tornadoes and valleys and heartbroken fools (i.e., me)

[ihadtimetokill]

most people reading this are already well aware of the fact that i am from the pioneer valley in western massachusetts. with the exception of one year i spent in northern california, and a year or so just over the border in connecticut, the valley has always been my home (and for part of the time i lived in connecticut, i was at mount holyoke, so

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[lovechaser]

I just wrote a whole comment and it doesn't look like it posted so if it did sorry to be posting twice.

Being here was really and I can't imagine not being here when it happened. Josh was driving home on 91 and saw the tornado hit. I was so worried because I knew he was around there but couldnt get ahold of him. We are safe. Springfield is closed down tomorrow so the state police and national guard can start to clean up. Right now they are focused on search and rescue.

And yeah I understand the grumpiness about people on Facebook and what not. I got pretty mad at one person's post about it's just a little rain so why is everyone making a big deal out of it.

Well try not worry and have fun. I will keep you posted if anything new comes up. ::hugs::

[ihadtimetokill]

i know way too many people who were way closer to those things than i could ever be happy about. it was so scary to see how many of my friends were nearby; i'm so glad you guys -- and everyone -- was okay.

i'm prety sure i know exactly who you're talking about! we may or may not have started drama on the internet, but kim & i were just both really, really offended and hurt by it, and she's since taken the statuses down. i have screencaps of the first one, though, just in case. heh.

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[tehuti]

I saw the same status, and if I hadn't been glued to the TV and phone, I'd have said something. All of the other three members of my family were out during the worst of the storms. Aimee and the baby missed being on 91 in our van with the tornado by about fifteen minutes.

She and I watched the tornado go by from our front porch. It was about one mile away. I've seen two tornados in my life. This one was far larger and closer than the first one, and I'm not in a hurry to repeat the experience. I cannot seem to tear myself away from all of the coverage. I keep going around the intertubes, looking for new photos and videos, or talking to people about what they saw, or have seen since.

Our city is broken, and some parts of it will never be fixed...

[ihadtimetokill]

in retrospect, i kind of regret having said anything; generally, i try not to start drama on the internet -- but at the time, when our emotions were running so high and we felt so cut off and uninformed, seeing someone acting so callous just seemed unforgivable...she deleted it, but i have screencaps. because deleting it from the internet does not mean it did not happen

[unejeuneactrice]

My mom texted me to tell me about it. I'm glad that everyone you know is okay, that you've heard of/from. And, personally, I'm glad it didn't make it up to school, but I couldn't imagine what I'd do if I found out one hit my hometown. It's easy to feel helpless in a time like this, but (I don't know if this will actually help) remember that if you were here, there wouldn't have been anything you could've done either, you would've just been in the middle of the tornado.

[ihadtimetokill]

twitter was all a buzz last night, mhc was retweeting everything anyone said about hoping the school was okay. and while i'd be utterly devastated if anything had happened there, i was a little annoyed at how many alums out there were apparently pulling the whole "western mass = mhc" thing. it's like, hi, perspective. they keep telling you the college is okay, HOW ABOUT WE TRY TO CARE ABOUT THE AREAS THAT GOT HIT? part of my hometown is ravaged. this does not make me a happy kitty at all.

anyway. you're right, though. in retrospect, aside from the worry and panic, at least i was safe here, and at least we have the interwebs to let us know what was going on. i'm pretty sure that i wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere near the things, given that much of the action was right around the areas where i work and live. ugh.