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<p>Very sad.</p>
<p>This is very close to me - just a few miles away. Terrible, terrible weekend. This story just broke my heart. </p>
<p>The dad had apparently gone out to “see” the storm and was hit by flying debris. </p>
<p>The area is in a rural area (we are in the city). Both sides of outside of the city - east and west were badly hit with much destruction.</p>
<p>Abasket, I’m so sorry for your community, particularly the family of the valedictorian. Please know our thoughts and prayers are with them.</p>
<p>Very close to us also. Did not sleep much that night. Had 3 sirens. Very sad story. Our small tawn was not affected as that area. Local TV station was very good showing detailed map and keeping us informed. Very scarry night.</p>
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And don’t forget north, too! I thought I heard that there were 3 separate tornados north of here, so I wonder how many there were in total??! I had a house full of overnight guests and we ran to the basement twice. Of course the basement was the one area of the house that I hadn’t bothered to clean. I was impressed by 13ABC, as they warned everyone to set alarm clocks for 3am, as that was when the second round was due. They were right!</p>
<p>The storm hit Michigan hard too, there were tornadoes within 6 miles of us. I ended up taking cover in the basement of my boyfriend’s residence hall for four hours, we were up all night. The siren went off three different times. We had no idea a storm was even coming until the sirens went off. A town about 20 minutes from here was actually closed yesterday because it was completely torn apart. </p>
<p>The count we’ve heard so far on our local news is 8 confirmed tornadoes, but I don’t know if that is the total for the storm or just in Michigan or what.</p>
<p>Yes, just to the north of us too! My brother had a very large pine tree uprooted from his yard in Monroe County. Never underestimate the power of wind.</p>
<p>Apparently the high school in Dundee, Michigan was also destroyed and now their graduation has been moved to the Eastern Michigan University convocation center. I had my high school graduation there too, it’s a nice facility but I am sure it doesn’t compare to the tradition of having your graduation at your own school. It’s a miracle there were no deaths in Michigan. Thank goodness these storms didn’t happen while they were in the buildings.</p>
<p>Sad, sad story.</p>
<p>Dear folks in Ohio and Michigan: so sorry about these events. After the wind storms we experienced here that blew one night in March, when over 1500 trees snapped or torn from their roots, and power was out for a full week, we will Never underestimate the power of wind. And that destruction was mostly trees and electricity.</p>