I remember that day so very well. I was a junior in high school...in Mason, Ohio...just down the road from Xenia, Ohio (the worst area hit...I do believe.
Anyway, I was at the high school around 6pm for majorette practice or something like that, and we were all told to get downstairs to the locker rooms, right away. When we came back up, after it hit, we saw that the football field’s press box had been lifted up and tossed into the baseball field and so many other damaged things. I couldn’t get home, because the roads were all blocked. However, my grandfather was Police and Fire Chief at the time, and he came by the school to check on everyone, and I was able to leave with him.
Our house had some minor damage. The house on one side of us was untouched, and the house on the other side of us was completely destroyed.
To this day, I take tornado watches and warnings, VERY seriously!!
Be safe today, for those in the path of potential severe weather. We, here in the greater Louisville/southern Indiana area are under the gun for a potential tornado outbreak today.
We are under a severe weather watch today in parts of Michigan, although for snow....