Tornado!

The date was April 3rd, 1974. On this date 42 years ago, the midwest experienced the most widespread and worst tornado outbreak in U.S. history. I was seven years old and I remember my dad calling my mom from work and telling us to get into the basement. He stood at the St. Bernard Fire Department and watched a tornado heading up I-75. As it turned out, that tornado did not strike St. Bernard, but it did hit nearby Elmwood Place. That same day tornadoes struck Xenia, Sayler Park and countless other locations across the eastern half of our nation. It is a day I will never forget and I always think of it on this date.