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tornado: It is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Minnesota - 04/12/07 08:54 PM
While driving through Brainerd today, I was startled to hear the tornado sirens blaring.  It wasn't a "first Wednesday of the month drill "and the skies were certainly clear.  I called my husband on the cell phone and asked if he knew what was up. It was the first of two tornado drills of the day -one at 1:45 p.m. and the next at 6:55 p.m.  I was relieved to hear it was only a drill but was reminded again of our 2001 tornado that destroyed 20 homes (ours included), damaging many more, killing livestock and some of our horses. Amazingly, … (0 comments)

tornado: Tornado season-are you ready? - 04/03/07 08:35 PM
 
No laughing matter-  you need to be aware of the power!
 This is what was left of our 70' trailer home in Brainerd, MN.  We never found the appliances, furnace, etc -  but our blue toilet was found intact  several miles away. The trailer was inside a 80x170 indoor riding arena - also gone! Fencing &  building in the background put in after storm.  The following information  was found on the FEMA site : see link
  Tornadoes are nature’s most violent storms. Spawned from powerful thunderstorms, tornadoes can cause fatalities and devastate a neighborhood in seconds. A tornado appears as … (12 comments)

tornado: Brained Lakes included in upcoming fire restrictions - 03/29/07 01:07 PM
 
 
 

As our 80 acres were very hard hit in the 2001 tornado, we have lots of piles of dead trees and brush as we continuously attempt to clean up from the aftermath  When we get another pile ready to go and have gotten enough sleep for the week - we burn. Since it is restricted to being a  night time activity for our area, we need to stay up and monitor the fire and have a little fun with marshmallows, too.
However all that will come to an end on Monday, April 2nd . The restrictions for burning permits … (1 comments)

 
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Kathleen Lordbock Keller Williams Realty Brainerd Lakes

Brainerd, MN

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