Weather

A couple of days ago we had some severe weather.  The weather station had been tracking this storm and we knew it was coming.  This storm was causing a lot of tornadoes across the country and the storm was suppose to be hitting us between midnight and 2am.  So that night before going to bed I made sure that we were prepared just in case we had to run to our basement.  I set out our flashlights, cleared out our "safe spot" in the basement and put our emergency kit down there.  We made sure that the things that we needed to grab were close by the bed.  I couldn't sleep that night so I just watched the storm get closer and closer.  I started to fall asleep when we got a call at 12:44am from the emergency center, waking Josh up, telling us of a tornado warning in our area.  So we started to watch the weather when our power went out so we decided that we should go take cover.  We went and woke the kids up, grabbed what we needed and headed to the basement.  The kids were all hyped up once they were awake, considering the situation you would have thought that they would have been not so hyper. We sat in our "nest" that we made of blankets, pillows and sleeping bags.  We hung out there till about 1:20am when the thunder was further away. The kids had a hard time going back to sleep and Megan ended up sleeping on our floor cause she was still scared. 
I felt kinda dumb sitting down there since it didn't seem like it was that bad out there and was pretty sure that we were the only people sitting in our basement.  The next morning I found out that we weren't the only ones, most of our friends took cover too.  But we also learned a little more about our preparedness and things that we need... like a working radio so we know when we can come out and things are all clear.
So, today I heard on the news that a tornado touched down in my county, my friend just e-mailed me this report and I didn't realize how close it was to our house.  Below is the report... when you are looking at the map our house is in between Esther Way & the North Fork Cedar Creek (where it dips).  CRAZY!!!  I'm just glad that we took cover and that nothing happened to us or our property. 



Oldham County EF-1
DAMAGE TYPE: TORNADO

BEGIN TIME: 12:49 AM EDT
END TIME: 12:49 AM EDT

BEGIN POINT: 1.9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA GRANGE
END POINT: 1.7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA GRANGE

EF SCALE: EF-1
WIND SPEED: 90 MPH

PATH LENGTH: 0.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH: 80 YARDS

INJURIES: 0
FATALITIES: 0

NARRATIVE: NWS STORM DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMS A VERY BRIEF EF-1
TORNADO NORTHWEST OF LA GRANGE IN OLDHAM COUNTY. THE TORNADO
DESTROYED A BARN AND SNAPPED HUGE HARDWOOD TREES 30 FEET OFF OF THE
GROUND AT THE BEGINNING POINT...1.9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA GRANGE. IT
THEN MOVED NORTHEAST DAMAGING THE ROOF OF A HOUSE AND ANOTHER BARN.
THE TORNADO WAS ONLY ON THE GROUND FOR TWO TENTHS OF A MILE BEFORE
IT LIFTED. ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS WERE AROUND 90 MPH WITH A PATH
WIDTH OF 80 YARDS.