midwest extremes

Today was wild. We experienced a “tornado outbreak” here in the Midwest, and a Tornado emergency, which is more severe than a tornado warning apparently, was declared in our area. A tornado over a mile wide wiped out homes in a town north of us, an F5 I believe. Twister level stuff. We are so lucky to be spared and I can’t stop thinking about the people who lost their homes. Here’s to the fluffy, non threatening clouds that followed.