Yes, they tend to come up my direction now. In fact a few years ago a possible tornado was headed right at Okie acres. The wife and kid went to the center hallway, I watch as it passed. It went right over and shook the house. After it passed us it did touch down a few miles later.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 18, 2022, at 10:34 AM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I used to send the wife and kids to the central bathroom when the sirens > blew, then I'd go outside to watch. Never was one, though they did hit a > few miles from us several times. We can just barely hear the sirens from > the closest town now, and don't worry about it since the kids are all grown > and gone. After you hit geezer status, it just doesn't seem that big a > worry. Besides, the tornadoes seem to have moved north and east from us now. > >> On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 8:19 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> We do not have a basement or a storm shelter here at Okie acres. It’s >> probably something I need to look into. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Sep 18, 2022, at 8:15 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> When I was a kid we didn’t have a basement, so if a twister came you >> were SOL. Had one very close to our first house, they do sound like freight >> trains and the aftermath looks like a buzzsaw just went across the land. >>> >>> -D >>> >>>> On Sep 18, 2022, at 8:48 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> We have made many trips back here to Illinois over the years and have >> never had to worry about tangling with a twister. The weather channel was >> just saying tornadoes are forecast for tonight after 2000 hrs. Strange how >> talking about tornadoes makes me feel like a kid again. >>>> I suppose these days your phone tells you to get downstairs rather that >> having to listen for the fire siren to blow. >>>> >>>> AZBob >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > -- > OK Don > > "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you > are wearing." > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
