside my window lost a bunch of leaves.
Hail in the soggy, wet grass.
I’m glad my car was tucked safely inside my garage! All the cars are pretty dented up.
Some windows in my complex were broken.
Beautiful clouds after the storm…
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