Ten years ago today a tornado touched down in the Greater Salt Lake Area ripping through the city like a balloon on the loose. This was a first for most viewers, who stood at their office windows speculating how much like a twister the storm was evolving into as it drew closer.
I was driving home from work at noon ten miles away, at the time. The rain was beating so violently, I couldn't see out my front window and had to pull over. Frightening doesn't describe the feeling as darkness enveloped the valley.
A hotel building swayed as it's windows shattered into bits from the pressure. Eighty year old trees flew in the air as the leaf blower tornado passed by on it's way to Memory Grove mowing down many structures in its path, miraculously, missing the Conference Center being constructed.
August brings with it another tornado season in many parts of the nation, but probably not to Utah again for many years.
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