Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
The trouble started here in Texas Tuesday night. Four tornadoes hit within 20 miles of our home in northeast Texas, and we spent two hours alternating between watching the radar on TV in the den, to standing in awe on the front porch watching the 55,000 recorded lightning strikes, to bolting for the "small, windowless, interior room" as the trees in the yard whipped around like balloons on a string.
We were lucky - only two people killed, and just a few injuries, though of course there's lots of wind damage, and some really cool videos. Personally, our home and our family are fine.
But others along a huge swath across the South are devastated. Are any RF members or their families affected by these storms? If so, what can we do to help?
Tornadoes: 172 Killed Across South, Including 128 in Alabama - ABC News
We were lucky - only two people killed, and just a few injuries, though of course there's lots of wind damage, and some really cool videos. Personally, our home and our family are fine.
But others along a huge swath across the South are devastated. Are any RF members or their families affected by these storms? If so, what can we do to help?
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Tornadoes: 172 Killed Across South, Including 128 in Alabama - ABC News