The Treadway's

Backing up a bit.....When the first storm hit we were at work.  I was working in a room that had a pass through window in it and was on the exterior of the building.  It was just about 9 pm and I was right beside the window when my gate started blowing with the wind.  As soon as I saw it I heard this very loud noise that sounded like a train.  Mom has told me and I've seen on tv that people say tornadoes sound like a train.  When it hit me that I had never heard a train at work and we didn't have any train tracks nearby I instantly began to feel sick at my stomach because I just knew there was a tornado outside (Praise the Lord I was wrong!!).  However, as soon as I began to feel sick I immediately started praying and looking for something to get under or hold onto should the need arise (the sounds coming from the roof weren't comforting :().  The sound lasted maybe a few minutes then went away but the wind stayed around for quite some time.  Of course we have all heard of the damage and devastation that came with this storm.  We were fortunate to not loose power but it did flicker on and off that night.  The second storm was not near as bad.  The wind was pretty high again, there was some wicked lightning and we got about 2 hours worth of rain from it :)  I think mom has already said that we weren't able to have church for a week.  I'm happy to see most everyone has their power back.  Rita, have you gotten yours yet?