Tornado

Tornadoes came through the Lincoln/Omaha area during the school day on April 26th.  Luckily, elementary students were not in attendance due to it being a plan day for us.  I had to take shelter with my fellow teachers but we didn't have to worry about any students.  We could see this tornado from our school as it was hitting Waverly.  Peggy said Jon was outside and saw the tornado coming.  He ran inside yelling that all 3 of them needed to get down to the basement for shelter.  Jake didn't have school so he was home and Peg was working from home.  Their basketball hoop broke even with the ground so although it was easy to take care of afterwards.  Mom's house only had papers blown into the yard.  A business outside of Waverly was destroyed as the tornado went through it and the train on the tracks across the highway from the business.  I didn't have any damage at my house in Lincoln.  Maggie said they took shelter at Mickle but no real stories to tell about it.  Philomena said the sirens went off during passing period at LHS so there was no way to account for students.  Teachers just grabbed who was in the hall near them and went to shelter.  Some idiot students left the building and started stealing out of cars in the parking lot.  When school released, the idiots drove off too quickly causing traffic safety issues and then a police presence which created more chaos.  Their dad got the girls home safe.  I was supposed to meet a friend for supper and canceled due to the weather, but then things calmed down so we decided to still go out for supper just a bit later than our original plans.  It's been quite the spring for thunderstorms and multiple tornadoes across the area.