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Post by schwartzie on Jan 25, 2017 19:13:27 GMT -5
Mother, 74, flew through a tornado in a BATHTUB and survived: Texas woman was flung into the air by 130mph winds and dropped nearby while she was hiding inside Tornado with 130mph winds whipped through northeast Texas on Saturday Charlesletta Williams, 75, and her son hid from the storm in their bathtub The winds ripped off the house's roof and threw the building off its foundations Tornado also flung a party boat barge 200 yards into a grove of trees But Williams and her son survived uninjured, even after the bathtub they were in spun through the air and landed in woods nearby By KEITH GRIFFITH FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 13:36 EST, 25 January 2017 | UPDATED: 14:28 EST, 25 January 2017 A mother has described how she was hiding from a tornado in her bathtub with her son when it was picked up by the wind, flung into the air and dropped in nearby woods. Charlesletta Williams, 75 and her son Rickey Williams were watching the local news in Smithland, Texas, at around 5.00pm on Saturday when they saw an urgent warning of a possible tornado, with their home in directly in the path of the storm, KSLA reported. Just seconds later, the two heard the 130mph winds bearing down on the single-story home, and Rickey yelled for his mother to dash to the bathtub. Full story with pictures and video at link
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