On the night of May 27 2019, I was sitting on the couch after a long Memorial Day when I could start hearing the storms come in. They had just ravaged through the Dayton area and would begin to weaken once they reached my tiny town of Jamestown, Ohio, a small town a little over 30 minutes from Sinclair Community College.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My family and I, like most families in our area, began to seek shelter in our basement once the warning was issued for our area. We all were terrified and anxious of what would happen next. My dad and sister fell asleep, while my mom and I stayed up, following the weather, seeing how many tornadoes were being confirmed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sirens were blasting my neighborhood and I remember hearing that the first tornado had touched down outside of my town, only three miles from my home. A second one eventually came through, also outside of my rural area. I remembered when the sirens finally ceased, that I was finally able to get some sleep after what was a long, terrifying night.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe were all anxious and scared, almost anticipating being hit,\u201d said Valerie Cope, Associate Professor of Math at Sinclair. Recalling the night of the storm.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n