It was 11:18 AM. I was packing PB&Js when a gust slammed our screen door and the sky went that odd green-gray. My phone buzzed with a weather alert, and the maple leaves flipped their silver sides like they always do before trouble.
I checked the app. Turns out, I wasn’t the only one. Twenty neighbors posted in under 10 minutes: Linwood’s bus driver radioed 60 mph gusts by 2:10, Denise said her district pushed dismissal to 1:30, and Ryan shared the tornado watch until 7:00 PM. Someone confirmed Coates Mill and Spring Forge were closing early…