We live in California remember?
About 6pm we got in the truck & headed to Wednesday Night Service.
The sun was shining.
Just as we pulled out of the driveway my SIL called & asked if we could see a tornado.
My husband said “Can we see a WHAT?” & then we came over the hill.
The whole sky to the west was black & moving & quite ominous.
And right over where we were headed was a big scary funnel-ish looking cloud.
My SIL didn’t believe us so my husband took some pictures & sent them to her.
The cloud started to dissipate & we kept driving.
The weather went from sunshine to pouring rain & then driving hail.
Just as we crossed the freeway my MIL called to ask if we could see a tornado.
Right then, to the south of us was a huge black mass with these weird wispy fingers that looked an awful lot like they were trying to become a funnel.
My husband pulled over & took more pictures & sent those to his mom.
We weren’t the only ones. About a dozen cars were pulled over watching the same cloud.
As we continued towards town our view was obscured by trees but just as went through the main intersection, we had a clear view to the south & I was pretty darn convinced I saw a tornado.
We pulled into the church parking lot (which was covered in about 4 inches of water) & everything to the south & west was black, black, black & scary.
To the east the sun was shining & there was a beautiful double rainbow.
Directly south a funnel cloud was forming & you could see it touch down about 3 miles from the church.
It touchdown briefly & then lifted back up & continued moving west & touched down again about 10 miles away.
Folks started showing up at the church & sharing what they had seen & showing pictures.
We checked online & there were confirmed touch downs in 2 small areas just west of the church.
One person came in & said about 2 miles south rows & rows of trees were ripped up in the orchards.
The phone rang & it was a Sacramento news station looking for a story!
They interviewed my husband & a couple other folks from church over the phone live on the air.
They even put a few of our pictures on the news (technology is a wonderful thing).
It was an interesting Bible study ;)
From the news I have seen so far most of the damage was to crops & orchards. Some ‘property’ damage & I read of one injury.
Praising the Lord for His mercies.
Our storm was nothing in comparison to what the folks in the Midwest & South are dealing with.
But the very fact that we just had a tornado touch down in Northern California should attest to the fact that the weather this year is uber freaky.
So if you want me today, I’m gonna be outside digging a storm shelter…
Blessings.
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