OK, so it wasn't much more than an EF0 tornado from what was published, but on May 8th, 2008 a tornado went right through my house with me in it, and here I am to tell you about it!
When I saw the trees outside the windows swishing back and forth laying nearly horizontal both ways I am not too proud to say that I quickly went to the bathroom and held onto the toilet for dear life!
Most of my 100+ year-old oak trees around the house were topped off and two huge limbs fell on the house. I didn't even hear the noises of the limbs hitting the house nor of the limbs falling around the house. The debris that was hitting the house was that loud! Between me and my immediate neighbors we lost about 300 trees, three structures were demolished, and several other smaller structures were damaged. All of us have been cleaning up the mess even until now. We have a lot of firewood for the winter!
I was fortunate. The neighbor that got hit before me lost his entire, large barn. Then the neighbor after me lost his smaller barn. It was tossed from the back of his 2 acres to the front (about 400 feet). The next neighbor after that had his mobile home pushed off its foundation by 5 feet, and it was even tied down with metal straps to the concrete. All of his sheds were demolished, and he lost probably 25 very old but otherwise healthy trees. The next neighbor after that, had his shop loose its roof. His fifth wheel camper was tossed into the expressway. Then, on the highway two semi-tractors with trailers were flipped over on their sides.
This tornado touched down and stayed on the ground for about 2.5 miles and was about .5 miles wide. It should have been classified as an EF1 or maybe even an EF2 in some areas judging by the damage since none of the homes here are stone or brick.