Friday, April 29, 2011

Storm of the Century!!

So Wednesday night Jade and I experience a storm like never before here in Knoxville, Tennessee. We had warnings going on throughout the day but we didn't think it was going to be as bad as it turned out. Thankfully the boys came in early that day just to be safe and I was sooo glad they did. Here is the footage to the first storm that hit.





This is what we ended up with afterwards. In some areas the hail were the size of Softballs and going through roofs of homes. We were fortunate ours were smaller.



Here is the Footage of the Hail.







So right after Jade collected this hail from downstairs a second storm came through. The footage and the experience during the second time was a little bit scarier for me. You probably can here me in the back ground panicked. I have never been so scared in my life I really thought we were going to be fit with a tornado. The wind and the sounds were so scary it doesn't help that we live on the third floor.



The Second Storm







Comparing to an egg







Aftermath....





Unfortunately, this is not all the damage to our car. It was hit with a flash flood when were trying to get to a safer apartment. The engine waterlocked and the car is no longer drivable. The car behind ours lost their back window.







This car took a lot on the back window crazy how it just left the holes most of the windows shattered.



It was flooded everywhere. We had a hard time getting around town. Jade was talking to an old couple from around our area the day after the storm and they said they have lived here over 50 years and has never had a storm like this. Trees were on the ground everywhere. In Alabama this storm cause over 150 deaths. We are so fortunate we just saw a small part of it. No Tornados were reported around our complex that night. Now we are carless waiting for insurance to take over so we can get something we can drive soon. It's weird to think we are stranded in Tennessee :)

6 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh!! Thats crazy! I would be scared too!! ha

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  2. Oh Kate! How scary!! You guys be so careful and safe. We miss you guys!

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  3. Sorry about your car! So glad you guys were safe :) such a scary experience! Love and miss you girly!

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  4. Insane!!! hope you get a car soon! kate your doin real good blogging. keep it up!!!

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  5. Yikes! Glad you guys are ok. We are glad you have a blog so we can keep up with you two!

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  6. Geez...that is crazy! It gives me the willies! I'm glad you guys are okay. At least you're not in Round Valley right now!

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