Southern AL is very used to tornado season but Jareth and I are not. Tornadoes are common from early spring through late fall due to the warm weather mixing with the cool Gulf air. On April 8th we experienced our first of possibly many tornadoes. It was thunderstorming in the morning and then it quickly turned to tornado sirens, strong winds, and heavy rain. We do not have a basement but we do have a closet near the center of the house we will hide out in when necessary. We watched the news as it was reported at 12:10 a tornado touched down just west of Enterprise. It traveled through the city and continued towards Georgia. We have not heard of any injuries or much damage so we'll just say it was a good trial run. Shortly after the news reported seeing the tornado on the other side of Enterprise the clouds parted and it was back to sunshine :)
The town was a bit on edge though as they remembered the tornado which hit the high school on March 1st, 2007 killing 8 students and injuring more than 120 people. Click on the link below to see pictures and read more on that tornado. http://alabamavva.org/storm/index.html
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