April 22, 2010
A Day of (near) Infamy!
While driving from Amarillo, Texas to Longmont, Colorado on Highway 287.... All seemed well on the western front.
OUT OF NOWHERE! NO WARNING! WE WERE WARNED!
Sirens blared. Radio broadcasts were transmitted! We were on a collision course with a potentially deadly, destructive Tornado!
BUT WAIT!!!
Warnings came in! NOT ONE... NOT TWO... BUT SEVERAL Tornado's spawned off from a super cell of storms spinning between the Colorado planes, into Kansas, Texas panhandle and into Nebraska!
We heard reports of tornado touchdowns to the east, less than 10 miles distance!
We drove North on the 287 to have just come behind another downed tornado that had moved northward.
To our East and West we had Tornado's tearing up the earth in their path making their way to our location!
We drove thru the hail! We drove thru the rain!
We saw spinning clouds, funnels nearing the ground!
WE MADE IT!
We had skirted past a ban of Tornadoes!
On April 22nd, 2010, we had a heroic tale to tell!
3 comments:
HOLY COW!!!
Did you take that picture? Amazing! Scary!
Glad you survived!
Tornados are frightening things. We had one touch down about 5 miles from our home last year, took out the homes of several of our friends. Glad to hear that all y'all are safe!
That truly is beautiful!
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