{"id":4262,"date":"2016-12-01T15:31:35","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T21:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=4262"},"modified":"2016-12-01T15:36:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T21:36:02","slug":"tornadoes-and-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=4262","title":{"rendered":"Tornadoes and Running"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November went out with a bang!<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday evening, November 29, we had a huge storm system roll through Mississippi. \u00a0It was a biggie!!! \u00a0The National Weather Service had been telling us that bad things were going to happen and this time, they were right!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=4272\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4272\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4272\" alt=\"hqdefault\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hqdefault.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hqdefault.jpg 480w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hqdefault-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hqdefault-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>photo: courtesy of Google. \u00a0Tupelo, Mississippi, tornado about an hour north of where I live.<\/p>\n<p>I had been watching the weather radar Tuesday afternoon and saw the storms approaching. \u00a0MFH (My Favorite Husband)\u00a0and I decided to do our planks a little earlier than usual&#8230;just in case we had severe weather. \u00a0Castro was a helping kitty by doing side planks along with us. LOL!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=4263\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4263\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4263\" alt=\"15230668_1159831350803666_6113098399247919128_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15230668_1159831350803666_6113098399247919128_n.jpg\" width=\"595\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15230668_1159831350803666_6113098399247919128_n.jpg 595w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15230668_1159831350803666_6113098399247919128_n-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15230668_1159831350803666_6113098399247919128_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We had no more finished our planks when the our weather radio went off! \u00a0We had a tornado warning and we needed to head off to the bedroom closet.<\/p>\n<p>The bedroom closet is the safest place we have for tornadoes. \u00a0We are under no illusion that it will give us much protection during a tornado but we work with what we have. \u00a0For the first time ever, Paxton joined us in the closet. Usually he&#8217;s hiding in the hall bathroom. \u00a0It was unusual that he would want to be with us in the closet!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=4264\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4264\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4264\" alt=\"15178995_1159834670803334_6767114409264975268_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15178995_1159834670803334_6767114409264975268_n.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15178995_1159834670803334_6767114409264975268_n.jpg 960w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15178995_1159834670803334_6767114409264975268_n-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15178995_1159834670803334_6767114409264975268_n-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The weather radio went off again a few hours later. \u00a0Tornado warning #2<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=4265\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4265\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4265\" alt=\"15267710_1159896107463857_3669491683582243458_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15267710_1159896107463857_3669491683582243458_n.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15267710_1159896107463857_3669491683582243458_n.jpg 960w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15267710_1159896107463857_3669491683582243458_n-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15267710_1159896107463857_3669491683582243458_n-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After this warning it was close to 10:00pm and we were tired. \u00a0We went to bed.<\/p>\n<p>Around midnight, the radio went off again and we headed to the closet for tornado warning #3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=4266\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4266\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4266\" alt=\"15193522_1160192644100870_3219623760807270464_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15193522_1160192644100870_3219623760807270464_n.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15193522_1160192644100870_3219623760807270464_n.jpg 960w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15193522_1160192644100870_3219623760807270464_n-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15193522_1160192644100870_3219623760807270464_n-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It finally went off for the last time at 1:15. \u00a0Tornado warning #4.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=4267\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4267\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4267\" alt=\"15267861_1160217037431764_2093162026495302450_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15267861_1160217037431764_2093162026495302450_n.jpg\" width=\"366\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15267861_1160217037431764_2093162026495302450_n.jpg 366w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15267861_1160217037431764_2093162026495302450_n-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We were tired and just wanted to sleep.<\/p>\n<p>MFH and I would listen to the radio while we were in the closet and knew about where the tornadoes were located. \u00a0One of them was VERY close to our house.<\/p>\n<p>The next day I decided to run over and take a look. \u00a0The tornado was supposed to be close to this little Chapel. \u00a0I love this chapel! \u00a0It&#8217;s one of my favorite places to run to and it broke my heart to think it might have been hit. \u00a0When I got there, it was fine. \u00a0YAY!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=4268\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4268\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4268\" alt=\"15284136_1160698427383625_1656807227324707092_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15284136_1160698427383625_1656807227324707092_n.jpg\" width=\"748\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15284136_1160698427383625_1656807227324707092_n.jpg 748w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15284136_1160698427383625_1656807227324707092_n-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15284136_1160698427383625_1656807227324707092_n-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The trip to the Chapel was part of a nice 10 mile run. \u00a0Lovely run yesterday morning!<\/p>\n<p>On the way home, though, I passed a lot of county road crew trucks hauling away storm debris. \u00a0They were coming from the opposite direction than I had run. \u00a0I was scheduled for miles this morning (Thursday) as well, so I decided to run that direction today.<\/p>\n<p>About a half mile *as the crow flies* our neighbors weren&#8217;t so fortunate.<\/p>\n<p>As far as I can figure, the tornado popped back up, jumped our place and landed again here.<\/p>\n<p>These people have a huge and beautiful place. \u00a0The entire property is surrounded by an iron fence. \u00a0It&#8217;s very pretty! \u00a0Their house looked okay from the road but the rest of their place got slammed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=4269\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4269\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4269\" alt=\"15193612_1161899940596807_1287421197821371636_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15193612_1161899940596807_1287421197821371636_n.jpg\" width=\"743\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15193612_1161899940596807_1287421197821371636_n.jpg 743w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15193612_1161899940596807_1287421197821371636_n-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15193612_1161899940596807_1287421197821371636_n-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Their pretty iron fence is twisted and mangled. \u00a0Most of their trees are broken or completely destroyed. \u00a0This is where the county trucks were coming from yesterday. \u00a0They were still there this morning working to clean up the damage.<\/p>\n<p>It was sad. \u00a0I&#8217;m super glad nobody was injured but still, it&#8217;s always sad to see storm destruction.<\/p>\n<p>On a happier note, one of the road crew guys introduced himself to me. \u00a0He is the man who built the house in which MFH and I now live! \u00a0How about that!?! \u00a0He built it 10-12 years ago. \u00a0Things didn&#8217;t work out for him so he sold it and now we have it. \u00a0He asked if we liked it and I told him we were very happy here. \u00a0That seemed to make him happy. \u00a0I&#8217;m glad!<\/p>\n<p>#IRun4Aiden<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=4270\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4270\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4270\" alt=\"15181681_10211152273073479_2933642714062148539_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15181681_10211152273073479_2933642714062148539_n.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15181681_10211152273073479_2933642714062148539_n.jpg 960w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15181681_10211152273073479_2933642714062148539_n-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15181681_10211152273073479_2933642714062148539_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>#teamZensah<\/p>\n<p>#AbbottWMM<\/p>\n<p>#ChafeX<\/p>\n<p>#areyourenegade<\/p>\n<p>#oisellevolee<\/p>\n<p>#MSBlueCrew \u00a0 Discount code: MBM17MH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November went out with a bang! Tuesday evening, November 29, we had a huge storm system roll through Mississippi. \u00a0It was a biggie!!! \u00a0The National Weather Service had been telling us that bad things were going to happen and this time, they were right! photo: courtesy of Google. \u00a0Tupelo, Mississippi, tornado about an hour north [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,10,22,6,8,5,3,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4262"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4262"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4273,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4262\/revisions\/4273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}