Left Behind

May 29, 2026
Challenge 17
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Prompt
Double Dribble · Exactly 200 words
What the tornado left behind

The Wedge of El Reno

by John Cox

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It was the biggest Wedge Cyclone in history. The 2027 El Reno 2 event was named after the previous biggest tornado that occurred in the same place.

As I am sure you can guess that place is El Reno, OK. El Reno was the kind of place you could get a nice fried onion burger, while playing golf, with a view of a lake imaginatively named El Reno Lake. A simple town with simple people.

El Reno 2 hit on a beautiful spring day wiping out the town in a matter of minutes. The Church gone, the restaurants downtown gone, the town square torn to pieces. Debris was everywhere. The 3.7 mile twister spread it's conquest wide, no trailer, or house, was left untouched. Miraculously, no one was claimed by The Beast. Everyone survived.

The people came together seeing the lack of casualties as a sign that God was not done with their little town. Like Nehemiah said, "the people had a mind to build." Neh 4:6. Within a week everyone had a place to sleep at night. Within a month the town was functioning again. The People and their Spirit are what was left by the storm.

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