Where do I start? This week started off fast and then flew
into overdrive. Monday I had projects due for design classes. Tuesday was the
same. WEDNESDAY… woke up, knew there was a chance of severe weather… got home
from class and took a nap. Then my boyfriend came over to do laundry and get
free dinner. We grilled out. Grilled chicken, rice and a baked potato were what
filled my plate. Had the news on to keep
an eye on the weather. Then they
announced a possible tornado on the ground on NE 12th in OKC. It
wasn’t in OKC it was NW 12th in Moore and headed right for my
neighborhood. My dad started to walk on the porch because we hadn’t determined
that they mean Moore yet and as we gathered by the door we could see the debris
cloud. My dad then said “Go!” so we would all go to the shelter. I had two of
the 3 cats in their crates…but one was still asleep on his perch out of reach.
I had to leave him in the house. I’ll include a sad drawing/ diagram of the set
up of our house.
To get to the shelter we had to go from the living room,
though the kitchen, into the laundry room and lastly into the garage to get in
the storm shelter. By the time that happened it was practically on top of us. I
was first, then my mom, boyfriend and my dad. I took two steps into the garage
and the garage door fell in. I flipped back around and retraced my steps into
the laundry room, screaming and paralyzed with fear. My boyfriend then gave me
a push to get me to go ahead and get in the shelter. We were in there maybe 3
minutes before it was over and then the sirens went off.
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(Personal Photo: Boyfriends Car March 2015)
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| (Personal Photo: House March 2015) |
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| (Personal Photos: Dads car) |
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| (Personal Photo: My parents and David Payne) |
Our house was the luckiest one on the street. I have been
astounded by the outpouring support we have received from the community and
such. A news 9 truck came that night and stayed on our street and used their lights
to help us start cleaning up. Which was amazing because there were houses a
street over that had lost their entire roofs. My dad got interviewed by David
Payne and has been talking about it ever since. I need to take a moment and
give a huge Thank you to my boyfriend because if he hadn’t been here that night
I would have been hysterical. He was able to keep me calm by just being there
and never moving out of my sight. His
car that was less then a year old was totaled. He wasn’t even upset by it, he
was just glad he was here because he would have been a nervous wreck if he wasn’t.
He practically cleaned up our entire front yard on his own. I will never be
able to thank him enough. By the way…he thought my hysterical scream was the
wind. On a final note I think he is a keeper.
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| (Personal Photo: Boyfriend and Dutchess) |
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| (Personal Photos: Neighbors House) |
-Shelly
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