Today’s storms

[Jeffrey Joe HintonModerator]

I’ve checked in with just about everyone – minor hail damage and big trees down – power to be restored soon. Seems as if everyone missed the brunt of force by a few blocks.

[Conway StevensParticipant]

Still Here. The weather even here in Wellington was crazy. We had 2 Tornado’s touch down up here. One of them hit my in laws place just about an 1/8th of mile from my place to the west of wellington. Some damage to their house and barn. Their neighbor lost about 6 head of cattle to it and some structure damage to his place (The neighbor got pictures of the twister in action). We had some damage to buildings and vehicles in wellington from the very high winds and the insane hail. Definitely nothing like Windsor got though. The 2nd one was just south of wellington that hit a CSU facility tore it up pretty hard and tore large trees and power poles out of the ground about 200 yards long.. We were without power from middle of that day til about 3pm today. Lost some belongings but were Ok… Must admit im not quite ready to have that kind of excitement..

Conway

[Art HoagParticipant]

Thanks for the concern everyone. Everyone is OK; the house took some minor damage as well as a couple vehicles and our trailer. We don’t really have any more trees left either. We got very lucky! There are houses just a couple blocks to the east of us that are completely destroyed. Windsor is a mess but lots of people helping other people. Glad to hear everyone else in the area is OK.

Thanks,
Art

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

I grew up along “Tornado Alley,” in Southern Illinois, but never did see one up close. “Tornado Alley” runs through Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, So. Ill. and into Indiana, I think. Just hid a few times with my family. My Dad saw one heading for his house when he was a kid, but it hit a raised railroad track and made a left. Earthquakes hit everybody, but tornadoes are so arbitrary. Glad all made it through. Since Weld Cty. has more tornado touch-downs than any other county in the U.S., those who weren’t hit hard really were very lucky. Enjoy each day, guys.

[Warren B. MusselmanModerator]

Glad to hear everyone is OK. I just got back from the river and the first thing my wife told me about when I called from the takeout was about these tornados. My thoughts are with all affected.

Warren

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