Published: April 28,2015
Photo Credit: Facebook/Tiffany Chioles Tiffany Chioles of Shepherd, Texas, posted a picture of pine needles that spelled out "hi" to The Weather Channel Facebook page. She believes she and her family were being protected during Sunday's storm in San Jacinto County.
"We had gotten a tornado warning from The Weather Channel app on my phone just three or four minutes before it was right on top of us," she wrote on our Facebook page. "Myself and my husband were covering our children with a mattress topper – and ourselves – because that's all we had time to do."
Photo Credit: Facebook/Tiffany Chioles After the storm passed, the family went to look at the damage. Trees were uprooted; an oak tree missed the bedroom she and her family were hiding in by mere feet.
But when she saw the pine needles delicately spelling "hi," she stoppped in her tracks.
"I took as God saying 'Hi! Just wanted you to know I was with you!' I just stood in awe for a few minutes and just took it all in."
A National Weather Service survey determined the damage in Shepherd was caused by powerful straight-line winds. The family's story, and their photos, are more proof that you should never ingore severe weather warnings.
MORE: Texas Severe Storms - April 26, 2015
No comments:
Post a Comment