Andover Kansas tornado.
April 29th, 2022
Part one, looking south from central street.
.......Clarifications.....
It passed 700 yards east of us and the city building was spared by about 100 feet (lots of city vehicle damage though.)
I've been in KS for 60 years. This is the second twister I've seen and the first I've filmed.
My wife was upset and scared and I was an idiot to keep filming, but I had a very good grasp of where it was and I could see it was moving NNE. We had a basement just a few steps away. She was right to be as upset as she was considering how many people's live were at risk.
It was just us two at home, no pets and a basement 5 seconds away.
We just moved to Andover 9 months ago. It's a great town. Andover will be just fine and stronger than ever soon. Thankfully, nobody perished.
If you would like to volunteer or donate to the relief, please do....Here is the united way site https://www.unitedwayplains.org/disas...
I'm dedicating this to my mom. She passed in December 2021. She was raised on a farm in Ford Co Kansas. She always said when living on a farm, if you saw a twister, you "bend over, grab your ankles and kiss your A** goodbye"....I'm pretty sure she was driving this twister.
