Well we are feeling pretty lucky about how we came through the storms Wednesday night (well, actually about 3:00am Thursday). The radar was ugly and they have now confirmed 13 tornadoes.
The Mount Juliet one is about 4 miles from us. This is one of the buildings that was damaged. There were a couple of people on the building at the time, but they were able to take cover and were okay.
This is just a short way from the other building. This is a Dollar General at the intersection of Lebanon Road and Mt. Juliet Road. That section of town was badly hit.
I'm not sure exactly where this one is, but you can see the size of the trees that were ripped apart.
I have to say, the winds were the worst we've ever heard. They started with that freight train quakity and then started swirling. The house was making noises I've never heard! They said there were 105 mile winds in downtown Nashville. I have since noticed that one if the flagpoles at the federal building downtown has been uprooted. that's some strong wind!!
We were watching the news, and the radar now has the ability to show not only where there is probably a tornado on the ground, but it shows where there's a 'debris field' - which is debris floating, or being carried by the wind. So they can pinpoint the areas that are in immediate danger. While the winds were so bad here, they were talking about this cell being just east of the Mt. Juliet radar station. The radar station is about a mile or so east of us, so we knew there were bad things happening around us. It's always so much worse at night. There's a certain amount of comfort in being able to see what's happening around you.
Fortunately we had no damage. It sure is a reminder that we need to make sure the storm shelter is ready for use.
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