March 15, 2008

The Tornado

I am in DC. The tornado did touch down near my building. The building is fine.

Cabbagetown took the brunt of it all. My friend’s who have a house there said that one tree on their property is missing all its branches. A tree fell on one of their cars and the meter was ripped off the side of the house. Will’s canoe was balanced on the neighbor’s fence. So weird.

They said it is like a war zone and that everyone is at Six Feet Under due to no power. Amy described three houses in a row each with its own tree going down the middle of it. They waiting to see what is going to happen because there is another tornado warning. I could hear all the sirens in background while I talked to her.

She said the seeing Cotton Mill Lofts is unbelievable. Supposedly the top four floors caved in. Not sure if that is true.

Also she described mattresses and other things like that are just all over the neighborhood.

So it seems I got out of town just in time, but am definitely worried about what is to come.