The Tornado

Thursday morning the rain was filling up the gutters and splattering on the window panes. "What a rainy day," I thought. I hurried to get dressed and as I plugged in my curling iron the hail began to pound and then my curling iron turned off and the lights went out. I didn't realize then that a few blocks away a mile wide tornado was shredding houses and taring up trees.

Mom was out shopping and came in the house saying she thought something worse was happening then a hailstorm and hurried everyone into the basement bathroom but by then the storm was over and we were oblivious to the disaster just down the street. I went to work but the power was out there too. Little did I know that the power was out all over Windsor. About ten minutes after the hail had stopped the neighbor hood was filled with sirens and we were scared. What had happened?

Nobody could get a hold of us and we could get a hold of no one. About an hour or so after the tornado had hit we found out about it and we quickly made an evacuation with animals to my grandparents in Greeley. Another storm was headed toward Windsor but it did not turn into anything near as frightening as the first. By evening Thursday we found out that five tornadoes had touched ground in different areas that day and that Windsor by far had experienced the worse damage. Power was out and remained out for four and half days but we were blessed and we new it.

Since noon Thursday Windsor has gathered together to help rebuild but it will take a long time before the streets I use to walk down will be cleared and the houses that held my friends will be rebuilt.

Here was God's mercy in the midst of this storm:

1. The Tornado took only one life

2. The Tornado struck at an unusual time of day ( for a tornado) and because it was so close to noon many people were not home.

3. It was the last day of school for Windsor and so most of the children were safe at school instead of in their homes ( this is saying nothing against home schooling).

4.Of all the children in the pre school that now lays in ruble all are safe.