Donna K. Fitch

Renaissance Soul, Octopus Outlook

tornadoes

The scary years

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Tornadoes were spawned in abundance in Madison County during 1973 and 1974. We lived at 3319 Barton Avenue then. Mom reminded me of an incident I'd completely forgotten. She was driving home from the beauty shop after work--I think this would have been 11/27/1973--and noticed that trash cans were blowing all over the street. When she arrived, Rick and I were huddled in the hall … [Read more...] about The scary years

Kawliga, that pore ol’ woodenhead

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Tornadoes were not an issue for me, apparently, when we lived on Saundralane Drive. My experience at Dahlia Drive was quite different. We moved there in 1965. Most of my childhood memories stem from this house, where I first discovered comic books, saw giant dinosaurs at far-away Haysland Square (now minutes away from where I went to high school), played kickball and … [Read more...] about Kawliga, that pore ol’ woodenhead

Probably not a tornado, but there was a flood

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There were no tornadoes anywhere in the United States on the day I was born. Well, that's hardly surprising, we don't usually have tornadoes in January in Alabama, although according to Significant Tornadoes, there were 62 from 1880 to 1989. My first memory of a storm with damage was hearing my mom say that when my dad was painting the interior of our house on Saundralane … [Read more...] about Probably not a tornado, but there was a flood

Tornadoes I Have Known

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 I feel I have been challenged. Scott said I never post anything here that he doesn't already know. Spurred by that remark and inspired by the bad weather early this morning, here is a list of tornadoes in Madison County during the years I lived there. Yeah, tornadoes. I know, it's weird. But tornadoes have been formative experiences in my life. Many of my most vivid … [Read more...] about Tornadoes I Have Known