09/03/2026
Thursday morning update
Radar confirmed a tornado last night, prompting the tornado warning, but as of right now, nothing touched down in our area that I'm aware of, thank the Lord above.
We did have to temporarily evacuate some animals last night due to flooding, but as of this morning, everybody is back where they belong and the water is receding. Miraculously we never lost power.
I had been watching the forecasts all day, but honestly I had gotten to the point of a little bit of the boy who cried Wolf, because there have been so many recent episodes where it was calling for severe weather and we got nothing. Yes, I do realize it's spotty and that everyone is affected. So I wasn't as prepared as id like to have been. We had just sat down to dinner when all of the phones went off with the emergency alert system. So we pushed back from the table left our plates, ran upstairs to gather all the cats, get them in carriers, and get to the basement with them and the dog and we sat there for about a half an hour or so and prayed for the safety of the other animals. And we listened. And we waited. As soon as the tornado warning expired, we went outside to check on the rest of the animals.
Here is Gemini who thankfully doesn't hold a grudge because we had to pull him out from under a staircase, in a not so pleasant way for his safety.
