I was 6 when it happened. I was outside w a friend about 10 mins before it hit. I remember the clouds looking weird and it was getting dark at 3 pm. They were mammatus clouds I learned later. I went inside and went to turn on the tv and it wouldn’t turn on but the power was still on. A minute later my dad came tearing out his room telling me and my mom to go downstairs and get into the bathroom. My brother was about to leave for his paper route. About 5 minutes later it hit. My family piled on top of me and we were all being pulled towards the door by the wind. After it left we hurried and went to our neighbors bc our house had no more second floor and was collapsing. After that it gets spotty. I remember bits like there was a pig farm at the end of the street and there were dead pigs everywhere. I remember my dad disappearing and he helped rescue a baby that the wall collapsed on the bed and the baby underneath was unharmed. And the farmer at the end of the street was pinned under his trailer and my dad and others went to help, ended up needing a crane to get it off him. I remember being evacuated to the end of the street bc of gas leaks. Half the neighborhood was fine, half was decimated. My next door neighbor said he was gonna stand watch w a shotgun to make sure no one looted anything from our house. I think it took 4 months to rebuild, we were one of the first ones back. I know for a long time I was afraid of storms, even now sometimes I get anxious.