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RE: What is with this weather? I hope everyone on here is safe!
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I've always thought of Michigan and the adjoining states as pretty much immune to all the things that make life so exciiting in all the others, romani, and ya'll probably still mostly are. Thanks for the thought for my mom and I'll be sure to pass it along to her.

The same for your's too, artemis and I'll be doing it soon, since after dodging the bullet on the tornado she was slouching around my sister's house in an old pair of shoes (un-laced to boot), fell, and broke her hip. (A good break as far as these things go, since she's getting out of rehab tomorrow.) Now, she's looking foward to months in an apartment, with good cat #1 and that goofy twit, cat #2, until her house is rebuilt.

Thanks to you both.



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Romani,

Very scary.  cry  And sad.

Totally different subject, but as a resident of Michigan...have you seen that lovely lipdub video that the residents of Grand Rapids put together a couple of weeks ago?  It's like a billboard for people to come check out their awesome city.  



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cat, I'm so sorry about your mom and the home. I'm glad she's ok and that she thankfully recovered the kitties.

It's just strange for us. We're not used to this kind of thing in Michigan. We usually avoid all major natural catastrophes. I saw two tornadoes when I was living in Minnesota, once was close enough that I thought the cows in the farm behind us were going to go get sucked into the sky into the sky and I started bawling (I was like 7...) and the other was close enough that we saw it destroy an abandoned barn that was probably about 1/4 (maybe less) of a mile from my aunt and uncle (who I was living with). And it's just been one of those seasons where it seems like every other day we hear about something else. It's been the deadliest season on record and we're not done yet with tornado season :/. Now they're predicting an active hurricane season. Oy vey

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Catahoula, thank goodness your mother survived the tornado, although I am sorry about the broken nose...ouch. I'm really sorry your childhood home was destroyed, and it happens so fast. Unbelievably fast. I'm glad her cat was rescued too. I'm sure she must have been very worried for it.

Romani, I'm also very sorry to hear about your boyfriend's home. So many people have suffered this spring. It's been one right after the other too.

My husband and I had a too close brush with a tornado a few weeks ago. We thought we had waited out the storms (tornado watches/warnings), and left for our cabin. We were on the interstate about 20 mins from our house, when we saw a very ominous looking cloud ahead of us. We could only see the top because it was to the left (south) of the interstate, and with curves and the trees, our view was partially blocked. We traveled about a mile more, wondering what the heck to do, when we saw it was a tornado for sure. We pulled off to the side, as did all the cars and trucks. Unfortunately, a few cars stopped just in its path. It was huge. I was so freaked out, I didn't think to get out my camera, so I didn't get any pictures. A big flash of fluorescent green lit up the center of it, which was pretty terrifying. Limb, small trees, and debris blew everywhere and pelted the cars in its path. It was less than a 1/4 mile in front of us, but we were all very lucky that it was only a Cat 1 twister. I read the wind speed topped out at around 100 to 120 mph. That was fast enough to scare the bejeebers out of us though. Plus, we weren't sure that it wouldn't turn and go right over us. As soon as it passed, we and the other cars drove like a bat out hell in case it had a friend behind it. When my kids were little, we spent a couple hours in a hotel basement in Nashville, TN as tornados hit, and we saw a funnel cloud form overhead of our house in Indiana, but this was the first (and hopefully last) tornado I've seen close up.

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I've been through Tuscaloosa since the one that hit earlier this year and it was much worse than photos made it out to be. It's hard for me to imagine how bad Joplin would look in the first person.

My mom survived (with only a broken nose) one of the tornadoes that went through Mississippi and completely destroyed the house I grew up in the process. (Took almost two months but my sister and BIL finally caught her second cat, so all's right with her world.)



-- Edited by catahoula on Tuesday 31st of May 2011 08:17:23 PM

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This past week, during the Joplin tornado, my boyfriend and a friend and I were driving down to Florida and we were listening to the events unfolding on the radio and then on the TV when we got to the hotel. It's just devestating and it's the deadliest season on record already. 

 

Now, on our way back, at least two tornadoes went through Michigan and the hardest hit town is my boyfriend's and friend's home town (I'm on the opposite side of the state). We were supposed to be in his home city when the storm hit, but we decided to stay another day in Florida. Luckily, my friend's home is fine but my boyfriend's home is in really bad shape (roof is gone and there's a tree somewhere on the house... they are on their way back to see the damage) but luckily no one was there at the time (parents live in another city and brothers are both at school). The storm went over my part of the state, but it was greatly weakened by that point. 

 

Here's the story: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/30/severe.weather/index.html?hpt=T2

 

The irony was that we were talking about what we could do for Joplin right before we saw the storms that were about to hit Battle Creek. Now, the next few weeks are going to be spent focusing our efforts closer to home. It really sucks because BC is a hard hit area economically (the Kellogg industry used to employ most of the city) and they're not sure how they're going to rebuild houses and rebuy cars. It just adds insult to injury. 

 

On the bright side, they were lucky in that there are no known deaths or serious injuries. It looks like it's going to be a rough summer ahead for storms and I hope everyone here stays safe. 



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