St. Louis Tornado Survivor Recounts Narrow Escape

Devastating Tornado Strikes St. Louis

• 🌪️ A powerful tornado struck St. Louis, Missouri, causing widespread destruction.
• 🏠 Joan Miller, a survivor, recounted her harrowing experience of escaping the storm.
• 🚨 Sirens sounded as the wind intensified, and the storm's force became apparent.

House Destruction and Personal Escape

• 🧱 Miller had felt safe in her brick house, built in 1912, which had three layers of brick.
• 💨 The tree outside her house began shaking violently, prompting her to decide to leave the room.
• 💥 Suddenly, all doors slammed shut, windows shattered and flew out of the bedroom, and the entire back of her house was destroyed.
• 🖼️ The back of her house, which was her dressing room, was ripped away, leaving a clear view into the alley.