I live in Springfield, IL & we had 2 rounds with tornadoes only 3 weeks
apart during the last couple months. The first did the most damage. The
second rounds barely touched the ground before it jumped back up. We had no
damage at our house, while a mile down the road, roofs are being pulled off.

Funny thing, my wife & I were actually staying at Jay's inn that weekend &
were supposed to come back on Sunday afternoon. We left Saturday due to the
forecast. Sunday night is when the 2nd round of storms hit us.

Glad you're ok.

I'm gonna stop shopping for a strike finder & look for a tornado finder...



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
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Suddenly, the flag in front of me dropped straight down. The hail
continued for a minute, but the wind absolutely died. Then it was just
rain -- and then it stopped, too. I was wondering what the hell was
going on, when the guy on the radio suddenly said "Oh my God, there's a
funnel cloud!" The announcer asked him where he was, and he said "On
Benton Street!"

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