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The Sound and the Fury

Hunkered down in the basement, we waited as sirens wailed and lights flickered. Heavy rains and ferocious straight line winds were pulsing through our Cincinnati suburb.

By Christina Bramlet | Updated on December 01, 2013

So what’s the difference between a tornado warning and a tornado watch?” my friend asked.

Hunkering down in the basement, we became engrossed in the surrounding towers of bulk toilet paper and cleaning supplies, chattering nervously. We had sufficiently wiped clean the remnants of a bridal shower when the sky grew ominous. It was the evening of Nov. 17, and we waited as sirens wailed and lights flickered. Heavy rains and ferocious “straight line” winds were pulsing through our Cincinnati suburb.

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