the spring time in Oklahoma doesn't always equate to good things though. All day the weather people had been warning us of evening storms. All day they had said "strong winds and hail will be the main possibility. doesn't look to be any tornadic activity." Oops. They were wrong. Again. Low and behold an F2 tornado was bearing down on downtown Tulsa and headed right towards the casino in Catoosa. We only live 3 miles from this casino so it was into the underground basement shelter we headed. We were super thankful that our friends, Sean and Kate, let us stay in their shelter with them!
Sadly this F2 tornado did do quite a bit of damage in the neighboring city of Sand Springs. People lost their homes and businesses and even one person lost their lives. Tornadoes are not to be messed with in Oklahoma or in any other state for that matter. In our next home Steven and I build we WILL be building an underground tornado shelter to protect ourselves and any neighbors who need to seek shelter. Thankfully, we haven't had another storm since this one on Wednesday. It's just so crazy how fast they roll in. One minute it is quiet and calm and then in a matter of seconds it was blowing and gusting 80-90 mph winds in our neighborhood.
Thankful we had protection and AGAIN seriously wish we could consider moving out of this state. Tornadoes every spring and now earthquakes in every season. Oklahoma is home and I doubt we will leave while boys are still in school but once college age hits for them we will begin pushing schools such as Univ of Florida and FSU. Sounds good to me!!
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