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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
......We used to have disaster drills in school all the time. The hail and tornadoes were just nuts. I was living in Wylie when that giant tornado devastated Wichita Falls in the late 70s.
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Grew up (1950's - 1960's) in a small town near Abilene,TX. Just a normal part of llfe, when the weather bureau issued a tornado warning the siren on the water tower would be turned on and just let run. That meant get ready to head for the storm cellar (which most people had in their back yards back then). Spent more than a few hours over the years down in the storm cellar with a kerosene lamp providing a little light.
The dumpy duplex I lived in while in school in Lubbock (left in 1968) was demolished ny the 1970 Tornado which caused massive damage in Lubbock.