This is a shot I took last Sunday morning-this WAS the roof of a local auto parts store! We had a storm, around 5:30am that morning, and while there were no reports of tornadoes, this looks as though it was picked up, crushed like a tin can and dropped neatly into the parking lot-insulation was hanging from the trees and power lines!
Two weeks prior we DID have a tornado about a mile from here. I was shocked-it was the third one in this area in 3 years. I read online that this section of Maryland has a 40% higher chance of having them!!! No Idea!!! My kids and I were in the freezer section of Target...The lights went out several times then stayed out...It was so dark and quiet-it was like death! No one made a sound, and then I said, "freeze-no one move" to my kids....A few seconds later my cell rings and I answer it-thankful for the light it gave! My mom-in Delaware was on the line and she asked where we were...I told her "Target"...And she says to me, as I stand in the darkness, "There is a tornado in Bel Air!!!" Needless to say, I had NO idea what to do, the thunder and rain were pounding so hard on the roof I couldn't hear myself think....Soon, the lights came on and we continued shopping....The sky was BEAUTIFUL when we finally entered the parking lot, all the traffic lights were out, and there were leaves and debris EVERYWHERE....
Crazy crazy Mother Nature...;)
