If anyone saw the stories Sunday/Monday about the Alabama tornadoes, the big one missed our bowling center by about 1/10 mile and my house by about 1/4 of a mile.

Here's an example of why they tell you to get out of your car during a storm (Note pic on the far right):

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080218/NEWS/80218034/1001

Here's one of the stories I wrote about it (this is basically an update list for local people, which is why it's in the format it's in):

http://www.prattvilleprogress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080218/PROGRESS01/802190301/1040/progress

And here's an early photo gallery:

http://www.prattvilleprogress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=DS&Dato=20080218&Kategori=PHOTOS&Lopenr=218009&Ref=PH&Profile=1040&SectionCat=progress

The bowling center got power back tonight (Monday, Feb. 18). My first league since the storm is tomorrow, Tuesday. We don't know if we're bowling yet or not. We still haven't heard from a few key people on our league whose home was in the damage path.

Overall, we were very blessed as a city to make it through this. We have around 50,000 people, the tornado hit 200+ homes, and we have no deaths and only two serious injuries.

Jess