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[technoir]

just got word from my mom. My cousin Michael and his wife Laurel were in a tornado today. It hit their house and several other in their Murfreesboro neighborhood. They apparently rode it out in a bath tub. The house sustained some damage. They were lucky and no one was hurt, but there were some people killed according to the news.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30146711/

I know I still have some friends in that area so I hope everyone is alright. Meanwhile we are expected to have some storms later tonight. Everyone stay safe.

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[iammystery-girl.livejournal.com]

Wow....that's scary!! We don't get tornadoes in Malaysia but I've seen documentaries and pictures of what damage they can do.

I hope your friends are safe.

[technoir.livejournal.com]

So do I. I have had a few encounters with them over the years. When I was a small child one blew out the windows of the house while mom hudled with me in the basement. That was when I was young enough that I dont remember myself. There was couple of them that have hit towns I was in as i grew up. My early teens I saw one that was only existent for seconds but was still enough to make wreck my bike as I was trying to get home. You get used to them growing up in certain places, Tennessee being one of those places.

It is kind of like having a giant or dragon walk through your town. Some things or people get smashed and others are spared. I have seen one giant of a tree that was just blown over the next day after such a storm. I believe the term I would use is humbling.