Big weather can be BIG SCARY! In a recent post (which is a re-post from my magazine article in Rootless Living), I shared about trying to outrun a tornado on our way to DeSmet a couple of years ago. I'm happy to report the tornado was a near miss for our wait-it-out location, and we got only the exciting memories to show for it. https://shondasinclair.substack.com/p/laura-ingalls-wilder-homestead
What a wild adventure! Would love to know the date of your trip to know what storm even that was :). I notice that you cited a KMTV article that, in turn, referenced my research heavily! (The article was essentially a retelling of a scholarly article I published on the Long Winter.)
Big weather can be BIG SCARY! In a recent post (which is a re-post from my magazine article in Rootless Living), I shared about trying to outrun a tornado on our way to DeSmet a couple of years ago. I'm happy to report the tornado was a near miss for our wait-it-out location, and we got only the exciting memories to show for it. https://shondasinclair.substack.com/p/laura-ingalls-wilder-homestead
What a wild adventure! Would love to know the date of your trip to know what storm even that was :). I notice that you cited a KMTV article that, in turn, referenced my research heavily! (The article was essentially a retelling of a scholarly article I published on the Long Winter.)
This article covers some of the aftermath and the areas the storm touched. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/06/01/weather-service-confirms-several-tornadoes-touched-down-in-minnesota-on-monday
I am elated to have ‘met’ the author of the article I was referencing. I believe it was this storm: https://www.weather.gov/mpx/SevereWeatherSummaryMay30th
Ahh, yes! Here is a write-up that's closer to where you were - from the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, the office that covers De Smet! https://www.weather.gov/fsd/20220530-MemorialDayWeekendSevere-CWA
Thanks!! It's neat to see all the different reports together to get a clearer picture of all the places it impacted as it moved along.