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House of Roberts

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10. I remember when the tornado hit Xenia.

Reply to underpants (Reply #2)

Mon May 25, 2026, 11:28 PM

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I was in my basement with my family here in Huntsville, Alabama as tornados ripped through our town the same night. I had just brought home a Bearcat scanner a few days earlier and we listened to the emergency services until well after midnight when the weather finally calmed down.
It was the next morning when we got the newspaper that we found out just how widespread the outbreak was.

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The place that I come from. [View all] Morbius Monday OP

I was born in Dover, Delaware 1949. A lot of my classmates were Air Force brats Walleye Monday #1

Maybe our ancestors were neighbors. blm Monday #3

Our colonial ancestor was colonel Edmond, Scarborough, a real bastard Walleye Tuesday #16

Xenia Ohio underpants Monday #2

My husband and I moved to Ohio about 2 years after the Xenia tornado. wnylib Monday #4

I remember when the tornado hit Xenia. House of Roberts Monday #10

I remember those tornados vividly that hit all over the Midwest in those couple days Bayard Monday #13

Born in a Columbus, Ohio hospital, but parents lived on a farm about 25 miles away. sinkingfeeling Monday #5

A galaxy far, far away. I am here as an observer. niyad Monday #6

You Too? bobalew Tuesday #17

Even as an ostensible child, with my human guardians, this tiny blue niyad Tuesday #18

This message was self-deleted by its author dweller Monday #7

It was Apollo 1 that the fire killed the three astronauts. House of Roberts Monday #8

I'm sorry. I was relying upon my memory. Morbius Monday #11

I'm from Erie, PA. It is still there, but like other wnylib Monday #9

Back when I was in school we were required to research our family's "Roots." Morbius Monday #12

I had a similar assignment in 10th grade, but wnylib Tuesday #14

This was almost 50 years ago. Morbius Tuesday #15

I hail from about the most rural area on the eastern seaboard. OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #19