STORMY NIGHT

An apparent tornado plowed through Dierks, AR Friday evening. This picture was captured and submitted by Ramona Hill. The storm left behind widespread damaged to the area with damage to a several homes, a laundry mat, and several chicken houses. Fortunately, there were no reports of injuries. (Thanks, Mary)

Jerry's storage buildings*

The Laundry Mat *

The girls keeping busy while in the storm shelter.

Nights can be pretty tough down in our part of the country. Last night we had severe weather in our little town. My daughter is so afraid of storms so she keeps a close watch on what is going on. The minute a WARNING is given she is at my house ready to get into the storm shelter.

We entered the shelter the first time around 9:30 p.m. and while we were enjoying our close quarters the girls were communicating with everyone in the country about what was going on in surrounding communities. “Take cover, it is headed your way!” was a common text that they received. (What did we ever do without a cell phone???)

When we came out the first time one of Madasan’s friends called and wanted to come to our house. She was scared because the storm had done quite a bit of damage in town and she was wanting out.

We had other visitors to our storm shelter when we returned for the next round of storms. You can see from the picture that the girls were keeping busy with their cells while in the cozy shelter. Our dogs joined us and were so nice while all of the excitement was going on.

Finally, the storm was over and we continued to hang around waiting for the next round. Brett and a friend remained outside while we were inside. Suddenly we heard a huge bang on the door; Brett had hit the door trying to scare us. The girls nearly had a heart attack. You know it DID NOT scare me at all…

*pictures taken by Cindy and taken from F.B.