Washington's Devonshire subdivision was Ground Zero for Sunday's tornado. That's where I live.I had taken the TV warnings to "seek cover immediately" seriously enough to go back and forth between the basement and the first floor, but was at my front door with camera in hand when I saw that ominous black funnel cloud rise over a home at the end of the street, sucking debris up into its vortex, swallowing homes like they were made of toothpicks, coming right for us.
Bailey: Two Frantic Minutes, Then Eerie Silence
MIKE BAILEY
Journal Star opinion page editor, Journal Star
Mon, 11/18/2013 - 1:29am
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