(this hail is from last year--thankfully it was before we bought our house so we still had the carport at our post housing--I have never seen hail like this!)We had some really bad weather last night....and the stations here just don't cover the weather like in Alabama. I think Alabama stations learned valuable lessons in 1998. I remember that year in Alabama vividly, I was scared to death, watching the weather in my parent's basement. I recall James Spann pointing to the screen "where the red meets the green" (it makes brown) and saying, "Oh No, oh No"...that will scare you. James Spann knew it was something very bad. He proceeded to plead with people to seek shelter....he was panicked and it panicked me. It was an F5 tornado.
In the days that followed, Spann (and others) would report on the damage and be brought to tears. I really gained a lot of respect for him. 33 people died that Easter week-end and I think it changed the way Alabama weather is reported. http://edition.cnn.com/WEATHER/9804/13/tornado.folo/ Here in rural Missouri, you get the warnings on the screen and the occasional radar update.
Last night was one of those nights when the air felt strange, it was 84 degrees yesterday and we were under a tornado watch all day. Then the storms started our way about 7PM. I guess being in Germany for 3 years with really no fear of tornadoes spoiled me. I forgot how scary storms are, I have always been terrified of them but haven't had to deal with them for a long time.
The kids made a "tent" in the hallway with their mattresses and they thought it was great fun. Even the cat joined in and got her place in the tent. They played Gameboy and drew in notebooks. When I heard that we had a tornado warning though, I talked to them about staying in the tent and that the power might go off. And then we prayed.
I prayed that God would protect us, put a hedge of safety around us and our community. The kids all sat in silence, holding hands, while I prayed for about 5 minutes and then they said Amen. The radar kept showing a really bad storm in our area, but we never really heard or felt it. We got some strong winds and rain but nothing like we were supposed to be getting.
God did protect us last night, there were tornadoes all over Missouri and lots of hail and wind damage in our area.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060312/ap_on_re_us/severe_weather
Praise the Lord.
5 comments:
It is so funny that you say that about Alabama weathermen. Our guy in Huntville can just drive you mad. It seems even if the storms are still in Mississippi, every station runs constant weather coverage. It is great to be careful, but people here freak. Schools close, everything.
JenD
hahaha...yeah, I am glad that there's not a run on milk every time you hear the word "flurries", but I would like a little more coverage of storms...but I guess it's one of those "grass is greener" things....
I do truly miss James Spann though, does anyone know if he's still in Bham?
Yes and he goes to my church Amy! If I see him I'll tell him you miss him. It's a pretty big church and I don't know him personally but I see him often at Wed. night services in his suspenders! Thank God for His protection!
I will never forget Mike Royer beating the snowman on the lawn of the station after the big snow storm. Someone had built it as a joke because he did not predict we would get that much. When we were in Florida, we did not get as much coverage for Hurricane's as we get here for rain.
JenD
ugh....more storms last night...people were killed and lots of damage was done here in the Ozarks but we came out totally unscathed...it is truly a miracle
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