Tornadoes

Early Friday morning, Christie and I were sleeping when suddenly there was a lot of wind coming through our house. We closed all the windows and then realized as we closed the last one that we should be heading for safety. We cowered in the bathroom for about 20 minutes. When all the loud noises stopped, we opened our windows and went back to bed. Then, someone outside said, "I had to pull an old woman out of her house." We immediately got up and investigated. There was flashing lights everywhere and trees down with major damage done to houses. We learned that night that no one died and no one was even seriously injured. The worst in my neighborhood was some stitches on an arm. In the morning, Christie went around looking at the damage and snapped some pictures. These pictures are below. We had just a little damage on our siding, but across the street there are entire apartments destroyed. We didn't have power until Saturday evening, and we still don't have our internet back on but we have a house. I ask prayers for those who have lost a place to live and those in other parts of the world who have been damaged by major storms.

Peace,
Mark