irishmist
Well-Known Member
Last night was probably the worst thing I have ever experienced in my entire life!
Being Canadian, I am not used to this kind of weather, sure there have been tornadoes but they never came this close before.
My husband Michael, used to be a storm watcher in this town yearsago. So he knows what signs to look for. Forty fiveminutes before, when they predicted what the severe "thunder storm" wasbringing, we grabbed everything we needed to ride out thestorm. Tornadoes are not supposed to hit in November!
My first thought was not to my safety, but to my rabbits! Andof course Cleo was out because she is free roam and Pez wasnot in his cage. They knew something was coming, so the chasewas on to get them caged! Michael has been ill lately sorushing and hauling is not a possibility for him. So here Iam grabbing, food, water, rabbit food, bowls, towels, coats, pillowsand blankets and of course the rabbits and one of the biggercages. Have learned that rabbits are not very cooperativewhen they are scared. I put Cleo and Pez in their cage,dragged the cage to the bathroom. I then went for Gracie andSapphire, you all know what it is like to get a rabbit out ofa cage, when it does not want to be. I basically had to grabthem by their neck and haul them out of the cage... (rethinking thedepth of the NIC cage). I can not haul that cage into thebathroom, so what do I do with them? I threw them into thebathtub, which of course panicked them more because they were not surefooted. I put a towel down, then went for Anwyn, she was easyand just went with the flow. I had been introducing them, butthey had never been thrown together, but all went well with them.
So now we are all in the bathroom with barely enough room tobreathe. I took me 7 minutes to throw everything inthere. We now wait for the storm to hit, and I amterrified. Tornadoes at night are not usual, in most casesyou can't see them coming during the day, so imagine at 2:00 in themorning, you can see even less. We had a one person radio inthe bathroom, so we were able to keep up on the news reports.When the tornado finally hit this area it missed us by 1mile. It cut a half mile swatch and a path of 20miles. So far there have been 15 people killed, and 160injured. It wiped out houses, in this area, and wiped out atrailer park not far from here.
And, of course this has been reported all over the place and I get aphone call from Canada, first thing this morning from my Mom.I hoped against hope that it had not reached that far, all I needed wasmy parents being more worried about me than they already are.
We were left physically unscathed by the tornadoes wrath. Mentally I am not so sure!
Please open your hearts and say a prayer for those devastated by this tradgedy.
Susan
Being Canadian, I am not used to this kind of weather, sure there have been tornadoes but they never came this close before.
My husband Michael, used to be a storm watcher in this town yearsago. So he knows what signs to look for. Forty fiveminutes before, when they predicted what the severe "thunder storm" wasbringing, we grabbed everything we needed to ride out thestorm. Tornadoes are not supposed to hit in November!
My first thought was not to my safety, but to my rabbits! Andof course Cleo was out because she is free roam and Pez wasnot in his cage. They knew something was coming, so the chasewas on to get them caged! Michael has been ill lately sorushing and hauling is not a possibility for him. So here Iam grabbing, food, water, rabbit food, bowls, towels, coats, pillowsand blankets and of course the rabbits and one of the biggercages. Have learned that rabbits are not very cooperativewhen they are scared. I put Cleo and Pez in their cage,dragged the cage to the bathroom. I then went for Gracie andSapphire, you all know what it is like to get a rabbit out ofa cage, when it does not want to be. I basically had to grabthem by their neck and haul them out of the cage... (rethinking thedepth of the NIC cage). I can not haul that cage into thebathroom, so what do I do with them? I threw them into thebathtub, which of course panicked them more because they were not surefooted. I put a towel down, then went for Anwyn, she was easyand just went with the flow. I had been introducing them, butthey had never been thrown together, but all went well with them.
So now we are all in the bathroom with barely enough room tobreathe. I took me 7 minutes to throw everything inthere. We now wait for the storm to hit, and I amterrified. Tornadoes at night are not usual, in most casesyou can't see them coming during the day, so imagine at 2:00 in themorning, you can see even less. We had a one person radio inthe bathroom, so we were able to keep up on the news reports.When the tornado finally hit this area it missed us by 1mile. It cut a half mile swatch and a path of 20miles. So far there have been 15 people killed, and 160injured. It wiped out houses, in this area, and wiped out atrailer park not far from here.
And, of course this has been reported all over the place and I get aphone call from Canada, first thing this morning from my Mom.I hoped against hope that it had not reached that far, all I needed wasmy parents being more worried about me than they already are.
We were left physically unscathed by the tornadoes wrath. Mentally I am not so sure!
Please open your hearts and say a prayer for those devastated by this tradgedy.
Susan
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