We had a bit of a scary evening lastnight. We were hit with a huge storm that produced at least one confirmed torado in Wisconsin. This tornado actually destroyed many homes. There has never been on record in Wisconsin a tornado that produced damage. It was pretty scary. We had to go in the basement twice. After the first one the news casters were saying they felt the worst was over, but some more cells fired up about an hour later and we had to go back into the basement. Charlie just happened to be on his way home when the second round of sirens went off. The second cells were closer to us than the first, but I don't think an actual tornado was produced that time.
So Charlie and I were wondering lastnight... they have this totally abnormal storm in the beginning of January that actually produced a tornado(s) and they've also had record breaking snow fall accumulations for the month of December here, at least 20 inches worth to our knowledge all since we moved here. Is this a sign or what?!?!?!? What a welcome!
Here are some pictures sent into a local news station from viewers and a map to show you where the touch down occured in comparison with us.
http://www.wisn.com/slideshow/14996809/detail.htmlindex.html?currentSlide=10&taf=mil
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For the driving directions link it looks as though you need to enter the state in order for the map to show up.
We slept in the basement last night because of a tornado watch. Harvey didn't seem to mind that it was a few degrees cooler down there (although we did give him an extra blanket).
How bizarre and scary! I'm glad you all were safe. What is happening lately? It's almost 20 degrees hotter than normal here, the whole country is getting really strange weather. Is it global warming? Is it the Second Coming? I don't like it when the weather is amiss, it makes me feel like something scary is looming in our future...
Jason and I said last night that these crazy weather patterns remind us of the movie "The Day After Tomorrow." Have any of you seen it? It's actually a good movie, but the thought of it is quite frightening.
I can't believe things are going so crazy on that side of the country. Maybe it's because that's where the politicians are. *shrug* Just a thought. Things here are normal weather wise. It just snows and then it melts and then snows again. Typical January weather. I think it's crazy that there are tornadoes in the midwest-esp. because it is January. Weird.
I haven't seen that movie but I wanted to. I'll keep it on my list of movies to see.
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