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a tornado rolled through tennessee last night, which, as some of you may or may not know, is where my dad lives. evidently he picked my step-mom up from the airport and they were driving home in the midst of a pretty gnarly storm when a flash of lightning lit up the road in front of them to reveal a giant funnel cloud barreling down on their car.
they quickly pulled over to the side of the road next to a drainage ditch, and jumped out of their car to lay down in the ditch, which is what you're supposed to do, i guess. in the ditch there was a drainage pipe about 2 feet in diameter, so they both shimmied into the pipe and laid there for about 5 minutes while the tornado passed right over them, tearing off their shoes and pulling at their legs.
once the tornado had passed they got out of the ditch to find their car completely beat to hell, all the windows broken, headlights smashed, dented everywhere, sticks, rocks, and debris covering the seats. they got in the car and it still started, so they slowly made their way home, having to clear trees from the road as they drove along.
they made it home and found a few of the windows in their house broken as well. luckily all their cats and dogs (of which there are many) were accounted for. a tree had also fallen on my dad's truck at the house. now they are without water and power, but everyone is safe, so that's good.
anyway, i thought that was pretty crazy.
they quickly pulled over to the side of the road next to a drainage ditch, and jumped out of their car to lay down in the ditch, which is what you're supposed to do, i guess. in the ditch there was a drainage pipe about 2 feet in diameter, so they both shimmied into the pipe and laid there for about 5 minutes while the tornado passed right over them, tearing off their shoes and pulling at their legs.
once the tornado had passed they got out of the ditch to find their car completely beat to hell, all the windows broken, headlights smashed, dented everywhere, sticks, rocks, and debris covering the seats. they got in the car and it still started, so they slowly made their way home, having to clear trees from the road as they drove along.
they made it home and found a few of the windows in their house broken as well. luckily all their cats and dogs (of which there are many) were accounted for. a tree had also fallen on my dad's truck at the house. now they are without water and power, but everyone is safe, so that's good.
anyway, i thought that was pretty crazy.