Severe Weather

It began raining early this morning before daylight. Linda and Stacey were over at Pauline and Brent's house taking care of Julie, so I drank some coffee and about 8:30 AM went to the hay shed. I started the old 8N tractor and pulled it out of the shed. I moved the Ford tractor into the spot where the 8N had been sitting and removed the back hoe attachment. I let it down on cement blocks and slowly pulled the tractor away from the back hoe. I shut the tractor off and tried to remove the pump from the PTO, but it was stuck. I headed to the house for a can of WD-40 as Linda pulled the HHR in the garage with Stacey, Julie, Pico and Poco inside. After talking a minute or two, I grabbed the spray can and headed back to the shed. After spraying the slip ring for the pump, it slid off the PTO shaft easily. I parked the tractor back in the other stall and started the 8N and pulled it back into the shed in front of the back hoe attachment. I went to the house as it was raining a little harder. Julie was playing in the living room and Linda was watching her. I set down and let her get used to me a little, then started playing with her too. Our weather radio alarm sounded and it was a warning for a severe thunderstorm. The satellite TV was going off and on as often happens when it rains hard. The Nashville TV stations were warning of radar indicated tornadoes in the area. I checked the radar on the NWS site and it looked like most of the extreme weather was going to the south of us. Our weather radio signaled a tornado watch for our area. We experienced very hard rain and some wind, but nothing severe. It wasn't long until the creek was nearing the top of it's banks and a little bit later it was flowing through our upper hay field.
   
   
Nashville reported there were over 30 homes destroyed in various areas in TN.