OH shoot I remember where HayJud is from now, not PR but somewhat close.

Here is a link that might be useful: Stories

We had some damage, I heard, to a turkey barn, and to homes a bit to the north of us. The warning included Menahga, my town, and all of my kids called home, plus SIL!!It was windy, and Dudley cat and I were prepared to hit for the basement, but then the siren quit blowing.

I'm glad you and Dudley are ok Phyllis!
I saw those poor confused looking turkeys on the tv! They didn't know where to go and were just walking around the yard.

Hi Nodak!
Thank you for thinging of me, but I live near St Cloud. That must be about 3 hours away from PR.

I had heard that it was near Phyllis' town but that they were spared.

Pixistix is closer and isn't Dotmom up that way?

We got 2 1/2 inches of rain on Thurs, but today was only very windy.

Phyllis, I glad you and Dudley didn't have to spend time in the basement. I just DO NOT like to do that. I really prefer to watch to sky.

Glad you checked in too Judy! I remembered St Cloud AFTER I posted! LOL I am always absent minded!
We are up to 2 or 3 inches of rain but that is since last Friday. Wind and more wind this afternoon once it finally quit raining!

Hope Pixi and Dotmom and her DIL Dirtyfingernails? Are all ok and nothing more than wet!

"...were prepared to hit for the basement, but then the siren quit blowing."

WHOA, people! I hope everyone understands that the sirens only sound for a certain period of time. When they stop sounding DOES NOT mean the danger is passed. Sirens have been known to stop sounding because of power surges and tornadoes taking out the sirens. Do not think that no siren means no danger. That is not true at all.

I was so shocked when I saw the confusion in Hugo (a small community recently wiped out by tornado action) when people thought that when sirens stopped that danger was over. Some even thought it was an "all clear" siren! Wow.

Sirens also are not intended to be heard inside buildings. Invest in a good NOAA weather alerting radio. I saw one lady on the news being interviewed tonight. Her daughter was affected by the Hugo storm and bought her mother a weather alerting radio. The mother said the weather was nice but the radio sounded the alert and because of the Hugo incident she decided to pay attention and went to the basement. She heard the tornado noise and attributes her life to her daughter's caring.

Probably a good time to clear up other misconceptions. They do not sound "all clear" signals anymore, and haven't for decades.

This year has been a record year for tornadoes in Minnesota. Let's clear up the misconceptions so people don't get injured. Weather is an awesome thing. I'm a weather fan and have been all my life. I track storms and do (amateur) forecasting. But I respect the power of Mother Nature, and keep informed on weather conditions.

Another thing to watch out for that is often overlooked is lightning.

BTW, my fellow Minnesotans, June and July are the prime two months for tornados and we've started out the season with a bang. Stay safe, stay alert. Put together a kit with flashlights, clothing, etc and keep a comfy spot in the basement. Don't forget animals' needs!

It's been off-and-on-nasty all day here, and really windy now, but the worst stuff missed us. Thanks for asking and I hope the bad weather goes away for everyone!

Thanks, Cynic, for the heads-up. In retrospect, I should have remembered that, and I will in the future. A great-nephew was slightly injured in the turkey barn incident...luckily not seriously. SIL just stopped in and said it really cleared a swath where it went through.

Thanks, Cynic, for the heads-up. In retrospect, I should have remembered that, and I will in the future. A great-nephew was slightly injured in the turkey barn incident...luckily not seriously. SIL just stopped in and said it really cleared a swath where it went through.

Nothing like having my deathless prose in here twice....first time it rejected it as I had posted before, and needed to change subject line, but looks like it took both!!!

Oh, What a year, so far. My heart goes out to all who have suffered damage, Loss and injuries in these storms. DH & I live in an APT bldg and a huge pine tree went down yesterday in very very high winds. It just missed the corner of the bldg. Dear Cynic, thanks for posting aout animals. Pets get frightened in bad weather. When things look threatening, my kitty is put in her carrier in case we have to leave quickly. We live about 25 miles north-east of Brainard. Dottie

Dotmom here, I talked to my DDIL,Dir_ty fingernails, and she said there was no damage in their yard. The sky was so pretty and blue here, untill a little while ago, now it is getting grey again, Not Again!

We're right on the edge of the Tornado watch area for this afternoon. Warnings are out for areas about an hour south of here. We're suppose to get it overnight tonight.

Ron

Not MN...but pretty close! LOL We are suppose to have weather later this evening. It is soooo HOT and HUMID! And WINDY! YUCK! We had our towns festival today, sitting and watching the parade and you were sweating!

Here is a great map if you are interested in a weather map. It can keep up to the minute on things. We have had bad weather numerous times this week, I take my laptop to bed with me and when I wake up, I check the map! At the top are a bunch of features, and you can zoom in really close to your area.

Here is a link that might be useful: Weather radar