Again...

Once again we are OK.  This storm was worse but we were fortunate there was no tornado that touched down in our area this time.  We did finally hear about the last tornado and the EF1 that touched down was 1/2 mile from the house...I knew that wind sounded bad.

Last night the sirens went off for over an hour while we waited with baited breath to see if something would happen.  The wind was never really bad but the hail and rain were. We actually saw the clouds rotating above us and watched from the front porch as a wall cloud passed to the north of us.  It was absolutely stunning and scary at the same time.

We are very fortunate that everyone was home at the time and we were eating dinner. If you haven't heard about the boy scouts, there was a tornado 21 miles from here that hit a camp.  Four boys - three from Omaha - were killed and at least 50 are at local hospitals for injuries.  There was a Discovery Channel storm catcher team out last night in an armored vehicle and the reporter said the winds were at least 150mph.  I believe that would have made the twister at least an EF3; major damage.

Our thoughts and prayers are with those families today and with those that have more damage to clean up again today.  Maybe Mother Nature will leave us alone for a few days so our grounds can dry up and our roofs can be patched.