6/4/2023 0 Comments I saw black clouds explained![]() ![]() He’d have to go in reverse to get out of that mess. He’d have done a lot of damage if he hadn’t seen the warning signs. An 18-wheeler had pulled right up to the entrance of the tunnel before realizing that NO TRUCKS are allowed in it. Traffic was stopped approaching the tunnel. After I left there, I headed toward a really cool, low tunnel there. I had three more errands to run on the way home. That meant I’d have to find a completely different route home.ģ. It beat the heck out of sitting at home on my laptop.Īfter finally getting off the mountain, I found traffic for miles on the other side, coming onto the mountain from the north. I was soooo glad I peed before I left the house!! A trip that normally takes me 45 minutes took 2 hours and 10 minutes. I put the Jeep in park, and cranked up the music. And, the traffic was at a standstill there as well. I got to Lookout Mountain (the winding road high above the river that is absolutely beautiful). Unfortunately, people stuck on that non-moving freeway were exiting, and taking my route.Ģ. I hate driving on freeways so I always take back roads anyway. Interstate 24 was shut down for an accident. I had some errands to run and, while I was doing that, I realized that the day was starting to get really weird.ġ. The church also cancelled choir practice that night. Mason’s youth group was cancelled early in the day on Wednesday. ![]() Usually, you get a reprieve between storm systems, but not this week! Just hours after the Tuesday morning storm, our phones started warning us of another system, which would hit on Wednesday evening. But, two of our solar lanterns were destroyed when the wind pulled them off their hooks and threw them on the deck. I knew what that meant! I grabbed my purse and laptop and we all raced down to the basement. He started barking and barking and running around like he didn’t know what he was trying to attack (or protect us from). So, on Tuesday morning, it was starting to calm down a bit but then the wind went NUTS again! And, guess what else went nuts? Our dog, Tank. (My new greenhouse hasn’t blown away yet!) Since we have no wind breaks on top of the mountain here in Georgia, we’ve been slowly getting used to occasional 30 to 40 mph winds, with gusts topping 60 or more. ![]() Either it didn’t go off, or the storm was louder than the siren. We never heard the local storm siren going off. The tornado did what I called a “touch ‘n go.” It bounced down, hit the ground once, and went back up. The next morning revealed several of our backyard pine trees with their tops missing. TORNADO!! I got the kids into the bathtub in the middle bathroom and, as quickly as it started, it stopped. At the exact same moment, all of the doors blew open, including our son’s bedroom door (which was an interior door so that was bizarre). ![]() The living room had two sets of French doors in the back, and one in the front (facing each other). I ran into the living room and our dog at the time, Baysha, was barking like crazy!! I tried to calm her down but that didn’t work. I just remember I was talking to my brother on the phone, looking out the bedroom sliding glass door, and a transformer exploded, I screamed, the phone (a landline) buzzed, and the connection was dropped. We were experiencing a really bad thunderstorm. Years ago, a tornado touched down in our backyard in Texas. I have never lived in an area with so much violent Spring weather and it’s A BLAST!!! Just as the radar showed the front was almost past us, the winds whipped up violently. On Tuesday morning, we woke up to weather warnings. ![]()
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