My brother and I climbed on to the roof of our barn occasionally when we were kids, including one day when the weather was brewing. I still remember seeing what were probably wall clouds forming, coming together, and seeming to head right for us. Not much later a tornado did hit only a couple of miles from our farm.
Also practiced going under your desk for a nuclear bomb going off. Everyone was so smart back then.
Road I came upon today.
I was born in '85, so that definitely backs up my internal perception. The tornado I was most directly involved with happened in June as well. I was essentially chasing this storm with my brother and best friend after it (unbeknownst to us) passed over our car when it was (briefly) not on the ground.
Northeast of Wesley would be the heavy stuff.
Friend and I (both 8-9 years old) took cover in an older barn during a bad thunderstorm. Lightening hit the barn while we were in it. Hard to hear for half a day and lots of laundry to do....scared s***less.
It should've happened sooner, really. What sounds safer, sending kids home early to distribute them and put them back under family care during an emergency, or have all of them shuttled together into one space when there's only enough adults around to attend them at a 20:1 ratio?
If ages were 10 years more, you got a start of a good story pending who the “friend” was.
Separating out wind/hail deductibles from other events. Our townhome association policy is now 2% of the value of the property for wind/hail. Huge increase.
Problem is they'll barely let the wood dry, put up the drywall and 5 years down the road the walls will be full of mold. It's amazing to me how quickly they'll build houses on hills they've quickly put 40 feet of dirt onto or close up walls that are wet. Never amazes me how many houses in newer developments have settling issues or mold problems.
