Originally Posted by MadQuilter
I'm so glad I'm in earthquake country. (We're actually pretty safe in Sacramento). I used to watch the tornado pictures with casual awe and now I always watch them with worry because of all the wonderful people I met in my forums.
Glad you are safe.
I love a good Hurricane cause you can prepare for those and I have been through several. Of course I know when a hurricane is too dangerous and I know when to leave. But I stayed put during Fran and Bertha and Dennis and Floyd. ( Floyd was terrible because of the massive flooding and being trapped on a rooftop is no fun.) But anyways....
But Tornadoes just appear oftentimes with no warning or very little warning. I have been through a few of these storms being that I have always lived in the South. The very first one I went through was when I was in Kindergarten and the tornado touched down in the field beside the school as we were boarding buses to go home for the day and we all had to run back inside. It was scary. 2 horses died that day that were in that field. There have been three others since then and they were close calls too. One demolished the house I was in, but thank God for a sturdy basement.