[sumo] [off topic] [non-sumo] Tornado in NoCo

[Fred Cleaver]

I'm glad you are safe. I live in Greeley and it was another nervous  
afternoon with several tornado sightings in the area.

Toyonishiki


On Fri, 23 May 2008 09:32:42 -0600, Keri Sibley <kerisib at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> For those of you that heard about this tornado
> yesterday in Windsor Colorado. I have provided a map
> of the path that the tornado tracked and how close it
> came to turning me and my daughter's life inside out.
> A close call to be sure, but we are both OK and no
> damage was done to our house or to where I work.
>
> Looking at the map, the tornado was on the ground for
> roughly a half hour starting south of Miliken. It
> literally headed straight at us and lifted off the
> ground maybe a mile or two away from HP, which is
> where I was at the time. They say that it was about
> 3/4 of a mile wide at one point. Our house is just
> another mile away in the NW direction. On the map, the
> best point of reference for the location of HP and our
> house, is just under "s" where it says "Fort Collins."
> Pretty darned close if you ask me.
>
> A lot of the folks I work with are not here at work
> today as many lived in Windsor. It's only 5 miles from
> HP. It could've been a lot worse if the tornado would
> have stayed on the ground, say another 15 minutes or
> started 30 minutes later it would have hit a city of
> 130,000 people. We are all very lucky the damage
> wasn't worse than it was.
>
> Anyway, that's my report and anybody that is worried
> about us, please don't because we are both fine and
> carrying on with our regular routine. I'm thinking
> about going over to Windsor this weekend and help
> clean up some of the mess.
>
> Feeling very lucky!
> Hinerikeri
>
>