Comaro, so sorry you had to go through this, I do understand though. When I was a kid of 8, ( years and years ago....
) our family lived in Kansas, in a trailer Park, It was dubbed by the locals for good reason, Tornado Alley, My father was at work at the time when the announcement came over the radio that a tornado or series of them were headed our way. The trailer park had a series of four large tornado shelters, and my mom let my brother, sister and I all choose one favorite stuffed animal or poccession and proceed to the tornado shelter. It was funny, because being from California, we knew nothing about Tornadoes and the locals knew which ones to retreat from to the shelter if they were really bad, and I guess the others you could "ride them out".Well it is funny now and I can laugh about how 'green" we were about Tornadoes, but we were the only ones in that one particualar tornado shelter, ( don't know about the other three, if there were people or not
) I have seen tornadoes since then and know just how scary they can be.
Luckily now I just live in a state that is supposed to fall into the ocean with the next "big one", and have been through at least four big earthquakes, 6.9, 7.0, 7.5, and 7.6, all in the last twenty years or so.. Between Earthquakes and tornadoes I think one of the biggest differences is that with tonadoes you usually have time to prepare briefly and so therefore have time to worry and be scared waiting for it to "pass" . With most earthquakes, unless you are a geologist, there is no warning, and so it is unexpected, so you don't have time to worry which may be a small blessing. %)I do know the last time we had a big earthquake, ( January of 2010) 7.0 on the scale, I ran for the fish tank first, and didn't worry about Pleos falling or otherwise, If it was a BIG ONE, I would have not just a fish tank I couldn't do much about, but nine cats and one dog and a husband to really worry about. I am glad you are ok but sorry to hear about family members that are without homes, that is sad...
I do hope you all get help and that the bad weather passes by without further trouble, I will be sending well wishes your way for you and your family, Good thing you had Comaro with you and esp a big thick mattress, though a bathtub is a better bet unless it is farther away from what I remember, Take care.
RedwoodsMama
