Bertha Katzenagel..stay safe....

[TZ]

I just heard that an actual tornado was sighted in the vincinity of where she lives (southern maryland)..
Vibes for Bertha!:scared:

[Mutley]

1. Wow!

My sister just called to tell me her SIL's house was hit by a tornado in Anne Arundel county. Everyone is fine, but a tree fell on the house and the porch is completely gone.


:scared:

[KamaAina]

2. Again?! Why does god hate Southern Md. so much?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Plata%2C_Maryland#Tornado

On April 28, 2002, an F4 tornado cut a 24-mile-long swath through Charles County, with areas around La Plata damaged most severely. This tornado caused four deaths. New public buildings have risen over the storm-damaged area downtown. The new La Plata Town Hall, for example, is Southern Maryland's first LEED certified building. Many would notice that the old historic CVS building has moved. For more details, see Midwest to Mid-Atlantic United States tornado outbreak of 2002. A large amount of the credit for La Plata's recent growth goes to new construction efforts following the tornado.

La Plata previously had suffered an F4 tornado on November 9, 1926, which had a death toll of 16 people, 13 of them in La Plata Elementary School, which was destroyed.

[TZ]

3. Yeah, that tornado was pretty unforgettable to most of us here

I remember the meterologists saying with the general way storms roll through here, LaPlata/Charles county often ends up in the "tornado active" quadrants of the storms..basically that Charles Co. is Marylands version of tornado alley