33 years ago

Today marks the 33rd anniversary of the big tornados that slammed through Kentucky killing over 70 people and destroyed countless dollars worth of property throughout the state. We were living in Irvington where a tornado passed by heading toward Brandenburg where it wreaked havoc in that small town. When Clayton looked out and saw how bad it was he herded us all to the basement except Kimberly who evidently went upstairs instead where she watched the effects of the tornado blew down a neighor's little garage and blew objects around. She was five years old and thought it all exciting. What a scary thought for us when we realized that Kimberly wasn't with us. Jonathan was not quite three months old so I had him in my arms and Laura had run down the steps ahead of me. I thought that Kimberly was with Clayton and he thought she was with me. We are so thankful that she was not hurt (she thought it an adventure!). After the storm was over Clayton headed down to the city building to see if the volunteers were needed. He went along with the fire department volunteers toward Brandenburg. The next few days continued to bring bad news of just how bad it was in Brandenburg and in other areas. We opened the church for shelter to those who wanted a safe place. There was no phone service nor electricity for some time.

Today's storm here around our houe is about over although it is still raining. The sky was really dark before the thunderstorm came and reminded us a little of that day so long ago. The local stations have cut into regular programming to give updates on where the storm is and what is happening in some places south of us. Evidently there is a tornado warning in Hart county and other places.

We can only pray that things soon calm down for those places and that people are safe from harm and damage.