Can you say snow? lol! Just a light dusting but the ski area nearby has over 4 inches so far. Crazy! It's not unusual for us to get a light snow the first week in May but not this late. It's perfect timing though because my roses are finishing up their first flush and ready for deadheading anyway. Good thing since half of them are hanging on the ground. lol The tornadoes were about an hour south of us in Moreno Valley. We have several friends who live there and they said it was quite a sight. They almost thought it was a joke when they got the warning on the tv. We just don't get many of those out here and basements are almost unheard of unless you live in a very old home. And my DH experienced the CO. tornado via telephone. A business colleague had just phoned him from Greeley when the roof blew off the building he was in. He and several other guys were on the staircase and decided to stay put. Everyone was ok but DH said he could tell the guy was shaken up. Crazy and weird and COLD! Whaa! Give me back my heat wave! : ) Thanks for thinking of us all! Diana Here is a link that might be useful: tornadoes

Hi Tom123 Thank you for checking on me! We are all fine including the garden. We are having so much rain and yes it is good to live on a hill, the houses down the block are probably having a lot of issues with drainage, ours is a little bit higher than the others. It is going to rain all week, I will have to wait to harvest the fruits... Silvia

I'm sorry you had such a frightening experience,but am also glad there were no injuries. The strange weather is throwing everyone off. Being from Indiana, I'm used to tornados, if there is such a thing. Trying to get my 85 year old mother down the basement stairs in a hurry was a sight to behold. The first time she just froze on the steps and it took forever. I told my husband if the tornado had actually hit our home we would have been goners. So next time my son just scooped her up and carried her down the stairs. LOL It hit a block away.

Thanks again everyone. I truly could not believe how fierce those storms were. And they just kept going and going. Moving from state to state causing so much destruction. I have not heard a final total of people killed. I know one man in his 70s. When I quit watching the weather channel they were up into Nebraska and Missouri. Going strong. Usually they lose force and momentum after touching ground but that wasn't happening. We spoke to our attorney this morning who lives in Sulphur. He said he was less than 3 miles from the biggest one. I can't imagine seeing that headed right for you. Prayers for those facing such devastation today.