Comments on: Tornado Weather

by: Jen

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I am **so** glad that you guys are ok!! ::whew::

by: Mom

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Wow! What an experience! I am so happy you are safe and didn’t have serious damage! Plug in your weather radio, too! Love, Mom

by: Kacy

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I’m so glad that the farm is okay! I was so worried when I heard that a tornado touched down in Royston!

by: kim

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

i was at athens tech when the dean came and pounded on my class door, telling us to get in the hallway, that a tornado was coming towards us. i imagine it might have been the one you saw. i don’t think i saw the tornado itself, but the rain was falling sideways outside. the people watching had these frightening looks on their faces. i am glad your farm is ok, i’m also glad you are ok. i can’t believe you drove home during the tornado…

by: M

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

So…I’m beginning to get the feeling that you live in an area of periodic severe weather. I remember sitting out by your workshop building playing wizwar and having Chris come tell us there were tornados in the area and thinking…there’s no where for us to go. I’m glad that you have more nerve than me.

by: eric

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Kim — it was the same one. I pulled over right under the Athens Tech water tower (not the best place to be, but that’s where I found myself). The funnel swooped down at the intersection with Hwy 78, right by the Burger King. It was a “baby” funnel, only ten feet or so wide at the tip, and not yet coherent. It was heading toward the Open Air BarBQ when I lost sight of it — between the cloud and the raid, visibility dropped to nothing.

by: Matt

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Nagging commences: For goshsakes, Eric! Hole up when there’s tornados in the area! You can’t stop them and I’m pretty sure that whatever damage you may receive will be there waiting for you whenever you manage to show up. That said, I’m certainly glad that (in order of importance to me) a) you and your sweetie weren’t hurt b) that your place is okay. Give me a (much delayed) heart attack!…