Tornado
By: Lisa Selner
Fall 2004
While interning on the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range I survived a
tornado-like event that occurred at the end of my first week on the Pryor
Mountains. Fellow interns, our supervisor, her boyfriend and I were
preparing domestic horses for a trail ride at the cabin and wild horse
corrals when we noticed storm fronts coming in from different directions. I
took pictures of cloud tendrils above, teasing each other before they started
moving in a circular motion.
As soon as the hail began to fall, four of us ran for cover under an overhang
with the trail horses while one gal remained in one of the paddocks under a
3-sided shed with her own horse. I will never forget the sound of the
powerful winds and the sight of wreckage being heaved toward us as we
stood there in a state of shock! Our supervisor mentioned later on that she
thought this might be the end and we weren’t going to survive what was
unfolding in front of our eyes.
Surprisingly the horses remained calm until a feed bucket came smashing
by and spooked the boyfriend’s horse. His horse dragged him through the
mud and away from the overhang. Moment’s later pieces of that 3-sided
shed landed on the spot they were standing. If it weren’t for that bucket
spooking his horse, they may have been seriously injured or even killed.
The 3-sided shed was actually picked up by the wind right over our fellow
interns head and tossed over to the cabin area. The three of us still
remaining under the overhang eventually moved to the front of the cabin,
hoping it would remain standing and shield us from threatening debris.
This overwhelming incident made the front page of the local Lovell , WY
newspaper (please visit Tornado Article to read the Lovell Chronicle's
article regarding this storm). We were told occurrences like this happen
rarely in his part of the country, maybe every 50 years or so. Fortunately
everybody involved survived the event and there was minimal damage to
the cabin. However other living quarters were completely destroyed, along
with damage to the wild horse corrals. Our first week literally ended with a
bang!
By: Lisa Selner
Fall 2004
While interning on the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range I survived a
tornado-like event that occurred at the end of my first week on the Pryor
Mountains. Fellow interns, our supervisor, her boyfriend and I were
preparing domestic horses for a trail ride at the cabin and wild horse
corrals when we noticed storm fronts coming in from different directions. I
took pictures of cloud tendrils above, teasing each other before they started
moving in a circular motion.
As soon as the hail began to fall, four of us ran for cover under an overhang
with the trail horses while one gal remained in one of the paddocks under a
3-sided shed with her own horse. I will never forget the sound of the
powerful winds and the sight of wreckage being heaved toward us as we
stood there in a state of shock! Our supervisor mentioned later on that she
thought this might be the end and we weren’t going to survive what was
unfolding in front of our eyes.
Surprisingly the horses remained calm until a feed bucket came smashing
by and spooked the boyfriend’s horse. His horse dragged him through the
mud and away from the overhang. Moment’s later pieces of that 3-sided
shed landed on the spot they were standing. If it weren’t for that bucket
spooking his horse, they may have been seriously injured or even killed.
The 3-sided shed was actually picked up by the wind right over our fellow
interns head and tossed over to the cabin area. The three of us still
remaining under the overhang eventually moved to the front of the cabin,
hoping it would remain standing and shield us from threatening debris.
This overwhelming incident made the front page of the local Lovell , WY
newspaper (please visit Tornado Article to read the Lovell Chronicle's
article regarding this storm). We were told occurrences like this happen
rarely in his part of the country, maybe every 50 years or so. Fortunately
everybody involved survived the event and there was minimal damage to
the cabin. However other living quarters were completely destroyed, along
with damage to the wild horse corrals. Our first week literally ended with a
bang!
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