Tornado

Yesterday we went to an agility trial hosted by our dog training club. Our friend Dr Nicki was running two of her dogs. I have some pictures, but I'll post them later.

 As most of you probably know Joplin, Missouri was hit by a tornado last evening. Joplin is about an hour southwest of us here in Springfield.

Reports say the tornado was about 3/4 of a mile wide and destroyed about 30% of the city.

So far there are 89 confirmed dead, though that figure will undoubtedly go higher.

The hospital was hit and this helicopter was destroyed.

Although emergency workers from here are in Joplin helping, everyone else is being told to stay away.

Highways are closed because of debris.

There is debris falling all over the area. Homes near us have reported medical files and xrays landing in their yards. So far, we've had none.

Last evening we had high winds, rain and thunder and lightening.It calmed down and was quiet overnight. Today, it's very dark, as if it were late night, and we've had a number of thunderstorms go thru. The wind picks up and a storm comes with thunder and rain, then it calms for a while, then the next wave starts.

As you can imagine, I'm trying to get dogs out and back in during the lulls. Morgan has been hiding all day and Noah sits by the door barking at the thunder.  The others just follow me around and have trouble settling down. It's going to be a rough few days as this is forecast to go on until Thursday.