Back in Mississippi
By Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (49055)
United States
April 10, 2024 3:24pm CST
I hope that you are all doing good. We are back in Mississippi. After I wrote my last discussion we had tornadoes in West Virginia. The winds were powerful and caused damage to many homes and businesses. Our home was spared, but the high winds blew the rain sideways and through our gable vent in the attic. Water ended up coming through the attic and from our living room ceiling. We lost power for two days. It seems that the foul weather has followed us to Mississippi. It is unheard of to have the tornadic weather in our part of West Virginia. We didn’t take the warning sirens very seriously at first. Weather seems to be changing all over. I really hope this was a once in a lifetime fluke of nature.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49055)
• United States
10 Apr
The ceiling will definitely need to be repaired. My husband will fix it on our next trip.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49055)
• United States
11 Apr
@JudyEv it could have been worse. I’m so glad that we were there.
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@JudyEv (325984)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Apr
@Tampa_girl7 That's a great shame that that happened.
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@TheHorse (206059)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Apr
@Tampa_girl7 Hope you get a break soon.
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@snowy22315 (170164)
• United States
10 Apr
Wow, it must have been scary. I sent through a tornado once. I don't care to repeat it.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49055)
• United States
11 Apr
I have been through hurricanes and they are not fun at all.
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@snowy22315 (170164)
• United States
11 Apr
@Tampa_girl7 They are both bad. Really the most scared I was though was the earthquake aftershocks from the 2011 quake. We were in bed in the time and itwas terrifying.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49055)
• United States
11 Apr
@snowy22315 Was the earthquake in Virginia ? We felt a very small one in Germany. It happened in Turkey.
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@RebeccasFarm (86776)
• United States
11 Apr
Oh dear so sorry not good news then Marie..is it repaired now I guess so..the ceiling?
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@RebeccasFarm (86776)
• United States
13 Apr
@Tampa_girl7 Okay then ..so sorry this happened
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@Tampa_girl7 (49055)
• United States
13 Apr
@RebeccasFarm Yeah, it really stinks.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49055)
• United States
12 Apr
No, he will repair it when we go back up. All the water is up.
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@LadyDuck (458584)
• Switzerland
13 Apr
@Tampa_girl7 - I am so sorry you had that incident, I hope you can rest now.
@Tampa_girl7 (49055)
• United States
12 Apr
We are doing good. It took a few days to recover from the trip.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49055)
• United States
12 Apr
Seeing the water coming from the ceiling was disturbing.
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@just4him (306690)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Apr
@Tampa_girl7 I'm sure it was. You'll need to do more repairs the next time you go back there.
@GardenGerty (157623)
• United States
11 Apr
How awful for you to have those leaks.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49055)
• United States
11 Apr
If we hadn’t been there it would have been much worse.
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I hope there wasn't too much damage to your home out there. But good you were there to be able to take care of it! How strange that a tornado decided to show up there when it never did before 
.@Tampa_girl7 (49055)
• United States
11 Apr
I hope that it’s not the start of a new pattern.
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@kaylachan (57891)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Apr
Nature is going to do what it wants. No matter what we do. It's good to see nature in action.
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@kaylachan (57891)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Apr
@Tampa_girl7 That's nature for you. Embrace it. I do.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49055)
• United States
11 Apr
I’m not sure how good it is, but it definitely can’t be stopped.
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@Marilynda1225 (79833)
• United States
11 Apr
The weather does seem to be changing everywhere these days. Having a tornado in your part of West Virginia sounds pretty scary. The other day we had an earthquake here in Pennsylvania.
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@LindaOHio (156587)
• United States
11 Apr
I'm so sorry you had water damage. I hope your home will be spared any further damage.
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@FourWalls (62254)
• United States
11 Apr
Wow, there were tornadoes in Mississippi last night! Maybe it’s you. 
(Just kidding) Hope everything is okay there. The storms were really bad down in Slidell, Louisiana.
(Just kidding) Hope everything is okay there. The storms were really bad down in Slidell, Louisiana.2 people like this
@RasmaSandra (73537)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Apr
Sorry you got some damage from the rain, I hope the tornadoes bypass West Virginia from now on,
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@moffittjc (118497)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Apr
The weather has definitely been changing over the years, and things that were unheard of just a few years ago seems to be routine now. We used to never have tornadoes in Florida, now it seems like there is one every time it rains here.
Weather forecasters are predicting a horrible hurricane season this year, they are saying that they are already alarmed that the conditions are turning favorable for tropical development this early in the year. I'm praying they are wrong, but I know they are probably right.
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@moffittjc (118497)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Apr
@Tampa_girl7 All we can do is try to be as prepared as possible for any eventual strikes that may occur. I have no problem evacuating if I feel that we would take a catastrophic hit. I've always wanted to move to Tennessee.
@kobesbuddy (74635)
• East Tawas, Michigan
12 Apr
Actually, weather is changing drastically all over the world. Global warming is genuine, it's changing the entire earth.
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@kobesbuddy (74635)
• East Tawas, Michigan
13 Apr
@Tampa_girl7 The irate weather is everywhere, not just in South Carolina. We had five tornadoes touch down, in one night (three years ago). Not one person was injured or lost their life:) Prayer works, because God loves his people!
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