Picture of the funnel cloud that swept through mid-Michigan, today

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9. Yikes. This is the second line of storms today.

The first line that came through early this afternoon was really weird. My sweetie lives about 4 miles to the west & about 6 blocks to the south of me. He called up, jokingly telling me goodbye and that he loved me. I didn't know what he was talking about. He had rain, hail, thunder, lightning, and horizontal rain. I had bupkis. In fact, I looked out of my window and it was partly cloudy. Then I looked out another window and it was black to the west. I heard a few distant rumbles of thunder, but nothing much. The storms were moving north/northwest and clipped him but missed me completely. The second line that came through Lansing packed a punch, but seemed below severe criteria. They did look to be strengthening, and Shiawassee Country is to our northeast.

I think the cold front has gone through because the rain and wind have stopped and the temperature is about 15F colder than a couple of hours ago. I hope everybody is okay.