history: A tornado siren went off 10 years ago, my family was in the basement when it hit. It destroyed our home and our car. A tornado hit our home and destroyed it_comma_ as well as our car. oh god_comma_ that sounds horrifying_comma_ are you and your family okay?
current: Yes we're okay thankfully no one was hurt, just all our belongings destroyed. We rebuilt and have come a long way since then!
next: that's great, glad you managed to make everything okay afterwards, that must've been a lot of hard work!