Head for cover in Dallas!

[Gloria]

I'm watching the news and it doesn't look good for Dallas. I hope you Texans won't be affected by the tornados in the area. Very scary.

Gloria

[TXBrenda]

And the Oklahoma City area. Both son in laws and families are ok as far as we know. Number 2 called to let us know they are ok. They live west of Moore but have a Norman address, in a rural area. Other son in law lives in the city but we can't remember which Love's he works. Interstate 40 west of OKC was closed because the storm crossed the highway around El Reno.

I'm safe because the town I live in is about half way between OKC & Albuquerque, NM. We do have a wild fire burning about 20 miles south of Amarillo and to the east. They are warning residents of Palo Duro Canyon (state park), Sunday Canyon, & east of Sunday Canyon to evacuate. Sounds like this may be as bad as earlier in the year when residents in two local areas lost homes & businesses. The fires further down state have been worse.

Thanks for the concern! Hope others are as fortunate.

[MBombardier]

http://kamala.cod.edu/svr/

You can see the actual warnings as they are refreshed every two minutes.

[tex]

So far today, all of the severe stuff has been at least a hundred miles north of where I hang out, but I see that it's building onto the south end, pretty rapidly now, as the line sweeps across, so I guess I'd better keep an eye on it. A few days ago, there was a heck of a lot of grapefruit-sized hail west of us. Hail that size can be almost as bad as a tornado, (of course, it often accompanies tornadoes). We desperately need some moisture, but not when it's frozen.

Tex

[Martha]

I'm in the very southern tip of Dallas, and we escaped the bad stuff. I did pile quilts and pillows up by the hall bathroom just in case we had to go to our "safe room." The tornado sirens went off twice, but all we got was wind and a little bit of rain. Fortunately, there was no serious damage at all in the Dallas area. Some hail damage, though.