# Middle Tennessee dopers: are you okay after the storm? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 10, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-are-you-okay-after-the-storm/994364 "2023-12-10T13:07:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-are-you-okay-after-the-storm/994364/1 "2023-12-10T13:07:21Z")
Several tornadoes rolled through Middle Tennessee last night. [Nashville tornado: Severe storms tear through central Tennessee | AP News](https://apnews.com/article/tornado-severe-weather-tennessee-kentucky-3950302968eacc6724a93c18cf313a58) Luckily on the south side of I-40, we just had lightning strikes and brief power outages. Did everyone else get through okay? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-are-you-okay-after-the-storm/994364/2 "2023-12-10T19:30:12Z")
Fine in Rutherford Cty. StG ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-are-you-okay-after-the-storm/994364/3 "2023-12-10T20:03:11Z")
I’m in Kansas so I can relate. We had prayers in church this morning for Tennessee. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-are-you-okay-after-the-storm/994364/4 "2023-12-11T04:32:36Z")
We are both in Rutherford? {SURPRISED} ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-are-you-okay-after-the-storm/994364/5 "2023-12-11T04:33:07Z")
Btw–hid in basement–I’m fine. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-are-you-okay-after-the-storm/994364/6 "2023-12-11T15:16:22Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > We are both in Rutherford? > {SURPRISED} I’m right outside M’boro, in the Kittrell/readyville area. About 12 miles from MTSU. StG ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-are-you-okay-after-the-storm/994364/7 "2023-12-11T15:19:51Z")
I feel so bad for the people victimized by that storm and especially for the families that suffered the tragic loss of loved ones. I guess there is no longer a clearly defined “season” for tornadoes. The horror can happen year round. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-are-you-okay-after-the-storm/994364/8 "2023-12-11T17:20:48Z")
Has anyone heard from @TruePisces or @missred ? ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-are-you-okay-after-the-storm/994364/9 "2023-12-11T18:18:19Z")
I’m fine. Antioch didn’t get hit with anything more than wind and rain. My bonus- sister, however, lost everything on her property with the touchdown in Dickson County. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-are-you-okay-after-the-storm/994364/10 "2023-12-11T22:04:28Z")
Nothing but rain in Williamson county (South of Nashville and I-40) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopers-are-you-okay-after-the-storm/994364/11 "2023-12-12T04:47:10Z")
Good to hear. **TruePisces** , I don’t know why I had it in my head that you were in Mt Juliet. Slightly amusing story. My middle son, **Spike** , was out with **Mrs Magill** Saturday afternoon. He called me to ask if I would retrieve a package from our front door neighbor’s house (he is best friends with their son). I grabbed the umbrella, thinking it was overkill, as it was just sprinkling. By the time I had gotten across the street, it was coming down in buckets, and I could barely see ten feet in front of me. I made it back to our house. My socks were soaked. I’m standing on my front porch shaking off the umbrella and smacked the railing. At the exact same time everything turned bright white and then went totally dark. I had obviously snagged the Christmas lights and shorted everything out. No sooner than I thought that, a massive thunder crack sounded, and the lights turned back on. That was the worst Nolensville got. **Squeaky** , our youngest was pulling meatballs out of the oven when the brown out occurred. He was trying to figure out what he had done to cause it, too.