We're not in Kansas!!!!
So, I'm not sure if you all have heard about the tornadoes we had here on Thursday (and yes I said tornadoes) or not, but they were massive and caused MAJOR devastation to the town of Windsor, which is only about 6 miles away from us and where Brayden goes to school. In about a 30 mile radius of where we live there were not 1...not 2...not 3...but 7 tornadoes that touched down on Thursday, and the biggest (1 mile wide) started approximately 10 blocks or less from my house to the West of us. The funny/not so funny part of it all was I was completely clueless. Andrew and I were watching Noggin, so we weren't getting any of the severe weather alerts, and Brayden was having his last day of school IN Windsor. About 10 minutes after the tornado hit I started getting phone calls from Matt and my neighbors and friends checking in on us. The only thing I heard was a lot of wind and the satellite cut out for just a couple minutes, something that is not foreign to us this time of year.
Anyhow, I knew that Andrew and I were okay, so I turned it to the news to track the weather and pretty soon they come on saying that Windsor was the hardest hit and there are houses that were completely leveled and they start showing houses, buildings, trees, cars, etc. that have all been destroyed. So, of course I go in to panic mode, because remember Brayden is still AT school IN Windsor. So, meanwhile my neighbor calls (Brayden's BF's mom that we carpool with) and said she knows the kids were in lockdown at the school, but we can't get any more information. The power of course was out in the town, and so were the phone lines so we couldn't get in touch with the school, and the news wasn't reporting anything on the public schools. They were focused on a day care that had been hit hard in the area but that all 150 children were safe. So we finally called the police department which said they didn't have any damage or injuries reported from any of the schools, but that they were indeed in lockdown and that we couldn't go get OUR children because all roads in and out of Windsor were closed. AAAAHHHHH! I don't know how many of you mother's have had this experience or not, but it not a fun one and one I don't care to ever repeat it. So there we sat for 3 hours on pins and needles waiting for something. Finally the school called and said we could come pick up our kids. I have never gotten in a car so fast.
So we drive to the school and surprisingly on the side of town where Brayden's school is was completeley untouched. All they had was massive hail and a lot of wind. But they said when the tornado hit they had all of the kids in the halls facing the walls with their heads down and when I talked to Brayden's teacher she said he was really shaken up and kept saying he was so worried about his mom because he loved her so much. Talk about rip your heart out. Knowing that your 6 year old is completely worried that you're not going to be okay.
So even with massive amounts of damage hundreds of houses completely destroyed we had only 1 fatality and only minor injuries. Talk about miracle!!! We are so blessed!
Here's the video of the mile wide tornado less than 10 blocks from our house...
So, I'm not sure if you all have heard about the tornadoes we had here on Thursday (and yes I said tornadoes) or not, but they were massive and caused MAJOR devastation to the town of Windsor, which is only about 6 miles away from us and where Brayden goes to school. In about a 30 mile radius of where we live there were not 1...not 2...not 3...but 7 tornadoes that touched down on Thursday, and the biggest (1 mile wide) started approximately 10 blocks or less from my house to the West of us. The funny/not so funny part of it all was I was completely clueless. Andrew and I were watching Noggin, so we weren't getting any of the severe weather alerts, and Brayden was having his last day of school IN Windsor. About 10 minutes after the tornado hit I started getting phone calls from Matt and my neighbors and friends checking in on us. The only thing I heard was a lot of wind and the satellite cut out for just a couple minutes, something that is not foreign to us this time of year.
Anyhow, I knew that Andrew and I were okay, so I turned it to the news to track the weather and pretty soon they come on saying that Windsor was the hardest hit and there are houses that were completely leveled and they start showing houses, buildings, trees, cars, etc. that have all been destroyed. So, of course I go in to panic mode, because remember Brayden is still AT school IN Windsor. So, meanwhile my neighbor calls (Brayden's BF's mom that we carpool with) and said she knows the kids were in lockdown at the school, but we can't get any more information. The power of course was out in the town, and so were the phone lines so we couldn't get in touch with the school, and the news wasn't reporting anything on the public schools. They were focused on a day care that had been hit hard in the area but that all 150 children were safe. So we finally called the police department which said they didn't have any damage or injuries reported from any of the schools, but that they were indeed in lockdown and that we couldn't go get OUR children because all roads in and out of Windsor were closed. AAAAHHHHH! I don't know how many of you mother's have had this experience or not, but it not a fun one and one I don't care to ever repeat it. So there we sat for 3 hours on pins and needles waiting for something. Finally the school called and said we could come pick up our kids. I have never gotten in a car so fast.
So we drive to the school and surprisingly on the side of town where Brayden's school is was completeley untouched. All they had was massive hail and a lot of wind. But they said when the tornado hit they had all of the kids in the halls facing the walls with their heads down and when I talked to Brayden's teacher she said he was really shaken up and kept saying he was so worried about his mom because he loved her so much. Talk about rip your heart out. Knowing that your 6 year old is completely worried that you're not going to be okay.
So even with massive amounts of damage hundreds of houses completely destroyed we had only 1 fatality and only minor injuries. Talk about miracle!!! We are so blessed!
Here's the video of the mile wide tornado less than 10 blocks from our house...
