The Storm of May 31, 1998 It was hot and humid all day.  We spent the day out of town and returned to find the power had been off for 1 1/2 hours.  No problem.  As the afternoon wore on, it became windy and thunder rumbled all around us.  When the sky got really interesting, we grabbed the camera: This is the view facing north from the back porch.  We would learn later that a tornado was traveling up route 23, which is 1.3 miles from us. From inside, the thunder and lightening were awesome. We had a real storm window. Fortunately, toward sunset the storm ended, and the sun came out:       The next day, we saw the damage to the farm across route 23 and to the Wells Cemetery:    These are of the little house (formerly a schoolhouse) beside the cemetery. We were very fortunate to weather the storm. Your comments are always welcome.  email by clicking here