I hope everyone is safe. In Woodward OK 5 people were killed and the sirens weren't working. Really terrible. Let us know when you can . c

Oakley, Lynn-----I'm hoping to see posts from ya'll saying everything is fine.

We truly lucked out. Woodward kept getting pounded by storm after storm.

Then the squaw line formed and by the time it got to central OK., it was just rain.

I need to sleep. I hate these nighttime storms!

I meant to add, what helped me stay awake while watching weather updates in bed, was my iPad. We had a good time! lol

Oakley, I hope you meant the squall line!

I saw the reports around 6PM here about what was expected, and the mother in me got on the phone IMMEDIATELY to older DS, who lives and works just outside of Kansas City.

His internet service has been out, and he has been relying on the 3G service on his older iPad until they can get it fixed. I wanted to be sure he had heard the reports, as he lives on the top (third) floor of an apt building there, and this is his first year living there. Wanted to be sure he had thought about where to go if the weather got bad.

Of course he thought I was being a bit too protective, said he was following the weather, and they had already notified them about where to go in case of a tornado or severe storm.

Haven't heard any more from him, but I assume things are okay - no reports of anything serious in his area. I am being a good mother and refraining from calling. :-)

Glad everyone here is okay, too!

Les, I did the same. I called DS in Oklahoma City, I warned, and I slept "most" of last night.

Thanks Oakley for the weather links on the other thread, they helped.

Hoping to hear good news from our GW friends.

Sounds like a long and scary night. So glad you are okay, I can see now why you said the spring isn't your favorite time.

Oakley, I realize some people are terrified of tornados, like it seems you are, but I have lived in Oklahoma all my life and spring time IS my favorite time of year!

Most people in Oklahoma are so use to the tornado watches and warnings and don't let the tornados bother them that much. I mean, Oklahoma has the best weather forecasters around, and as long as you listen to them, and get to a safe place, you are pretty much safe. Insurance is a must, of course, so covered there! I don't set around glued to the TV unless it is about to hit our area. We have been nearly hit many times, and have friends who have lost their homes, etc. but luckily no one hurt.

I think the people in the most danger are the people driving though that aren't familiar with this weather and of course, people living in mobile homes, and people, who, again, don't get out and to a safe place.

So, just saying I think Oklahoma is being portrayed as this scary state, and it just is not true! Most of us wouldn't live here if we all thought that way!

Most Oklahomans aren't that terrified of tornados and know to be smart about them and you will be safe. Yes, they can cause devastation of buildings and such, but as long as you have a cellar or safe place to go, don't worry about it. At least we know they are coming! Unlike earthquakes, etc.

When I was a kid, we'd spend summers in Iowa at our Grandparents farm. One year I was left in charge of the younger kids while the adults went to town for the evening. A tornado warning came on TV and I was absolutely terrified! I tried to get the kids down to the cellar but my younger cousins wouldn't go. Fortunately the adults came home shortly afterward and I found out that the warning was for an area far away. Little did I know!! I was from California, we didn't have earthquake warnings.

O, my fear of them goes back to when I was a kid. The siren was behind our house, and I remember my dad carrying me to the cellar they had installed in the garage.

As an adult, we didn't get a cellar until Moore was wiped out the first time. 1999 I think. On that particular day, we stood on our front porch watching two tornados at once.

Most of my friends live in this area which is close to an area that got hit really bad last year, the one a mile from my son's house.

The only reason I've become REALLY concerned is because the tornados we've had the past ten years are the big one's that kill and wipe out towns and neighborhoods.

It's like the days of small tornados are gone.

Les, I thought it was squaw all these years! lol

I'm so glad that you and your family are ok, Oakley! I was worried about you and about all our GWers in Oklahoma when I heard about this. Our son had been visiting friends in Norman and had just flown out through OKC when it hit. My heart goes out to his friends whose homes were damaged in that tornado and especially to all the folks in Woodward. That tornado was flat-out terrible! With DD heading to Norman and the University of Oklahoma in the Fall, I'm now even more worried.
Lynn