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Last post by gatchgirl 9 May 2009 14:09
Well, we sure had some excitement tonight...a tornado hit our house! Luckily, everyone is ok, but I was home alone with the kids...and I got them into the bathtub! In the meantime...I was running around chasing after the puppy!
Here is what hit our house!
Transmute Jun
Queen of the Bird Missiles
posted 4 May 2009 19:14
Wow, Scary!!!!!!! 
I'm so glad you and your family are okay, Springie! 
I'm so glad you and your family are okay, Springie!
Oh my God!! I'm glad your family's okay, Springie. I hope you can get the roof shingles repaired quickly. Tornadoes are truly scary! I still remember my first summer in Ohio, coming from Nova Scotia (where tornadoes are unheard of -heck, even thunderstorms are rare) and feeling more than a little alarmed when I was told they weren't uncommon in the Midwest...
Yeah that is scary...its like it skimmed the top of the house but landed else where. Did any of the neighbours have damage from it too?
Buster now has a new nickname...Totto!
Springie I am so relieved you and your family are ok, hope the damage is easily repaired and not too expensive.
shamrokchick
Forum Legend
posted 4 May 2009 21:54
OMG Springie! I'm glad to hear you all are ok!! I hope the damage isn't too bad.
Glad to know that you and your family are fine, Springie.
Here I thought our earthquakes were bad but THIS! I'm very glad to hear you and your family are all well Springie.
Did your house land on a witch by any chance and her sister said that she will get you and your little dog as well?
clouddancer
Gatchamaniac
posted 5 May 2009 14:59
Springie, I am happy to hear that you and your family are all safe.
I hope you can get things repaired quickly.
(I always find it funny that down there in the USA they tell you to hide in your Bath tubs and yet up here we go down to our basements.)
Haha...we're renaming our dog Toto! It's really big news to have a tornado around here...and the local news is doing a broadcast from our backyard! Too funny...the kids are soooo excited!
Originally posted by clouddancer Springie, I am happy to hear that you and your family are all safe. I hope you can get things repaired quickly. (I always find it funny that down there in the USA they tell you to hide in your Bath tubs and yet up here we go down to our basements.)We have a tarp on our roof right now. When the weather breaks, we'll be able to repair it. Around here, we are at (or even below) sea level...so we don't have basements...
clouddancer
Gatchamaniac
posted 5 May 2009 15:34
Originally posted by SpringieYou also do not have to have about basements because you do not have to deal with the shifting of the ground that occurs from deep frosts.Originally posted by clouddancer Springie, I am happy to hear that you and your family are all safe. I hope you can get things repaired quickly. (I always find it funny that down there in the USA they tell you to hide in your Bath tubs and yet up here we go down to our basements.)We have a tarp on our roof right now. When the weather breaks, we'll be able to repair it. Around here, we are at (or even below) sea level...so we don't have basements...
clouddancer
Gatchamaniac
posted 5 May 2009 15:36
Originally posted by Springie Haha...we're renaming our dog Toto! It's really big news to have a tornado around here...and the local news is doing a broadcast from our backyard! Too funny...the kids are soooo excited!I can imagine they are ... Hey I was on TV they can tell all their friends, and Grandma and Grandpa.
Ebonyswanne
Gatchamaniac
posted 5 May 2009 16:32
Springie you'll have to send us the link!
SJ_SwanJun
Forum Goddess
posted 5 May 2009 17:55
So now you know how the galactor goons feel when the team do their tornado attack?
Exactly! That is one powerful maneuver!
I'm glad everyone is ok and the house is still standing! I have lived in the midwest for 2 years and I am still terrified of tornados. We just don't have that kind of weather where I grew up in NJ - sure hurricanes, but we had days notice they were coming and I didn't live near the water.
I also can't believe you had the presence of mind to snap pictures of the thing. I'd probably be in the bathtub for days after that! (My house doesn't have a basement either).
I didn't take the tornado pics...I got them off of the local newschannel webpage...I actually didn't realize that the tornado had hit my house until after it passed!
I just knew that the wind suddenly got really loud! I thought maybe there was a tornado close by...but later, when things died down, the neighbors came to check on us and told me about my roof!
Ebonyswanne
Gatchamaniac
posted 6 May 2009 02:52
Did you see anyone suspicously dressed in green running down the street? A huge animal like mecha close by...It might have been the team doing the tornado fighter move after all...
If so send the damage bill to the ISO!
Did you also see five people in bird suits flying out in all directions and a person in purple clothing cackling and flying away in flying saucer?
I think if our five birdies were near Springie they would have popped in to see some more of her gorgeous artwork!
That tornado looks big! Which one on the scale it was?
I'm glad to hear that you and your family are fine, and your house is standing.
Originally posted by Firebird I think if our five birdies were near Springie they would have popped in to see some more of her gorgeous artwork!And possibly a coffee and she would try to make sure that a certain birdie, not mentioning Joe's name, will neve rleave.
You guys are so funny!
Met, I'd make sure that both Joe AND Ken never left! 
Originally posted by meg That tornado looks big! Which one on the scale it was? I'm glad to hear that you and your family are fine, and your house is standing.It was big, Meg...but fortunately it was an F0 ( I think they said 70 mph winds)...if it had been larger, I might not still be here!
Ebonyswanne
Gatchamaniac
posted 6 May 2009 20:59
Glad to hear it wasn't any bigger then.
I know it was the "Tornado" mecha...and G-Force found a way to make it disappear just as it threatened to take down Springie's house! Mark and Princess were just protecting their favourite artist.
Did catch a glimpse of the Phoenix just above your house...or did they disappear as soon as they saw you were safe.
Originally posted by SpringieYou mean that if was larger, you wouldn't be in Kansas anymore?Originally posted by meg That tornado looks big! Which one on the scale it was? I'm glad to hear that you and your family are fine, and your house is standing.It was big, Meg...but fortunately it was an F0 ( I think they said 70 mph winds)...if it had been larger, I might not still be here!
Springie, I'm so glad that you and your family are ok! How scary!!!
Originally posted by gogirl212 We just don't have that kind of weather where I grew up in NJ - sure hurricanes, but we had days notice they were coming and I didn't live near the water.Hurricanes??? Where you (ok, we) grew up?? I'd be more afraid of the earthquakes than the hurricanes in your part of the county!!!
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