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Take Cover Now
Our first experience in a tornado shelter
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My Storm Prep in 15 Steps
Step 1: Watch & read weather reports until you’ve grasped the storms’ timelines. Step 2: Make sure all necessary communication devices are fully charged. Step 3: Gather supplies, including water, batteries, flashlights, non-perishable food, whistles, bike helmets. Step 4: Check the weather report one more time. Evaluate maps and data. Make sure your people are…
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A Tea Party
Last year, a tornado – “the” tornado – destroyed Alberta Baptist Church’s building. Open Door Baptist (my church) has been sharing a building with them ever since. While we have not combined our church families, we have been doing more and more together as time has gone on. Our children and youth groups do a…
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Remembering
Never Forget (RSS readers may need to click-through) This account of that afternoon captures the feeling of the event well.
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Weather Is Good
I didn’t get much sleep last night. All day long…well, really all weekend, I had been hearing that severe weather was on the way to Alabama. Several people, including myself, were anticipating it with dread because we haven’t had many major thunderstorms since the awful storm on April 27, 2011. I kept up with my…
Leslie Wiggins 