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Well trees can be replanted, the most important thing is you being okay. What an ordeal!
Hit by F3 Tornado
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i_am2bz
Lovin' The Homestead
Wow, glad you're okay, ~gd! Was this the Sanford-Raleigh tornado? I live midway between Raleigh & Wilson, so I had tornados on either side of me. It was a SCARY afternoon...!! 
Farmfresh
City Biddy
Glad to hear you are safe. It can really be a scary situation. :/
My D1's house was hit by the tail end of a tornado that skipped along completely eliminating a local restaurant and up rooting and twisting like corkscrews 100+ year old oak and walnut trees a few years back. My D1 was lucky - she lost her roof, her fence and some trees. The experience however has marked her. The last time we had a thunderstorm she was a bundle of nerves.
She heard that noise and looked out the window - all her hair was SUCKED out the window instantly and she started to grab her dogs and RUN for the basement. She said she remembered reading about tornadoes sucking water up drain pipes and other things in the book "Night of the Twisters" at school. Good thing she remembered!
Were you able to run to cover or did it get there too fast?
My D1's house was hit by the tail end of a tornado that skipped along completely eliminating a local restaurant and up rooting and twisting like corkscrews 100+ year old oak and walnut trees a few years back. My D1 was lucky - she lost her roof, her fence and some trees. The experience however has marked her. The last time we had a thunderstorm she was a bundle of nerves.
She heard that noise and looked out the window - all her hair was SUCKED out the window instantly and she started to grab her dogs and RUN for the basement. She said she remembered reading about tornadoes sucking water up drain pipes and other things in the book "Night of the Twisters" at school. Good thing she remembered!
Were you able to run to cover or did it get there too fast?
Denim Deb
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FF, how scary for your daughter!
gd, glad you're OK.
gd, glad you're OK.
TanksHill
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Do people in NC even have storm shelters or basements? Jeesh it seems like the weather patterns are really shifting east.
Everyone needs to be careful.
Everyone needs to be careful.
gettinaclue
Almost Self-Reliant
They didn't where I grew up. I lived in Northeastern NC growing up. The water table is to high.
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well very glad you made it ok, sounds like you had everything under control within your household. Way to go on the preparedness!!
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Holy mama!! Scary!! Living in tornado country, I have seen the damage they can do.
Glad you're okay!
Glad you're okay!
i_am2bz
Lovin' The Homestead
No one in my development (200 houses) has one. In fact, the only family I know here that does is one of my SILs, but it's a McMansion.TanksHill said:
In my area, I don't think it's the water table so much as the ground is so hard & rocky. :/
BeccaOH
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So glad you are okay. My niece's house is near Smithfield, VA, and they were hit in the same storm line Saturday. A tornado bounced through her neighborhood. They had lots of tree damage. Her truck window was broken by a limb. The new air-conditioner was twisted off its base. They lost shingles, but otherwise the house is fine. Crazy stuff!
