tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post2911907613812515919..comments2024-03-22T03:21:52.628-04:00Comments on Reading, Teaching, Learning: Slice of Life - 1974 Tornado Holly Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-43298260300514396502019-09-23T13:18:17.172-04:002019-09-23T13:18:17.172-04:00Wow I just read this! Any chance you have more pho...Wow I just read this! Any chance you have more photos of Sherman Terrace? I live here in a home built in 1975 over the remains of a home torn away. We continue to find interesting items in our yard. I would love to see/know moreAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09377602361369135714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-2792323037002197942018-03-03T17:25:21.468-05:002018-03-03T17:25:21.468-05:00Your snap of Western Row Rd/Cherokee Dr. brings ba...Your snap of Western Row Rd/Cherokee Dr. brings back so many memories. I grew up in the Manhasset subdivision; Cherokee Drive to be exact. I was a freshman working at the high school in the stage crew for our spring play; it took hours for us to get home. Thanks so much for sharing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824368043189881071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-20631943255532654682014-04-10T23:01:33.600-04:002014-04-10T23:01:33.600-04:00You captured that day so well all the way down to ...You captured that day so well all the way down to your mom watching in fascination. As we headed for the storm cellar, my mom was always begging my dad to stop looking and come on down. I hated going to my aunt's storm cellar. I was always more afraid of the spiders and snakes and dampness than I was of the tornado. And then I experienced my own tornado as a college student in the 70's. Glad WA doesn't have them, but we do live with the fear of earthquakes and landslides. Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929914252480696798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-33996626625615784922014-04-09T18:32:46.282-04:002014-04-09T18:32:46.282-04:00You are so right about the human spirit in disaste...You are so right about the human spirit in disasters. I should write about the flood of 1979 that flooded our house 5 feet. I remember the footage because it didn't reach the tops of our closets. It was a major disaster but what I remember most is the human spirit, the generosity of neighbors and friends, and the meaning of family. As a 17 year old I learned what is really important has very little to do with material things. Margaret Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434866104385187658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-2823752095774967912014-04-09T06:46:16.449-04:002014-04-09T06:46:16.449-04:00Oh wow, Linda. Storms swept through many states t...Oh wow, Linda. Storms swept through many states that year. How awful that your middle school was destroyed. Holly Muellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-84207170765398263502014-04-09T06:45:03.203-04:002014-04-09T06:45:03.203-04:00I always think of The Wizard of Oz when I think of...I always think of The Wizard of Oz when I think of tornadoes!Holly Muellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-30205303378680496212014-04-09T06:44:08.303-04:002014-04-09T06:44:08.303-04:00Your experience with earthquakes lately are just a...Your experience with earthquakes lately are just as scary! Every region has its risks and beauty.Holly Muellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-49407395329907885312014-04-09T06:41:51.088-04:002014-04-09T06:41:51.088-04:00Thank you, Katy. Oh wow - I'm so sorry about ...Thank you, Katy. Oh wow - I'm so sorry about your parents' loss. Have you ever read The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck? It's a beautiful book about healing and courage after a devastating storm.Holly Muellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-49267004077129706072014-04-09T06:37:54.761-04:002014-04-09T06:37:54.761-04:00Yes, Indiana sure has its share of tornadoes! I s...Yes, Indiana sure has its share of tornadoes! I share that prayer, Leigh Anne.Holly Muellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-37469728585805125132014-04-09T06:37:24.143-04:002014-04-09T06:37:24.143-04:00I agree, Jackie - with all the winter storms the c...I agree, Jackie - with all the winter storms the country has suffered, I, too, hope spring is gentle.Holly Muellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-79217025362022145162014-04-09T06:36:45.660-04:002014-04-09T06:36:45.660-04:00Thanks, Bernadette. Me, too!Thanks, Bernadette. Me, too!Holly Muellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-7199408461803393162014-04-09T06:36:21.209-04:002014-04-09T06:36:21.209-04:00Storms of this magnitude are just unbelievable. S...Storms of this magnitude are just unbelievable. Sometimes we seem so fragile compared to Mother Nature!Holly Muellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-46914242100937843032014-04-08T23:47:04.947-04:002014-04-08T23:47:04.947-04:00My middle school was destroyed in a tornado and sc...My middle school was destroyed in a tornado and school ended for me that year, Holly, in Kansas City. It too was a bad tornado, & I remember being in the basement, wondering what was happening. I was awful. I'm glad your dad was okay-that must have been terrible. You wrote it well, with those personal details.Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-55073202321912204122014-04-08T23:20:59.575-04:002014-04-08T23:20:59.575-04:00The devastation that so many people felt during th...The devastation that so many people felt during that time is almost more than I can grasp. Thanks for sharing your memories with us. I enjoyed the reference to The Wizard of Oz, especially since it was one of my favorite movies as a child.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-36545663743109259012014-04-08T23:20:33.165-04:002014-04-08T23:20:33.165-04:00Wow! Tornadoes seem so scary. I have never experie...Wow! Tornadoes seem so scary. I have never experienced one and never want to. Hurricanes are bad enough along with earthquakes. Your writing of the event was so real. Thank you for sharing it.Alyson Beecherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943268196184314426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-71764260652125360362014-04-08T22:28:05.861-04:002014-04-08T22:28:05.861-04:00Beautiful post. So well written. This brought back...Beautiful post. So well written. This brought back memories and gave me a template to express my own thoughts in a month or so. I've been wanting to do a memoir of what I remember from 3 years ago. I was raised in Joplin, MO, and my parents lost their home of 33 years in the 5/22/11 tornado here. Although I lived elsewhere at the time personally, and lost no family members, my town and neighborhood were- and still are- devastated. Your ending gave hope that time will heal those wounds in my hometown, too. Well said.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925977153245812280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-86599316320150854432014-04-08T17:46:43.577-04:002014-04-08T17:46:43.577-04:00Wow! Tornadoes are my biggest fear...besides wate...Wow! Tornadoes are my biggest fear...besides water! Those pictures are horrific. Living in Indiana we have had our share too. I pray that lives are spared as we enter this season in the next few weeks,Leigh Anne Eckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558611848583070310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-41625262348457625212014-04-08T15:31:52.076-04:002014-04-08T15:31:52.076-04:00Oh, I remember this, too...but we were in Columbus...Oh, I remember this, too...but we were in Columbus and did not experience as much damage. It was all so sad. I do remember a tornado in Toledo...and yes, there is that train sound...and it is the season...so hopefully it will be kind to all of us this year after such a brutal winter. Thanks for this post...and the pictures and video, too.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04407984356664747500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-1038995986259606502014-04-08T14:51:06.223-04:002014-04-08T14:51:06.223-04:00You made the day of that disaster vivid with your ...You made the day of that disaster vivid with your writing. I hope I never hear the wind whistling like a freight train. Bernadettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04170168945048330542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-3016752107717771512014-04-08T12:30:09.990-04:002014-04-08T12:30:09.990-04:00It is hard to imagine the devastation, unless you&...It is hard to imagine the devastation, unless you've been a witness to a tornado. One narrowly missed my house when I was a kid. You have included such specific details, this is a great mentor text.elsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348895330633879894noreply@blogger.com