We have had 2 tornadoes on the ground in the last 25 minutes, came way too close.
By Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (28596)
March 31, 2023 8:07pm CST
Sirens went off forever. The wind and hail are wild. I still have power but it blinks a lot. Bad accidents all over the area, people don't stay home! Good grief.
Now we have ''debris'' warnings as the wind keeps up. Anhydrous ammonia leak about 5 miles away from the storm. And the worst part is, more coming a bit later, everything very unstable.
Yes, I am in a safe place. But no one really can say that about tornadoes, they do what they want to do. Things and cars don't really matter, but people sure do.
Say a prayer for us, or wish upon a star, or whatever it is that you do...thank you!!
***Added picture of part of the pile up and the bus, credit to news station WCIA Champaign, IL.
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@Jenaisle (14079)
• Philippines
1 Apr 23
@MarieCoyle Good to hear that. Take care.
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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1 Apr 23
Other than wind and rain currently, we are good now. Very thankful.
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@FourWalls (62181)
• United States
1 Apr 23
Definitely praying for you. This is one for the record books. 
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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1 Apr 23
We were so fortunate. We could even hear the tornado roar.
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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1 Apr 23
I was ready and in my hunker down place...but it has passed. Now the news and police and others are assessing the damages.
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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1 Apr 23
For now it is only blowing and rainy, thank you so much.
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@snowy22315 (170025)
• United States
1 Apr 23
You have had some wild storms for sure..I will say a prayer that you get no more. Did you see the devastation in Little Rock?
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@snowy22315 (170025)
• United States
1 Apr 23
@MarieCoyle Yes, the pictures of that and Mis were incredible.
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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1 Apr 23
I have a cousin there. She has been keeping me informed. So terrible.
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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1 Apr 23
@snowy22315
No one can ever figure out just exactly what Mother Nature will dish out to us.
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@velvet53 (22528)
• Palisade, Colorado
1 Apr 23
I am praying for you and your family and everyone else that is getting tornados around them. There are so many and for you to get two of them by you in such a short time. That is scary. I have watched tornados strike down where I used to live. They are so destructive
Be safe and keep us posted.
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@velvet53 (22528)
• Palisade, Colorado
1 Apr 23
@MarieCoyle Me too. The weather is crazy everywhere. Snow, wind, rain, hail, tornados, and other types of weather is going on.
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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1 Apr 23
Hopefully they will update all of us on the news this evening, I just hope no one else was killed.
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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2 Apr 23
@velvet53
It really has been crazy and terrible. It seems that in every way possible, we live in a land of extremes!
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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1 Apr 23
I feel very fortunate. Others are not going to be so lucky. Thank you.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
1 Apr 23
Keeping you in my thoughts... Be as careful as you can be... 
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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1 Apr 23
It came SO close.
I heard a tour bus was smacked by the tornado on our interstate, not far from me--about a mile.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
1 Apr 23
@MarieCoyle Oh, wow! I hope everybody is okay!
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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1 Apr 23
@DaddyEvil
Almost 40 people on that bus and no bad injuries, the bus flipped over. But there is a 20plus car pile up all around it, evidently the tornado that came so close to me went on it's way and crossed the interstate. It's all shut down now.
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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1 Apr 23
That wind was wicked. It's still very windy, but not like it was earlier. Thank you, Dena.
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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2 Apr 23
It's amazing the massive amount of damage they can do in literally just seconds. Thank you.
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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2 Apr 23
@nela13
There are still quite a few people who have no power. The interstate has remained closed and they have been re-routing traffic thru our town on a state highway to the next town, so that the workers can work on the power grid, which in that particular spot, goes over the interstate. It makes for a ton of traffic in our bedroom community to the nearby city. But they are getting it fixed, and power is important.
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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1 Apr 23
It's a hit and miss thing. Often there are warnings and they go around us or fizzle. A few years back a nearby small town was nearly wiped off the map. We were so fortunate last night.
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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1 Apr 23
@MGjhaud
There are some shelters available but not nearly enough. Most people stay in their homes, usually only the people who live in RV's or mobile homes go to the shelters to be safe.
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@LadyDuck (458230)
• Switzerland
2 Apr 23
@MarieCoyle It seems it will be calm today, I hope so.
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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1 Apr 23
High winds can be so wicked and dangerous. I am glad you were not in danger, Anna.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
1 Apr 23
Wishing you well, sounds very scary.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
1 Apr 23
@MarieCoyle That would be so scary!
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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2 Apr 23
@JamesHxstatic
It's not often that it gets so close you feel like it's just breathing on your neck! And breathing loudly!!
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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1 Apr 23
I wasn't really scared, but I was nervous about it when it got so loud and we could actually hear the tornado roar!! Thank you.
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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2 Apr 23
I've lived through several hurricanes in my lifetime, they are certainly scary as well. Let's hope this year there won't be any terrible ones! Thank you, Kandase.
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@CarolDM (203452)
• Nashville, Tennessee
2 Apr 23
@MarieCoyle You are so right. Very unpredictable. Thanks Marie, you too.
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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2 Apr 23
There is no rhyme or reason to a tornado. It can hit a subdivision and just take out the 3 middle houses, leaving the rest intact. Or go down a street and not hit a thing, then turn and wipe out everything in sight. No one really ever knows exactly what a tornado will do.
Glad you are safe as well, Carol.
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@HomewardBound (551)
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4 Apr 23
I’m glad you had a safe place to go. I can’t get over how many tornadoes have hit already and the ‘tornado season’ hasn’t even started.
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@MarieCoyle (28596)
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5 Apr 23
It truly was wild, and I really do hope it's not a beginning of a trend for us, or for anyone. It took until this morning to get everyone repaired for electricity, etc. I was fortunate enough to not have mine damaged, but others were not so lucky. Thank you.
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