Second Post of the Day
I am glad that March is over. The weather in Indiana (and the Midwest in general) has not been for the faint of heart.
Around the middle of March, this state weather update was posted:
But that wasn't the end of the roller coaster weather we would experience this month.
Predictions for Sunday, March 30 were more ominous than usual. We were warned that it would be a rough day in our area.
Leslie and Rick moved all their vehicles into the barn to protect them - not only were strong winds and tornados in the forecast, but large sized hail, too.
Craig and I made sure we knew where the dogs were at all times and had their leashes to hand. We took them outside for one last break and then turned on the live weather broadcast as the storms approached.
It was ugly with several tornados forming as it got closer. We saw a tornado pop up on the radar just south of town and then the sirens began blowing. The dogs were leashed and we headed into the laundry room to take shelter.
The laundry room is not our usual shelter spot, but we made it work. As we got the dogs settled, I popped out to get a chair to sit on. And since I knew the tornado was not close, I went to the front door and filmed just a little of the sirens and the weather.
It's a midwestern thing and you can find lots of memes about it. But I felt safe since I had been closely monitoring the weather and knew where the tornado was.
Craig stayed close to Tammo who was very, very frightened.
At last he settled a bit and lay down - look at how he is pressed up against Pepper for comfort. Poor guy!
Lisa also stepped to her back door and filmed the storm. Her door is closed but listen to how loud that wind is! Luckily, her fence survived the winds and did not blow over like it had earlier this week.
When the storm had blown past, we came out of our shelter and checked our home. More shingles off the roof and a lot of standing water, but we were fine.
Downtown Lafayette as well as the surrounding area was different. Lots of trees down, roofs gone, and power outages.
There were semi roll overs on I-65
and damage to farms and rural places.
Tammo clung close to Craig for an hour or so before he finally relaxed and fell asleep.
April, will you please be nice and come in with lambs and butterflies, maybe some pastel colored flowers, too? Hey, at this point I think I'd even be happy with a sparkly unicorn - just please stop slamming us with all these storms!
