Chapter 1
It all started as a brisk Saturday morning May 31st, 1985, the usual tornado warning happened nearly every year. We really didn't expect much, but we got a lot. The world for our family turned upside down on this day, which will be put in the history books.
I and my brother sitting at the table, and my baby brother Jacob cozily snuggled into his padded high-chair. I took the Fruity Pebbles of the shelf and poured them into the bowl, and the parched cereal was quickly quenched by the milk.
My brother clicked on the TV and switched to the news. Though there supposedly was a large tornado outbreak. We really didn't seem to take note because usually, it's a false alarm. We finished up our cereal and began the safety precautions.
We stuffed towels underneath the doors and went into the bathroom. Then after what felt like hours of waiting in the bathtub, the sirens came on. Then the sirens came on and a mere ten minutes later the winds started to pick up, but nothing too harsh at the moment.
Father went off to work in A nearby town off the shore of Lake Erie. Our baby brother Jacob crying, and our unworried feelings quickly turned to panic.
Loud bangs surrounded us, and I asked My brother Alan what was the estimated time for the tornado to last, as it said on the news. In a scared voice, Alan said "8 hours". I said to myself but usually, they only last 10 minutes and up to an hour. That's when I remembered the Tornado outbreak. The tv was left on and I could hear the words from the meteorologist " The US and Canada are under attack by one of the largest tornado outbreaks in the northern United States.
