Last night we were under a tornado warning with the possibility of damaging hail. Even though it was dark, the continuous lightning made it possible to watch the menacing clouds move in and swirl. I don't want to say that "all I could think of" was my garden with all its tender new plants, but they were on my mind. Thankfully, just as fast as it came in, the threat disappeared. We got a quick 1/2 of rain and the rest of the night was calm after about 11 PM. Now it's time to start pulling some weeds.
So happy you dodged! The news reported that S. Dakota had tornadoes. It's the season, so keep alert and take care. Your garden can be replaced--you can't (we Stewbies are fond of you.)
Tornados are extremely scary events so your concern for life, limb and plants is well justified. My one tornado event(Worcester, MA 1953) was enough for a lifetime. Glad to hear everything turned out O.K. Jerry
Carolyn, we're in Cheyenne, so we're only ten miles above the Colorado border. Their weather stretches right into us and vice versa. Some friends of ours live 70 miles south. They had several inches of hail two nights ago. It crushed everything in their garden and stripped all their trees of leaves. Wild Spring time weather.
Pictures from last night's storm. Storm Skies Over the ( photo / image / picture from Miss Liberty's Garden )
Gladyou are OK. Last May Tornado a small one hit 1/2 mile away. But we had straight line winds in 98.Was on ground for 45 miles. That was bad enough for me. And F-5 north of me. Wiped out whole town> Never want to see that again. But have NO normal weather anymore. God must be telling us to clean up HIS WORLD.
That must be the tornado I was reading about in the paper this morning. It said it was near Wheatland, Wyoming. I have a fried who moved from Wheatland to Torrington a couple of years ago. Still close enough to worry about her. She's 86 yrs old so her daughter will have checked on her the same night. dooley
Miss Lib, So glad you had no damage. Your garden will live on! (and the weeds) Living in Nebraska, we are very used to the threat of tornadoes. My Dad loved to teach us about weather, and storms are so fascinating to me. We had a rash of storms earlier this spring, but nothing severe in my neck of the woods. I was sort of complacent about tornadoes until 2004 when a small town about 20 minutes south of us was pretty much wiped off the map. Now we heed the warnings, and take it seriously. Hope your pals in Colorado are OK.
