Well this weekend, we had the worst storm of them all. On Friday night it started raining really heavy and hailing. Steve and I were watching some recorded TV on our DVR when the sirens went off. So we went to the basement with the puppies. We didn't think too much of it but a couple minutes later the wind and rain and hail were really super loud, even in the basement. So we turned on the storm coverage and it was nuts! Apparently we had just experienced a tornado coming through our area. It was past us by the time we turned on the TV but the damage was really bad and really close to us! It was so scary. Apparently a tornado touched down in Bridgeton which is just 1/2 mile from where we live. They said it was a category 4 out of 5 tornado and the worst storm in our area in 40 years! It was so scary.
The worst that happened to us was our power was out all weekend. We were complaining about that but the next day we drove past some of the damage in Bridgeton and we were so lucky. Not even 1 mile from us houses were leveled. Here is a picture from the news of damage to neighborhoods really close to our house.
Isn't' that super scary? We saw trees and power lines all over the place near the highway. People's roofs were ripped off and thrown on top of other houses. It was just so scary. Steve and I both felt really lucky that the worst that happened to us was our power was out all weekend.
We live really close to the airport too and there was major damage to it. They closed it for the weekend because the damage was so bad. It was just so crazy. Here are a few pictures of that damage.
So Steve and I definitely took some time this weekend to pray and be thankful for our good fortune of our house still being intact. We were so blessed to not have damage to our block. And for once, I was glad to not be in labor! (Although I secretly wished that all the low pressure would make the baby drop! :)
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