The Official Oklahoma Forum Chattin' Thread (Mustang, May: tornadoes, house, bedroom)

[Goodpasture]

Originally Posted by Goodpasture

Hennessey is a nice town too.......I have a lot of family in that area. My dad's mom's land rush homestead is about 8 miles west of there.

I just watched the report on CNN on Hennessey. It seems the community that was hit was actually Lacey. Lacey is now nothing more than a closed service station and a historic marker. The north side of Lacey is the quarter section that grandma's dad homesteaded after the land rush. Schousse and I were over there about two months ago, and the tenants of the house in front of great grandpa's house said they have had more than one tornado pass over them. Looks like it happened again. FWIW, the old homestead is falling down, and after more than 100 years, the wind still hasn't torn it down.

Great Granddad's homestead....where he raised 13 kids

[colleeng47]

Originally Posted by Goodpasture

I just watched the report on CNN on Hennessey. It seems the community that was hit was actually Lacey. Lacey is now nothing more than a closed service station and a historic marker. The north side of Lacey is the quarter section that grandma's dad homesteaded after the land rush. Schousse and I were over there about two months ago, and the tenants of the house in front of great grandpa's house said they have had more than one tornado pass over them. Looks like it happened again. FWIW, the old homestead is falling down, and after more than 100 years, the wind still hasn't torn it down.

Great Granddad's homestead....where he raised 13 kids

OMG, 13 kids! And when I watch HGTV "house hunters" there are sooooo many couples in a 1800-2200 sq ft house looking for "more space" because they have two kids. Have we become spoiled!

[Goodpasture]

Yeah, but the HFTV folks don't have 160 acres. Besides, except in bad weather, every one lived (ate, slept, and cooked) outside.

[peggydavis]

Originally Posted by TheComputerGuy

Hey Peggy....

Check out the last question here:
Answering some well asked questions about personal defense by Massad Ayoob Issue #97

Notice he also recommends the Ruger SP-101
(I think your DH should buy you one, don't you?)

The author is a pistol competition champion and a former NH police officer.

His other articles are available here:
Columns by Massad Ayoob

Most of it is good reading.

Thanks, CG! I did enjoy reading those articles.

Hope everyone made it through the rough weather yesterday.

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by colleeng47

OMG, 13 kids! And when I watch HGTV "house hunters" there are sooooo many couples in a 1800-2200 sq ft house looking for "more space" because they have two kids.

for lack of a better word.

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by peggydavis

Thanks, CG! I did enjoy reading those articles.

Hope everyone made it through the rough weather yesterday.

t was rough here in Duncan too, but the storm we had came from Synopsis

[Synopsis]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

t was rough here in Duncan too, but the storm we had came from Synopsis

It didn't come from me!! Maybe from my neck of the woods but I tried to shoo it away to the east or south....

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by Synopsis

It didn't come from me!! Maybe from my neck of the woods but I tried to shoo it away in another direction..

The news said that it was from around Fort Worth @ around 30mph

[LadyRobyn]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

t was rough here in Duncan too, but the storm we had came from Synopsis

Was it really? We noticed a few small branches in the yard and one of my potted plants was a little bent... We slept right through it though.

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by LadyRobyn

Was it really? We noticed a few small branches in the yard and one of my potted plants was a little bent... We slept right through it though.

I woke up in the middle of the night from the howling of the wind.
It really wasn't that bad, but it's been the strongest wind since I moved here 10 mo's ago.