Fierce July Storm
On July 22, 2022, weather forecasters throughout the mid-west were predicting severe, fast-moving storms that would include 60 mph winds, rooftop damage, large, damaging hail, flooding, and downed trees early in the morning July 23, 2022. Sure enough, early in the morning, not far off, thunder could be heard rumbling, skies began to darken, turning an eerie blue-green that we had never seen before. The trees began to quake, and the wind sounded different too. We are used to having to take shelter during these storm warnings, so when the tornado sirens went off, our level of seriousness kicked up a "few notches." I was thinking, "This is the one that is going to take down our 70-foot tree or rip our roof off. The rain went from a torrential downpour to what looked like a wall of water! We had the TV on in another room, so that we could hear the continued warnings. Almost as suddenly as the sirens had blared, the local weather person stated that the tornado warning was canceled for our area. We breathed a big sigh of relief. Thankfully our immediate neighborhood was spared and all that happened in our area was that lots of fallen branches were everywhere. Unfortunately, there were many areas that got hit hard.
*These photos were all take through our windows before the tornado siren went off!
ABC's and 123's W is for Window (view).
Fierce July Storm
On July 22, 2022, weather forecasters throughout the mid-west were predicting severe, fast-moving storms that would include 60 mph winds, rooftop damage, large, damaging hail, flooding, and downed trees early in the morning July 23, 2022. Sure enough, early in the morning, not far off, thunder could be heard rumbling, skies began to darken, turning an eerie blue-green that we had never seen before. The trees began to quake, and the wind sounded different too. We are used to having to take shelter during these storm warnings, so when the tornado sirens went off, our level of seriousness kicked up a "few notches." I was thinking, "This is the one that is going to take down our 70-foot tree or rip our roof off. The rain went from a torrential downpour to what looked like a wall of water! We had the TV on in another room, so that we could hear the continued warnings. Almost as suddenly as the sirens had blared, the local weather person stated that the tornado warning was canceled for our area. We breathed a big sigh of relief. Thankfully our immediate neighborhood was spared and all that happened in our area was that lots of fallen branches were everywhere. Unfortunately, there were many areas that got hit hard.
*These photos were all take through our windows before the tornado siren went off!
ABC's and 123's W is for Window (view).