A tornado or two or more

Several tornadoes went through our portion of east-central Illinois last night. Our household got off easy: we brought our devices and instruments downstairs, and when we lost power, we listened to local weather on a transistor radio (bought for just that reason) and read David Copperfield on screens. By ten or so, the storm had passed.

This morning I saw that we lost one small branch from one tree. Elsewhere in town, many households were not nearly so fortunate.