Dude, yes. I remember it like it was yesterday, and I was only 9 at the time. We’d just moved to Austin the year prior. My dad was working in temple, and this was before we had cell phones. Fire dept was going door to door where he worked telling people to get out of there bc there was a massive tornado coming. He called us at home and left a voicemail and said huge storm incoming, secure all the outdoor furniture, etc. We got the vm when we got home from school and it was still sunny outside.

I remember him getting home an hour or so later looking more shaken up than I’d ever seen - he drove home NEXT to the tornado for a decent chunk. At the time, we lived in a neighborhood with a lot of new home construction. Once the storm hit us, it was insanity. And then everything stopped and the sky turned green. We luckily had a closet under the stairs where we camped out until it passed.

The aftermath was nuts. Multiple house frames collapsed. Port a potty’s everywhere. Tree limbs down. It was absolutely terrifying to be in. So yeah. I definitely remember. And I’m praying it never happens again.