Follow-up - This Cottage Life

Sooooo, lately DIY Guy has been giving me some blog post ideas.

As the thunder cracks and rumbles and lightening flashes like strobe lights through my windows, I am reminded of DIY Guy’s first blog suggestion.

Suggestion #1
“You should do a follow-up on the Dark & Stormy Night post.”

Follow-up because that stormy night a week ago, turned out a tornado that touched down just blocks from the cottage. The F-1 twister did some serious damage to homes, trees, even Menards took a pretty heavy hit.

The map below shows our home in the upper left corner. The tornado path is where the oval is.

We were watching the TV for weather information — then the cable went out. So we just hung out — clueless to the storm … and the tornado. Normally the tornado sirens would go off — but this time they didn’t.

The sirens malfunctioned. A computer software issue – that has since been repaired.
Nobody was hurt in the Rochester tornado, which is nothing short of amazing since nobody knew to take cover.

As a teenager I watched a tornado touch down and run along the ground in a corn field as I rode in a car parallel to the twister. It was an eerie sight. I’ve also been safely tucked in while tornadoes have run their course a few times. I’ve been in winds so strong as a kid I thought I was going to be lifted off the ground if I jumped. I still remember the feeling — a little bit fun, a little frightening. How about you? Do you have a tornado story?