Texas Tornado

We had a mini-tornado come through Vernon when we were harvesting in Texas. I caught this video from the combine as it was brewing. As soon as it started to look nasty Greg shut us down.

It was amazing how quickly the weather changed. It had been windy all day but the sky was completely clear. Mid afternoon, a huge bank of heavy clouds rolled in and the sky turned an eerie green colour. We were on the edge of the storm. We only realised how powerful it was when we driving back in to town. Several trees were uprooted and a few buildings flattened.

The upside was that the rain gave us our first day off. Up until this point, conditions had been perfect for cutting. We had been running about 15 hours a day for 10 days straight.