Tennessee And Tornadoes

Yesterday, we were under the dreaded "Tornado Warning" once again.

Straight-line winds gusting up to 74 miles per hour toppled trees, power lines, and caused destruction and anxiousness.

The neighboring counties bore the brunt of Mother Nature's wrath, lives were spared, for which we always have to be grateful.

 

My husband tells me that tornadoes were a rare occurance in these parts when he was a boy, nowadays, it's a given from early Spring through late Fall.

Be safe, adhere to the warnings, have an emergency plan in place.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Logan County, Kentucky: Image courtesy of Michael Cook

 

 

Batten Down The Hatches

It's been a day filled with thunderstorms, winds, and tornadoes dancing all around. The rain was needed, the other elements we can do without. This has been a week of on and off rain , the sticky, yellow pollen now washed clean from everything it befelled.

Tornado season is once again upon us. The Tennessee Valley endured a sleepless night of tornadic mayhem, trees down, roofs blown off, flooding.

Be safe, adhere to the warnings, have an emergency plan in place.

I puddle up the neighborhood
I make the postman mad
I wake the worm and spank the frog
Sleeping on his lily pad
And when the tulips in their beds
Nod happily, it's true
I shake the petals of their hands
And say, How do you dew?

Batten Down The Hatches

Tornado season is once again upon us.
The Tennessee Valley endured a sleepless night of tornadic mayhem, trees down, roofs blown off, flooding.
A tornado touched down within three miles of our home, wreaking havoc in it's path.
Thankfully there was no loss of life.

The morning mists settled over the drenched landscape, a serene yet eerily silent mirage, showing little sign of earlier ruination.