Just after the Nashville area was struck, the Chattanooga area was also struck.
“I think when folks of tornado alley, they usually think of the Plains states, and for good reason. That’s where we tend to have more tornadoes anywhere else,” said News4 Chief Meteorologist Lisa Spencer.
In Tennessee, we get our fair share of tornadoes.
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It seems to come and go in cycles. The first year we were here it seemed like we were getting tornado warnings every damned day, but last year I think we got one.
The year before that, we got hit by a small tornado. The damage here was minimal, but across the road 50 yards away, they got pretty fucked up with 2 trees coming down on the house with the roots tearing out the septic system leach lines, a power pole sheared, part of the roof gone and a blown out window. They had been in the house for a whopping 6 weeks. What was weird was they had a small plastic table under the power pole - sheared the pole 10 feet off the ground but didn't even move the table that weighed maybe 30 pounds.
We lost a tree out by the shed and my burn barrel got tossed about a hundred yards into the pasture. And power, of course - both me and Tim lost power for a couple days.
To the north of us along Underwood Road, there were over 200 huge old trees that came down according to the power company guy I was talking to. I took a drive up that way and that area was all fucked up with downed trees everywhere.
