Tornado Passing Over

@RubyHawk (99423)

Atlanta, Georgia

December 31, 2021 6:48pm CST

I was watching Dr. Phil about an hour ago when my son called to tell we had a tornado coming. I had just heard the same news on TV. I stepped out on the deck and the wind was blowing and sirens were squalling. My son advised me to grab pillows, phone and flashlight and coat and go in the bathroom. Close the door and sit down in the floor and cover my head. I grabbed everything including my purse and went into the bathroom. I grabbed a book on my way and settled down on the bathroom floor to read. My son and his wife were on their way to the basement when he called. I must admit I was shaken up. After about a half hour later he called and said the tornado passed over without touching down. I turned on the TV hoping to hear if it touched down and where, but haven’t heard yet.

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@CarolDM (203451)

• Nashville, Tennessee

1 Jan 22

Stay safe and keep your rain on. We have storms coming too tomorrow.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

1 Jan 22

Hopefully it won’t be as bad as predicted.

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@CarolDM (203451)

• Nashville, Tennessee

1 Jan 22

I just read news stories about your area.

https://www.wsbtv.com/weather/more-severe-storms-possible-saturday-that-could-produce-damaging-wind-gusts-spin-up-tornadoes/47RD

https://www.wsbtv.com/weather/more-severe-storms-possible-saturday-that-could-produce-damaging-wind-gusts-spin-up-tornadoes/47RDVNWHR5GBPJJCNFB46EKTRA/

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

1 Jan 22

@CarolDM Thanks for sending the weather information to me.

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@askme123 (6150)

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1 Jan 22

Glad it did not touch down

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

1 Jan 22

So am I. Tornadoes can cause so much damage.

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@askme123 (6150)

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1 Jan 22

@RubyHawk That is true

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

1 Jan 22

@askme123 And we have more storms coming in.

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@bunnybon7 (50973)

• Holiday, Florida

14 Jan 22

I know that is beyond scary

especially when you are alone. When I was in AZ many yrs. ago, my hubby was away working late in the evening. and the mobile home we lived in began to shake from wind and things were falling and blowing around outside. I called my husband and he told me to do the same as your son told you and he was on the way home. It stopped after about an hour, and he called to say he got stuck with trees down on the road and it was over so stop stressing. I walked out on our back porch to see our neighbor come out on hers who had been alone also. We made a deal to call and check on each other and get together if it ever happened again. In AZ they call them Microbursts.

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@bunnybon7 (50973)

• Holiday, Florida

15 Jan 22

@RubyHawk well we was in that last big hurricane here in Florida a few yrs. ago. That was the scariest. Things was hitting the house and sounded like a train coming at us. But at least I had my daughter and it was in the other house which was better then this one.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

15 Jan 22

@bunnybon7 That was a big one. Glad you and family came through it safely.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

14 Jan 22

Your experience sounds worse than mine. I had a tornado go over our house before. It. Twisted off tree tops in our yard, damaged our roof and shattered the windows in our car. Houses around us were damaged and a town above us was almost destroyed. That was scary.

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@kaylachan (58289)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

1 Jan 22

It's lucky you survived and weren't hurt. Those things can come fast and hard.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

1 Jan 22

They really do. I don’t believe it touched down but the news is we having more tornadoes , thunder storms rain and snow tonight and tomorrow.

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@LadyDuck (459353)

• Switzerland

1 Jan 22

I am so glad the tornado passed by without causing damages, a good new year gift.

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@LadyDuck (459353)

• Switzerland

2 Jan 22

@RubyHawk NO, we do not have tornadoes in Europe and not even hurricanes.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

2 Jan 22

@LadyDuck You are so lucky It’s always scary having to worry about the weather.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

1 Jan 22

It was a good New Years gift. The best I can imagine. Do you have tornadoes where you live?

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@kobesbuddy (74819)

• East Tawas, Michigan

1 Jan 22

We had one pass over a couple years ago, it dipped down and tore the top off one tree, then went back up. The sky to the north was various shades of pink! We've never experience anything like this since. Thank God, you and your son's family were kept safe

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@kobesbuddy (74819)

• East Tawas, Michigan

1 Jan 22

@RubyHawk We had five touch down a few years ago. They touched down in the forest, then traveled out over Lake Huron. Nobody was injured or killed.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

1 Jan 22

@kobesbuddy Wow, That’s a lot of tornadoes. I’ve only been in one and it blew away house and downed fields of trees. It came just over our house, It damaged our roof, broke the windows out of our cars and twisted tops of trees off in our yard.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

1 Jan 22

All is well here. I Don’t believe it touched down anywhere near but it’s still going unless it gradually dissipated.

