A week ago, Sunday January 16, a front blew through southwest Florida and, while passing through, spun up 6 – count ’em – 6 tornadoes. Two were close enough for me to grab Rusty and my laptop and head south, away from the projected tornado path. Five of the six produced only minor damage but one, rated an EF 2, tore through a manufactured home community (aka “trailer park”) and destroyed over 100 homes and damaged about 100 more. There were no deaths but a couple of people ended up in the hospital.
Scary day.