Tornado

 

It's going to be tough to smile for a lot of people in my neck of the woods for a while after the storms and tornados that went through the area on Tuesday night.

West of me is the little town where I go for my ham radio club meetings. Lots of tornado damage to houses, the gas station and the Dollar General. Two people lost their lives.

East of me are solar farms. They took a big hit as did several houses and farms. I was lucky in that the tornados didn't touch down by me. We did have lots of thunder and lightning, small hail and a loss of power for a couple of hours.

 The generator kept the lights on, I pulled my little transistor radio out of the Faraday bag and I was able to pick up the repeater the radio club was using for the emergency with my little handheld. Pretty nice being equipped for emergency communications.

My heart goes out to all those affected by the storm. I can guarantee you the communities will pull together to get people shelter and help rebuild. I went through the big storm that took my almost finished barn down a few years ago but that's nothing liking losing your house and all your possessions.

Anniversary today - 55 years with the old girl. No big plans since she's still recovering from the shingles, but just real happy we're both still kicking and together.