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@DaddyEvil (137142)

• United States

1 Jan 22

I'm glad you didn't get to see the tornado and took precautions, just in case.

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@DaddyEvil (137142)

• United States

1 Jan 22

@RubyHawk I'm sure it was.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

1 Jan 22

So am I. It was scary for awhile.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

1 Jan 22

@DaddyEvil Do you have tornadoes in your area?

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@TheHorse (206648)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Jan 22

Glad to hear you're OK. I have heard that bathtubs are a good place to be. I pictured you with comfy pillows in your bathtub, reading away.

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@TheHorse (206648)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Jan 22

@RubyHawk Well, I'm glad you were not swept away.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

2 Jan 22

That was what I intended to do but I’d recently taken a shower and the tub was still wet.I was too lazy to dry it.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

5 Jan 22

@TheHorse All was well. It flew over our heads and settled down elsewhere.

@sol_cee (38222)

• Philippines

4 Jan 22

Thank god you’re safe. But why the bathroom?

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

4 Jan 22

It’s the safest place, no windows and it’s in the middle of my apartment. It has no outside walls. Alway go to the center of the home where there no windows or outside walls.

@DianneN (247219)

• United States

1 Jan 22

You did the right thing. Glad it didn’t touch down. So scary!

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@DianneN (247219)

• United States

1 Jan 22

@RubyHawk So true!

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

1 Jan 22

It was scary. I have everything together in case I have to hide in there again. More bad weather is on the way..

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

1 Jan 22

@DianneN You never know where a tornado will touch down, if ones sighted in the general ares it’s best to take cover. Some of If us get lucky.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (307286)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

2 Jan 22

I'm glad it passed over without touching down. It sounded like a scary situation that ended well.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

3 Jan 22

It was scary but all’s well that ends well.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (307286)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

3 Jan 22

@RubyHawk I'm sure it was scary.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

3 Jan 22

@just4him It was very scary.

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@nela13 (55734)

• Portugal

2 Jan 22

I am glad the tornado passed over without touching down.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

2 Jan 22

So am I. I don’t want to deal with another tornado

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

3 Jan 22

@nela13 They are. They can pick up your house and blow it away.

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@nela13 (55734)

• Portugal

3 Jan 22

@RubyHawk I have never dealt with a tornado, I believe it is quite scary.

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@DocAndersen (54407)

• United States

1 Jan 22

good of him to call and so glad you are safe!

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

1 Jan 22

He always keeps in touch. He knows I don’t always hear the weather warnings.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

2 Jan 22

@DocAndersen I did have three good sons but my middle son passed away just over a year ago and my youngest son is away at work so that leaves my son that lives near me.

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@DocAndersen (54407)

• United States

1 Jan 22

@RubyHawk that is a good son you raised!

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@sinari (4997)

• Indonesia

3 Jan 22

Glad to know you and your family survived the Tornadoes. Hope you stay well.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

3 Jan 22

Thank you. Happy New year. Hope it’s the best one yet.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

4 Jan 22

@sinari The best to you.

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@sinari (4997)

• Indonesia

4 Jan 22

@RubyHawk Yes. Happy new year too friends. All the best to you in 2022

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@averygirl72 (37753)

• Philippines

4 Jan 22

That's scary. I'm afraid of tornadoes. Does it cause a lot of damage?

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

4 Jan 22

Yes, if they touch down they blow buildings and trees away, anything in a tornados path is destroyed.

@xstitcher (30419)

• Petaluma, California

2 Jan 22

Glad to read it passed over you.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

3 Jan 22

Yes, it flew right over us and wasn’t low enough to do any damage.

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@RasmaSandra (73749)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

2 Jan 22

I am glad that tornado passed you by and you are all right, I know all that can be very scary,

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

2 Jan 22

It is scary. Thankfully it passed over and no damage has been reported.

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@Marilynda1225 (79974)

• United States

3 Jan 22

Thats so scary but certainly glad it passed over. I hope nothing more came your way

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

3 Jan 22

I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

@Dena91 (15910)

• United States

1 Jan 22

I am glad you were safe from the tornado. I hope others were as well.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

1 Jan 22

I hope so, probably no damage done here. I haven’t heard differently.

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@LindaOHio (157337)

• United States

1 Jan 22

What a scare. I'm glad you're safe and sound.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

1 Jan 22

Thank you. Thankfully it was just a scare.

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