Monday, October 18, 2004

Whew! What a day! Aunt Sherry and I had to jump in the car and rush across town to some friends house because of the storms. There were 3 tornados right in the field behind our house! It rained so hard! The wind blew what little hair I have all over the place! It was loud! We didn't have power until just a few minutes ago, so it was dark for a long time here. When the storm was over, Aunt Sherry went outside to pick up limbs, and dig trenches to drain the water off the yard. The mayor had to go pump out the sewer because it overflowed. But we didn't get hit as hard as some towns around us. One town 20 miles away had some people killed by the same storm that hit us. They lost power for a whole day. The next town up the highway had a lot of tree damage. We drove by houses there of people we know, and Ms. Charlotte was picking up her yard and trying to find all her underpinning. Aunt Kathy and Uncle Robert's tree int he front yard decided it would rather be a houseplant, but it didn't make it all the way in. It didn't break any windows, which is amazing cause it was laying against their living room windows and front glass door. It tore up the grill and the underpinning though! But, everyone I love is okay, and didn't get hurt.