It is that time of the year again. 1966 [View all]

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These years tornado storms have gotten bigger and more deadly. I live close to Topeka, Kansas but I grew up in Topeka and was stranded and witnessed this huge storm. It has been overtaken now by bigger storms and we know so much more but at the time it was almost too much to believe. This city brings it up every year, puts together stories written by people who were there and it is always something I must read. SO I put it up here for anyone interested in tornado's. They are so much more common, the big ones, but when this hit it was considered an outlier. I was 12 when this happened. With a friend and we watched it go over and saw a few of the other twisters that showed up. Manhattan, Ks. took a big hit that night as well. I had to beg someones Dad to take me home, not far thankfully, but away from the damage. My family was gone, no note and they did not return until well after midnight. That is the stranded part. While tornado's hold my attention part of it was not knowing where they were and if they were coming back, they even took the dog. They were out looking at the damage getting as close as they could to my dads business and then checked in on my Grandma and got her arranged. When they got home hours later they were surprised I was there, I was 12...my story. If you are interested in stories there are a ton of them at the link. There is even one written by Kerry Livgren if you look hard enough. Be safe and take cover. As usual I forgot the link, sorry.

https://tornado.cjonline.com/