I was 7 and it was terrifying.
My mom had us in the bathtub with couch cushions to cover us.
I'll never forget the continuous warnings coming from channel 7 with Gil Whitney.
My gosh - that is a good memory from being only 7 when it happened. I was 37 and I don’t remember the names of people doing the weather and warnings. Didn’t it seem like we had at least several days of warnings? I wasn’t used to anything like it - in CA, we never had warnings of impending doom - earthquakes etc. I had nothing to do but watch TV and take care of the baby so it was branded in my brain, I guess.
A high school friend from upstate NY lived and worked in the area also and was closer than we were to Xenia. My husband worked at Voss Chevrolet and the cars on the lot were all damaged from the hail but escaped the worst of the tornado.
Small world.....NOW I live in tornado and hurricane country in GA....do not like it!!!