Violent storm hits Battle Creek, MI 05/29/11

[Jarmo420]

one week and i live in lakeview right off of capital ave s.w. that right one week

[RebelKnightCSA]

Yeah, I was there. I was on vacation at a Red Roof Inn in Kalamazoo when the storm hit. I checked in at 2.0PM and hit the hay (I had been on the Interstate all the way up from Virginia, and I was bushed). I showered up and turned in for a nap when all of a sudden KABOOM there was a big explosion which scared seven kinds of feces outta me. Woke me up. Looked at the window, saw the storm, thought 'thank God I am dry' then went back to sleep.

[dracus494]

did the city get a chance to sound the sirens before the storm hit?

[amberder7]

I was terrified home alone with my 3 yr old, when I rushed him to the bath tub, (no basement) when2 big huge trees fell on top of where we was. I have never been so scared in my life,I got scratched up a lil, dont know how, I just had keepin my son safe on my mind! & it seems like the storms keep gettin worse! NEVER wanna ever go threw that again!

[73SDR]

How can a storm knock out power before it hits? That makes no sense. I certainly didn't get power back the next day........ not until Friday :-(

[VillageThinking]

@73SDR I'm not sure, but that's what happened. We were lucky in our neighborhood to get our power back on so quickly

[KyleighThompson93]

WOW, looks like a hurricane! Crazy!

How brave you are to get this shot!