peapod1980
percy
Reporting live here from the Midwest (he he): A tornado and/or tornado force winds came through our area this afternoon. We were at the mall at the time, there was a flurry of commotion because they'd been alerted about the weather headed our way. Then all the power went out, we could hear lots of noise outside and hail falling like crazy. Then people ran down from the upstairs of one of the stores, saying broken glass was flying everywhere, I saw one woman bleeding.
We waited it out safely in the mall, then walked outside to see devastation everywhere; part of the roof of the mall had broken off, the debris was everywhere, including on top of cars. Driving home, I was just amazed--buildings with no intact windows, a line of telephone poles as far as we could see, snapped in half. A parking lot with not a single car with windows left, debris on top of all the cars. Construction materials all over the place, a corner section of a building torn off and thrown across the highway. More uprooted trees than I could count.
We came home to find damage in our neighborhood, but our house isn't damaged, even though things just down the street from us are a mess. Our friends had a tree fall on their wrought iron fence and it took out a section. Feel like we were in the middle of something horrible but came out safe and sound!
We waited it out safely in the mall, then walked outside to see devastation everywhere; part of the roof of the mall had broken off, the debris was everywhere, including on top of cars. Driving home, I was just amazed--buildings with no intact windows, a line of telephone poles as far as we could see, snapped in half. A parking lot with not a single car with windows left, debris on top of all the cars. Construction materials all over the place, a corner section of a building torn off and thrown across the highway. More uprooted trees than I could count.
We came home to find damage in our neighborhood, but our house isn't damaged, even though things just down the street from us are a mess. Our friends had a tree fall on their wrought iron fence and it took out a section. Feel like we were in the middle of something horrible but came out safe and sound!
