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there have been storms in the forecast every day for the last few days so I stopped trusting the forecast. I was running thursday after work under a clear sunny sky, remembering that it was supposed to be a stormy mess, forget it.
friday my friend was having a party out at chicken and pickle on the east side and it was once again supposed to storm but I ignored it and went out anyway, with the kids in tow. it started raining at our house. then a little hail on the way there. then we ran into the place and found their party room and were eating chicken wings and drinking sodas just wondering if the hail and rain would stop long enough for us to play some pickleball. we were under a constant tornado warning.
then the rain curbed off and the tornado started. just right outside the window, it formed, then went away, then formed again, and we watched it slowly go from south of us to our north east where it hit andover pretty bad. I'd never seen one that close before. it was hard to tell if it was close, or was going away, and olive was scared so I was saying all these reassuring things to her but who knows? I told her we were safe where we were at because the chicken and pickle had some brick walls and bathrooms are usually shelters. but when they lost power, and we were sure the tornado was going the OTHER way, we opted to drive home.
street light power came on right after we crossed under the bridge for the beech field runway and everything at our house was normal. hopefully no one in andover got hurt, there were some striking photos. it hit the YMCA where we like to go climbing.
update: the people of kansas are unharmed! a few minor injuries were reported and a LOT of property damage, including one of our favorite YMCAs where we go climbing :( but no fatalities thank goodness.
friday my friend was having a party out at chicken and pickle on the east side and it was once again supposed to storm but I ignored it and went out anyway, with the kids in tow. it started raining at our house. then a little hail on the way there. then we ran into the place and found their party room and were eating chicken wings and drinking sodas just wondering if the hail and rain would stop long enough for us to play some pickleball. we were under a constant tornado warning.
then the rain curbed off and the tornado started. just right outside the window, it formed, then went away, then formed again, and we watched it slowly go from south of us to our north east where it hit andover pretty bad. I'd never seen one that close before. it was hard to tell if it was close, or was going away, and olive was scared so I was saying all these reassuring things to her but who knows? I told her we were safe where we were at because the chicken and pickle had some brick walls and bathrooms are usually shelters. but when they lost power, and we were sure the tornado was going the OTHER way, we opted to drive home.
street light power came on right after we crossed under the bridge for the beech field runway and everything at our house was normal. hopefully no one in andover got hurt, there were some striking photos. it hit the YMCA where we like to go climbing.
update: the people of kansas are unharmed! a few minor injuries were reported and a LOT of property damage, including one of our favorite YMCAs where we go climbing :( but no fatalities thank goodness.