It was really scary. I had many friends who lost their houses with that outbreak. Another friend and her three kids were almost sucked out their car windows.
I was living in Stevenson at the time. Stevenson is north on 72 past Scottsboro. The same tornado system had a twister go through our next door neighbor’s property. We were totally untouched.
I find tornados the most terrifying weather phenomena.
I think Auburn is clear now. I’m heading to bed.
Take Care and get a good nights rest. I remember when I was expecting and weather was fine, went to doctor for checkup and weather turned ugly while in Huntsville for my checkup. Coming back home to Hazel Green, the sirens starting going off, it was raining harder than I had ever seen in my life, I was EIGHT months pregnant, they say on the radio there is a tornado spotted at Memorial Parkway & University, I’m about 1 mile north, THEN they say another has been spotted near the Winn Dixie in Meridianville about 8 miles or so north of me . . . one in front one in back and my 2 1/2 year old asleep in her car seat, me very pregnant and my foot literally shaking on the gas pedal and praying all the way home. They tell you to go lay in a ditch, yea right, they are full with rushing raging red muddy water, with a toddler and pregnant, I don’t think so. Ever since that scary day, I know most of the churches on my daily travels around town with the kids and would go knocking on the door for shelter from the storm and pray that someone was there. :)