Major tornado outbreak

[bmccasland]

Yesterday's tornado in Harrisburg Illinois missed my aunt & uncle's house by a couple of blocks.

Hope everyone has a nice quiet spring after this.

[marni]

my heart goes out to any one living in or near any tornado zones. between the droughts, the wildfires, the snow and blizzards, the rains and flooding and now the tornado, it surely seems like Mother Nature is a bit P*****.

Hope everyone survives.

marni

[Bike Chick]

Yesterday's tornado in Harrisburg Illinois missed my aunt & uncle's house by a couple of blocks.

Hope everyone has a nice quiet spring after this.

Beth, I had no idea you have family here. Harrisburg, Illinois, is 25 miles from me and is home to my husband's parents, sister and nephews and families. Two of my stepchildren live in neighboring towns. Everyone is ok, thankfully. The entire area has pulled together to offer assistance and the devastation and personal accounts are just mind-boggling.

The tornados that swept through the country yesterday set the sirens off at my workplace around 11:45 am and the entire building spent the next 30 minutes in the hall. The tornado in Harrisburg is a reminder that we live in tornado alley. I would say that we are used to it but I don't know if you ever get used to the feeling you get when the sirens go off or a warning's been issued.