We're not in Kansas anymore!

[sundial]

The National Weather Service Has Issued Tornado Watch 9 In Effect Until 9 Pm Cst This Evening For The Following Areas

In Tennessee This Watch Includes 12 Counties

In Middle Tennessee

Benton Cheatham Dickson Hickman Houston Humphreys Lewis Montgomery Perry Robertson Stewart Wayne

This Includes The Cities Of...ashland City...camden... Centerville... Clarksville...clifton...collinwood... Dickson... Dover...erin...hohenwald... Kingston Springs...linden... Lobelville...new Johnsonville... Pegram...springfield... Tennessee Ridge...waverly...waynesboro And White House.

[sundial]

CC, our fraidy room is the master bathroom, lol. Some people will have storm shelters outside in their yards or have an interior safe room. Many will head for the central room in the house which is often a bathroom. We like to set up camp in the master bath and closet. It's pretty entertaining when you have 4 dogs, a dog bed, radio, emergency tote, and your imagination when crammed in together. Hubby and I have been known to eat pizza and share ice cream with the dogs while sitting on the side of the tub listening to the weather alerts.

Our town does not have sirens that go off when threatening weather comes. Instead, I check weather.com and watch the skies.

Here are some pictures of a 2006 tornado that hit a nearby town:


Rescuers canvas the remains of a neighborhood.


This cat was hiding in the cabinet. Note the missing roof and the water tower in the background.

[OakLeaf]

Our town does not have sirens that go off when threatening weather comes. Instead, I check weather.com and watch the skies.

A weather alert radio is a good investment ($40-70). Tornadoes have come through here in the middle of the night more than once, when most people were asleep and not online.

Unfortunately we have a hill in the way and haven't bothered to run an external antenna up our existing tower... so we only get the weather alerts for the counties downwind of us.

Glad you're OK. Hang in there.

[sbctwin]

I hope you are safe Sundial. We are having some winds at present with another front moving through, but I am sure, nothing like what you are experiencing...

[maillotpois]

Wow, Sundial. Having gone through some weather related nastiness over the last week I really feel for you. Take care! Keep the fraidy room warm.

[sundial]

A weather alert radio is a good investment ($40-70).

We have a couple of NOAA radios--one for the house and one for the car. I really like them and they will sound the alarm when severe weather is headed for our county. I just heard that AR was rated #2 for tornadoes. Ack!

Looks like KY and IL will probably get these storms. Hope everyone is safe tonight.

[Brandi]

Please be safe. Strange to have them this time of year isn't it?

[Zen]

Sundial, that's just terrifying. I can't imagine what such devastation must be like. Please let us know you're OK.