history: A tornado blew through my town last week. My family hid in our storm shelter, but I wasn't sure if we were going to survive it unscathed. A tornado blew through my town last week. My family hid in our storm shelter_comma_ but I wasn't sure if we were going to survive it unscathed.
current: Wow, must have been rather frightening. Glad you are ok!
next: Thank you! We were rather frightened, and we feel very fortunate. Tornadoes are quite the force of nature. No pun intended.