75yo
Posted on 01/25/2017 2:00:21 PM PST by deplorableindc
In the Southern United States, the weather can be deadly, but it can also be surprisingly courteous, as an elderly Texas woman learned this weekend when a tornado picked up the bathtub she was hiding in, spun it in the air, and put her back down in the woods without injury.
According to KSLA, 75-year-old Charlesetta Williams was watching television with her son on Saturday when the twister approached her home. They then raced to the bathroom and hid under a blanket in the tub for shelter, a choice that proved to be wise.
“The tornado continued in a northeast direction, crossing CR 3300 at which point it removed the roof of a home,” wrote the National Weather Service in a (characteristically unimpressed) storm report. “A woman inside took shelter in a bathtub and the tornado lifted the tub out of the home and deposited it in the woods with the woman still in the tub but the woman was not injured.”
(Excerpt) Read more at gizmodo.com ...
Though the company is probably no longer in existence, if I were the manufacturer of that tub, I’d immediately start marketing it as “tornado safe”.
And the son?
CC
;-)
Again! Again!
Please someone, get her a towel. Lol
75yo
Yeah, he got in the tub with her but was apparently not still in it when she landed. What happened to him?
Yeah what the heck happened to the son?
Imagine her surprise !
If you ever know someone who goes through an ordeal like this and they get through it OK tell them to get their story down on paper ASAP as memories fade. May not make any money with their story but you never know.
Yeah, just looked up the British version, which is usually better written. The son landed safely a short distance from the tub.
CC
A weird, fun story
Instant theme park concept.
... It [the tornado] then continued northeast, crossing County Road 3300, at which point it removed the roof of a home. A woman inside took shelter in a bathtub. The tornado lifted the tub out of the home and deposited it in the woods with the woman still in the tub. But the woman was not injured...No mention of the son in the official report. The news agencies added that, perhaps later.
At least she wasn’t nekkid. Can you imagine that sight?
#BringOurSonsBack!
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