A tornado just passed us by, thank goodness

I lived in what we called to rnado alley in South Dakota but we never had one hit our farm just pass by a half mile away.my mom and I One hot summer day watched on the horizon three tornados following one other one huge, one a bit smaller and one very small we called them daddy and mama and baby tornadoes they did not touch our farm.,

thank goodness that'cha didn't get that, hon. we've 'd a few come within a mile 'r so from here 's well - always 't night, when ya can't see where 't 's, nor tell which direction 'ts headin'. i hope nobody lost their lives where 't did touch down.

I hope that you are safe and the tornado passed far from where you live.

At our last home we had a series of many tornadoes in one day - 9 killed millions and millions of dollars in damage to homes, etc. One went right over top of our house and the whole thing shook - but it didn't touch down for about 50 miles, someplace in NC and took out a lot of homes. We head to the basement when tornado warnings come out.

I know that feeling. Last year we had tornado warnings and although it missed us, it hit Delrey Beach, 10 minutes from us. Where is Melbourne near? A friend just moved to Venice.

I hope you will be safe. I'd be trying to get a hurricane shelter of some sort installed.

So they gave the warning too late for some of you to evacuate ? I guess , tornadoes cannot be detected when it is coming unlike a typhoon ?

The threat probably made you really scared. That is good that it did not come over where you lived. I am really glad that you were not hurt.

Time for you to move on down here!!!

we had a smilar one Sunday.Not a tornado but heavy wind uprooting trees etc.We thought that it was

I've driven in tornado weather before, although I didn't realize it at the time. When I returned home two trees on either side of our driveway were uprooted and we lost power for a week, but none of my family were harmed and our house went unscathed. We were renting at that time. Our town used to get more tornadoes touching down than I've seen in the past twenty years. We're in a small valley, so much of it passes right over the area. Mostly the city has seen clothes from clotheslines on the top of roofs, but none of the devastation other areas get. There are watches and some warnings every year, but not many that come through this way these days. It's good that it left you all alone and I hope the other area that was hit didn't find anyone at home.

Holy crap @ramapo17 that is too close.

Be safe! That is so scary especially since it was so close. I would never be able to sleep.

It is hurricane season for us in Miami.

Glad that it missed you, I wasn't aware that Florida had tornadoes. Not much warning is given for tornado warnings. I hope that where it hit people had time to evacuate.

That was very close. Glad it missed you!

I'm glad it missed you. We don't get many tornadoes here, but when we do, the sirens are going off like crazy and everybody is told to get to the basement or any other safe place they can get to in a hurry.

That would terrify me. I've been in a lot of hurricanes but never a tornado. I'm so glad you're safe!

That was scary....Glad it didn't hit you and hope the damage wasn't much in the areas it hit.

Hope the storm didn't last too long. I never use to understand why thunderstorms tend to help people sleep but I do understand it more now that I am older. I have never been afraid of thunderstorms unless there was an alert to head for cover immediately. Overall I can keep calm during these times, but of course, common sense will kick in if it is even more dangerous than other types of thunderstorms