We're okay, but you can help those who are not

(See the update at the bottom of this post)

For friends and family in other parts of the country that may see the story on the national news, yes, unfortunately, there was an outbreak of about a dozen tornadoes in Oklahoma that damaged or destroyed about a hundred homes and killed at least five people, while knocking out power to about 30,000. The girls and I are fine. We were never ourselves in the path of the more dangerous part of the storms. There was a brief scare for the girls when they were home for about an hour on their own between school being over and me getting home from work when the tornado sirens were sounding. They did the right thing and proceeded to the basement.

Here's a map of the paths from the weather service (we live where the "OKC" is, and so they went on either side of us) and a video from the local news:

For friends and family that are in Oklahoma that are not on "the twitters" and may want to help, my good friend Carrie, a survivor of the 1999 tornadoes, is organizing a local relief effort. If you're on Twitter, use the below links to get info (i.e. use the #OKdonationtweetup hash tag). If not, and you want to help, I can put you in touch with her.

Plans in the works for #OKdonationtweetup for household items. Stay tuned OK. Interested donors please DM me or @lofolululess than a minute ago via HootSuiteCarrie Corbin
thealphafemme

UPDATE
Event: Oklahoma Donation Tweet-Up Kick-Off
What: Fundraiser
When: Thursday, 13 May, 5pm-8pm
Where: 25 Northwest 9th (9th and Broadway, former Mel's Towing building, next to Iguana Grill)
RSVP: Via the Facebook Event page

More information: okdonationtweetup.eventbrite.com