In reality, he did not. A tornado can find a Hillbilly family member if it wants to!
Monday afternoon, Genius sent me a picture of his back yard, from the top level of his own mansion. I think it's his back yard, and the picture is from high above, so I'm assuming. I hope that doesn't make a rumpus of me. I've never been there in person. The grass and garage roof were covered with about an inch of snow.
Anyhoo... Genius said, "Wasn't expecting more snow!"
"We had flurries this morning. And tornado warnings last night."
"We had tornado warnings last week, and 70 mph wind gusts on Friday. We ended up losing power for about 26 hours from Friday night to Saturday night."
"Oh no!"
"We survived! Haha. The battery system I had kept us with enough power to keep the fridge and water heater running, and charge devices, so not too bad."
"You ARE a GENIUS!"
Heh, heh. I didn't reveal that OUR wind gusts were only 60 mph. And that we didn't lose power. I don't want Genius thinking we have it easy around here.
4 comments:
Genius is well named! I wouldn't like to live in tornado areas.
River,
Genius gets his mechanical smarts from Farmer H, but I claim his IQ! Tornados are scary. You don't get days of warning like with hurricanes. Then again, it's over fast, and you don't have to travel far away to avoid them. Just go underground if you have a basement (that you can access with 13 rail-less steps!).
He really is a genius! Tornadoes are scary and I am beginning to believe there is no safe place to be. We always thought we wanted to be by the beach when we retired. Then for awhile, all you heard about was tsunamis. We discussed everything before deciding on our location. With the ravine behind us, we are not likely to be flooded, but last time we took a trip we turned on the news to find that the forest behind us was on fire. It was close to us in the next county. When we saw the footage on the news, I recognized the section of highway between our house and Franklin. There is no safe place.
Kathy,
So true. You might find a place where storms can't get you, but then there might be an earthquake!
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