Garden Survived 2 or more Tornadoes

15 years ago

Wow, what a week! 5 inches of rain on Monday and today tornadoes.

We were extremely lucky. There were at least two tornadoes, maybe three on the ground. On started about a 1/4 mile east of our house and another one went back up in the sky about 1/4 mile west of our house. There were homes and farms destroyed to the west of us and outbuildings destroyed northeast of us. We have insulation, metal and other debris in our yard. Why we didn't get any damage is thanks to the big guy upstairs! We will make it to church this Sunday!

I don't know how much more of this weather my family and garden can take!

Thanks for Listening!

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careyj
15 years ago
Glad your all safe. We had 2 touch down here yesterday. Nothing like what ya'll get though. Thank goodness.

Carey
justaguy2
15 years ago
We have insulation, metal and other debris in our yard. Why we didn't get any damage is thanks to the big guy upstairs! We will make it to church this Sunday!

While you are there ask the pastor why the people who lost their lives and homes were not spared by the big guy. That always makes for an interesting discussion :)
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We were in the shelter last night, that monster storm came right over the top of us. Thank God the tornados were still thinking about forming! We had some straight line winds that were reported by the weather guys to be in the 60mph range. I'm afraid to go out and see the damage.
wild_forager
15 years ago
Jrslick, glad to hear that you and your garden are ok. We had some terrible winds and tornadoes even here in MD.

Justaguy, this is a gardening forum, not philophy. If you want the answer to those deep questions then do some soul searching or go to church, but please don't mock our fellow posters for their beliefs. Adding a smiley face at the end doesn't make it a less divisive comment. I'm not bearing any ill will to you or anyone else, I just don't want to see this cascade into a fight. I've seen it plenty of times. Let's just keep comments like that private.
city_tomato
15 years ago
wild_forager, if you didn't want it to cascade into a fight, then why are you attempting to start one? In my opinion, justaguy made a valid point. jrslick is the one being inconsiderate by implying that those who lost their homes and lives are/were less worthy of "God's" intervention than he/she is.
ksflowergirl
15 years ago
JR, glad you are in one piece. I was a little nervous myself as my parents and my in-laws live up in Washington County and my oldest son is staying with them this week, and that was awful close. We were lucky in our area, just more rain and wind. Nothing lost, but garden is saturated and I still have 15 pepper plants needing to go in the ground.
fostina1
15 years ago
damn, i never thought i would agree with anything city_tomato said. wild_forager just ignore the ignorant. im sure your reply gave him exactly what he wanted.
soonergrandmom
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Sorry but I think several people are being petty. It rains on both the "just" and the "unjust" where I live.

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