danalee-the tornado hit on Thursday night/Friday morning....

I remember well that morning, I was Working at Cincinnati Eye Institute in Montgomery, and I had to go in early that morning and it was a Saturday, I believe. I remember that I had drove though a very scary storm but didn't know that there was a Tornado that came along with it. I was young didn't really watch too much TV or the news and for some reason I didn't find out about the Tornado until I got to work on Monday and found out that one of my co-workers husband was one of the 4 people that died that morning while driving to work. I was for some reason inconsolable for her, they just had a baby and my heart went out to her and her family. Several days later, we as a group from my work went to the funeral and there where so many people there and she sat right next to his casket the whole time a greated people and held thier son. I forgot about that after a long time and today as I look up the weather I saw it .."10th year aniversery" I thought wow it's been that long. I no longer work there anymore but, I have fond memories of my work and my friend that lost her husband that morning. Just thought I should share that to keep a memory alive for someone I knew and is no longer with us. RIP

i remember that morning vividly. i lived along 71 in warren county at the time. it was a terrible morning. couldnt see it but we heard it. jerry wichterman

I drove through within the hour it happened. The area I work in was at that time located in the Fields Ertel area. My normal start time was 9:30 but we were having a tour of one of our biggest multimillion dollar clients. Those touring our area were from out of town and my company had always put people up at the old Blue Ash Motel but were now using the just opened Marriott. I had agreed earlier to come in at 6am that morning to prepare and get things spiffy for the tour. I woke up and went out on the balcony and heard the tornado sirens about 5:20. This was at the old Kenwood towers, but when I looked up it was clear skies with stars showing. I didn't get very intimadated by that, and left for work about 10 minutes later. I got on 71N at Montgomery Rd and made it exactly 1 exit as the ARTIMIS sign said 71N closed at Ronald Reagan. I exited and took Reagan over to Montgomery Rd at downtown Montgomery. All of Montgomery was dark and powerless and I drove north through there on past the shopping plaza. I went north all the way in darkness to Cornell Rd...where the cop had me turn left onto Cornell from Montgomery, which was closed just ahead where it went through Harpers Point. I took Cornell all the way to the bridge past Gideon Lane. I turned around and turned down Gideon which had nobody on it and basically leads you to Kemper Rd. On Gideon the signs of destruction that occured just on the other side of the bridge I was turned around on. The houses I passed had either trees toppled or the roof removed or badly damaged. I made it to Snider Rd continuing north. On Snider there was a tree blocking half the road at one point. People were being polite and letting one car from each side go at a time without a cop directing it. Once getting a bit more north...the damage stopped and I drove on into work via Snider with no more delays. When I got to work the TV was on and I realized the full extent of what I had driven through.

I remember that tornado. At the time, I was waiting to go to basic training and my recruiter got us together and we worked with the Red Cross during the clean-up. The Cook family lived across the street from Sycamore High School, I went to classes with their kids. Village Brook Apartments on Kemper were obliterated. Glenbridge Apartments are there now. I truly hope another F-4 doesn't hit the area, but history tends to repeat itself.

Time does fly. I heard the tornado, but thought it was a train (we lived in Kenwood, near the tracks thru Deer Park) so I closed the bedroom window and went back to sleep. It had basically jumped right over us. My son wouldn't sleep alone for months after.

I remember this - I was in it. Terrible. Can't believe it has been 10 years. Time flies.