Major thunder storms and tornado Warnings

Major thunder storms and tornado weather in east texas. Keep us in your prayers.


Update:   For as bad as the storm was ... we are hearing surprisingly little damage reports.  Most of our Facebook friends have checked in that they are fine and sustained little or no damage in the storm. There were colors on the radar that I didn't know they used - lots of white spots.  It hit us hard for a while - the downpour was like standing in a shower.  The thunder and lightening was nearly non-stop at 1 - 4 per second!  As the sun went down, the air was so green and eerie.

We were getting weather reports near where Tim's brother's family lived - extreme high winds, hail, and a few sighted tornadoes.  Not long after, a tornado bounced around just south of Tim's parents.  The brunt of the storm swung south of us - we watched it until the sun went down ... a small part of the storm swung up and north of us.  That meant though that others in our family got hit hard.  I haven't heard from our sister Ruth and family, or Mamaw and Papaw, or Uncle Roy.  But we did hear from our Dad when he took Ann home.

I don't remember such an eerie or scary storm since 1988 when a tornado swung around the south and east of us, for years we drove by and could still see the damage of uprooted trees lying in fields and homes caving in because insurance wouldn't tear them down or fix them - many like us, don't qualify for insurance.

The storm was horrible for about 2 hours, but God's hand of protection was over us and kept us safe.

Tim even took his birthday cake next door (where we go when weather gets really bad - they have a sturdy protected hallway big enough for our 3 families to hide in if we need to.)  And we all had cake ... Joel later observed that we had forgotten to sing Happy Birthday to Daddy.

Thank you so much for prayers tonight.