Freaky scary weather
So this afternoon around 2pm I get a call from an aunt of mine in Indiana. She was asking about my mom. I was like, I think she is okay. Then they tell me they say the reports about a tornado on the news that hit Murfreesboro. So I get a slight bit panicked as I start looking up all the news stories. I tell my aunt I'll call her back.
So I try calling my mom's house. No answer. I then remember that she doesn't have a corded telephone anymore and the cordless doesn't ring once the power goes out. So I just think there is power outages, no big deal.
I then find a story that mentions a road name that I knew. I knew it because it was only 2 streets over from my mom's house. So I call my sister. She calls my mom's boyfriend and gets him mobilized. I wait about an hour to hear from him, and then decide the rest of my day was shot. I also figured that either my mom needed help, or at least a big hug. So I look over traffic reports and formulate a plan on getting to her house.
I start running towards the side of Murfreesboro that is away from the interstate figuring that would buy my a little less traffic. And it did. I get fairly close to her house when I run into the big blockade that stopped everyone from getting in. So I quickly found a side street to park the car along, and started walking. Little did I know when I started off, I was walking right through the center of the tornado path. I have only a vague idea of the direction I need to be going. I don't know for certain. I end up getting through the destruction and notice another street name I know, it is this little L shaped road that is across the street from my mom's house. From there I walk down and get my first glimpse of mom's house. Looks fine. I walk down to the creek to see if I can cross it. Nope, water is too high and swift. I ended up walking around to a road with a bridge.
I finally get around to my mom's house and knock on the door. It takes a second, but she comes to the door. By that time I am fairly winded and very sweaty. All I can do is hug her. Seems she only had to pick up a single piece of insulation that fell in her yard.
Wasn't but a little while later that her boyfriend came rolling up. He spent over an hour trying to drive in and get redirected by the cops. He had given up and rode his bicycle in.
We later drove out for dinner. On the way back to drop me off at my car, we saw the damage on Thompson lane. That was just scary.
Anyways. She is fine. people maybe 5 blocks away lost houses. Some completely off the foundation. I've seen pictures of many of the destroyed houses. It was brought home with me walking under downed lines trying to see what my mother needed.
Edit--
Forgot to add. My cousin that is stationed in Italy heard about the storms and had called his mother in Indiana. So when we found out my mom was okay, we had to call all over the world to let people know she was okay.
So I try calling my mom's house. No answer. I then remember that she doesn't have a corded telephone anymore and the cordless doesn't ring once the power goes out. So I just think there is power outages, no big deal.
I then find a story that mentions a road name that I knew. I knew it because it was only 2 streets over from my mom's house. So I call my sister. She calls my mom's boyfriend and gets him mobilized. I wait about an hour to hear from him, and then decide the rest of my day was shot. I also figured that either my mom needed help, or at least a big hug. So I look over traffic reports and formulate a plan on getting to her house.
I start running towards the side of Murfreesboro that is away from the interstate figuring that would buy my a little less traffic. And it did. I get fairly close to her house when I run into the big blockade that stopped everyone from getting in. So I quickly found a side street to park the car along, and started walking. Little did I know when I started off, I was walking right through the center of the tornado path. I have only a vague idea of the direction I need to be going. I don't know for certain. I end up getting through the destruction and notice another street name I know, it is this little L shaped road that is across the street from my mom's house. From there I walk down and get my first glimpse of mom's house. Looks fine. I walk down to the creek to see if I can cross it. Nope, water is too high and swift. I ended up walking around to a road with a bridge.
I finally get around to my mom's house and knock on the door. It takes a second, but she comes to the door. By that time I am fairly winded and very sweaty. All I can do is hug her. Seems she only had to pick up a single piece of insulation that fell in her yard.
Wasn't but a little while later that her boyfriend came rolling up. He spent over an hour trying to drive in and get redirected by the cops. He had given up and rode his bicycle in.
We later drove out for dinner. On the way back to drop me off at my car, we saw the damage on Thompson lane. That was just scary.
Anyways. She is fine. people maybe 5 blocks away lost houses. Some completely off the foundation. I've seen pictures of many of the destroyed houses. It was brought home with me walking under downed lines trying to see what my mother needed.
Edit--
Forgot to add. My cousin that is stationed in Italy heard about the storms and had called his mother in Indiana. So when we found out my mom was okay, we had to call all over the world to let people know she was okay.