We noted Wed. morning (I think it was, maybe Tuesday) at about 12:30 a.m. that the sirens went off. We had stayed up late listening to the storm....in fact....I'm not sure we'd really gotten to sleep yet. There was thunder, hail, lightening....WIND. The siren went off. We don't remember this happening before, though Deja insists it has happened a few times since we've lived here. ::snort:: Maybe we were camping! Wed a.m. I began getting calls and emails asking if we were o.k. "Of course, it was just a bit of wind - nothing really came of it." ::snort::
Mike and I listened to the siren, we listened for a "freight train", we didn't wake up our children. In fact, we decided it was just another TX storm, and went to sleep while our friends huddled in closets and hallways. God has grace on silly military families. ::snort:: WE DID LISTEN - BUT THERE WAS NO TRAIN SOUND WHERE WE LIVED - AND I WASN'T WAKING UP ALL THESE CHILDREN FOR WIND AT 12:30 A.M.
It appears it DID touch down several places in town... look what we found at a local park....
Light poles don't usually look like this in W TX.
Roofs are usually not on the ground in W. TX (Zander in the blue)
And insulation is not usually found in Mesquite trees along with Mistletoe.
In MY defense, I've lived through many typhoons in the Philippines and this wasn't that strong....so I simply thought "another TX storm." I do love the storms around here. I will know what the siren means next time, but it didn't touch down on our block, and we are thankful. It did blow down several fences and branches in our neighborhood.
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I think we got the same storm later that night. The wind was something awful, brought me out of bed to watch the radar. About a minute later our sirens went off, and scared me to death. I got our oldest up, and we all threw on pants and shoes. I had the bathroom doors wide open and ready for us to jump into at a moments notice. Thank heaven there didn't seem to be a tornado in our immediate area.
The next day I must have talked to a half a dozen friends who asked me what the sirens meant! It surprised me that they didn't realize it means to get into a safe place and pray, Pray, PRAY! lololololol!
I don't like storms, and especially not the spring storms in TX. I fall to pieces. I was caught in a bad storm as a kid, with lots of tornadoes, in KY in '74, and it ripped apart the city, and part of the church I was in. I'd feel much better if we had a basement, but those are rare animals in TX.
Yeah - when all say "get in a safe spot" I think BASEMENT and there are NONE here. LOL
Something our weather guy mentioned on the news recently was that tornado sirens are not designed to wake people up from dead sleep...that's why they recommend weather radios. Me, I sleep so lightly that I often wake up if I hear a "Jake Brake" from a truck on the highway about a mile away. I hear a cricket in my light sleep phase and I'm up for the duration. So I know the sirens would wake me for sure. But we do have a weather radio anyway, since my hubby sleeps like the dead. A bomb could be dropped on his pillow and he'd not hear it!
I'm glad to hear you were safe!
Wow, that looks like it was quite a storm! Glad you all were safe even though it was your first time with a siren and didn't know what it meant.
Sis:
PTL! you are all safe and you missed the worse part of the storm. For sure your young ones did not have to be afraid while being in some safe place.
love/prayers
Mom T
LOL Linda - they worked just fine then - they didn't wake anyone up around here. LOL
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