"Have you ever been a little confused? Ever wondered what was going on around you?

I will never forget January 24th of 1967, I was a sophomore in High School. Mom and Dad had gone to the Grocery store. I was left home to take of my two younger brothers. It was about 6:00 pm or so and it looked like it could rain. We'd been watching TV when all of a sudden the lights went out. I turned on my old transistor radio (remember when they were called that?).

They interrupted the broadcast to announce a major tornado warning and to take cover. So, I moved my brothers into our basement, into the corner we were told to get into, where it was the a safest. We were there about 10 minutes when Mom and Dad came home with a car load of groceries. Dad honked, but we didn't hear him. So, when he came in t…