Tornado Alley Check In

[mamabutt2]

I know there were about 3 of us on The Dump that were from Oklahoma. Just wanted to use this as a check in to make sure everyone in tornado alley is safe and sound. Two or three (not sure of the count yet) touched down near me here in OKC. We are all safe and sound, but hiding out in the closet with a 6 week old baby as sirens are blaring is so scary. I know there was either a tornado or at least tornadic winds up by the Tulsa area. Let us know you're okay!!

[misshart00]

Didn't realize you were in Oklahoma. One was a few miles south of me. We heard the sirens for a good bit and our power kept flickering, but nothing major.

Moore schools are cancelled tomorrow because one of the schools is missing a roof.

[misshart00]

A friend's picture from Tulsa:

[lilyelayne]

Mar 25, 2015 21:21:01 GMT -5 misshart00 said:

A friend's picture from Tulsa:

Wow!

Glad you ladies are okay! misshart00 hope your friend and her people are okay too!

[cougarette]

Sending good thoughts from a hurricane prone area!

[mamabutt2]

Holy crap that's an amazing picture misshart00! Scary, but amazing.

^^ Haha spoken like a true Okie ^^

Glad you and your friend are okay misshart00. And ugh about Moore. They always get hit. If there's a tornado, it's going to go through there. This one went pretty much through the path it did two years ago. Luckily it may have only been an EF2. And lucky for me we moved out of Moore last year

[misshart00]

I refuse to live in Moore. Many of my friends lost their houses a couple years ago. A friend of mine's son helped pull students from the elementary school and it changed his whole life.

[mamabutt2]

Oh my God that's awful We lived with friends in Moore for about 6 months or so last year so we could save up some money. We weren't in a good place financially and that was pretty much our only option. Moore is nice, but not nice enough to have to rebuild every two years and risk my family's life. We weren't too concerned at the time, because it was just me and DH. No kids were in the picture yet since SS lives up by Tulsa. Now its a totally different story however.

[mommadozer]

Hope everyone is okay in tornado alley. Don't know how you ladies can handle those sirens, they give me anxiety hearing them on the TV.

[miniwheat]

I turned on the news and just saw the reports. I hope everyone in the area is ok. Very scary.

[toadandbuggie]

Scary!!! I hope everyone is okay. I couldn't even imagine over here in NJ what that's like!

[seamonster]

Hope everyone is alright.

[osumegs]

Hope you all are OK!

[firelizard8367]

Glad ya'll are ok! I grew up in OKC, so I know how this goes! Happy to have moved out of there, even if it was just to NE. The tornadoes aren't nearly as bad up here!

[misshart00]

Mar 25, 2015 22:25:18 GMT -5 mamabutt2 said:

Oh my God that's awful We lived with friends in Moore for about 6 months or so last year so we could save up some money. We weren't in a good place financially and that was pretty much our only option. Moore is nice, but not nice enough to have to rebuild every two years and risk my family's life. We weren't too concerned at the time, because it was just me and DH. No kids were in the picture yet since SS lives up by Tulsa. Now its a totally different story however.

I wanted to clarify about it changing his life. He rescued several girls from the elementary school rubble. His phone accidentally recorded the audio of all of it. Some of the news channels even interviewed him. Since then, he has become an EMT and begun working toward becoming a firefighter. For the most part, I think the change is good. He recognized responsibility, etc.

[MrsPavlov]

This was baby's first tornado for us here in Tulsa. Thankfully no damage as far as I can see down the street. LO slept through it like a champ.

[misshart00]

Lots of language, but good video.

kfor.com/2015/03/26/oklahoman-captures-close-up-video-of-moore-tornado/

[mamabutt2]

Mar 26, 2015 8:05:46 GMT -5 misshart00 said:

Mar 25, 2015 22:25:18 GMT -5 mamabutt2 said:

Oh my God that's awful We lived with friends in Moore for about 6 months or so last year so we could save up some money. We weren't in a good place financially and that was pretty much our only option. Moore is nice, but not nice enough to have to rebuild every two years and risk my family's life. We weren't too concerned at the time, because it was just me and DH. No kids were in the picture yet since SS lives up by Tulsa. Now its a totally different story however.

I wanted to clarify about it changing his life. He rescued several girls from the elementary school rubble. His phone accidentally recorded the audio of all of it. Some of the news channels even interviewed him. Since then, he has become an EMT and begun working toward becoming a firefighter. For the most part, I think the change is good. He recognized responsibility, etc.

The situation sucks though. It would have been horrible to experience. I'm glad it turned out for the better though!

[mamabutt2]

I read a news story about your friend's son on News 9 today misshart00! Good on him!

[misshart00]

Mar 29, 2015 19:39:11 GMT -5 mamabutt2 said:

I read a news story about your friend's son on News 9 today misshart00! Good on him!

Do you have a link? I knew they were interviewing him, but never went to read the story.

[mamabutt2]

m.news9.com/story.aspx?story=28643318&catId=112032