Kirkepiscatoid

Those of you who watch the Weather Channel and the news might have heard that Kirksville recently had a tornado rip through it tonight.

I'm fine, my house is fine, my animals are fine, but I did have a bit of an adventure. The short version is I did my version of Helen Hunt in Twister and outran the tornado in my truck since I was nowhere that I could take shelter. I was in town at the time it roared through, and decided the thing to do was book it for my house northeast of town. I will post more on that later.

So far, only one fatality has been reported.

You can see pictures of the tornado here.

Early pictures of the damage are here and here.

I am incredibly proud of our little parish. We were all calling each other--isn't that what a parish is all about? I got about 50 phone calls from friends from all over the country, many here in town, and several in our parish. All these phone calls have made me feel incredibly loved!