Tornados Tear Through IC!!

Last night around 2100 the tornado sirens sounded. Erica and I switched from 24 to the local news - 2 tornados were heading for UI hospital, 2 blocks from our house. We holed up in the basement (with Maggie), listening to the wind chimes beat against the increasing gale. The batter of hail started and the power went out. Then, everything was eerily silent. We waited a couple of hours before surfacing, and we began to learn of the damage.













The DQ just blocks from our home was leveled. So was the auto dealership across the road. Many houses were missing rooves or had trees laying in them. Several buildings downtown were damaged too, including our favorite Thai place. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but the IC landscape is changed. It will be interesting to see what the local response is like.