Tornados and...Beavers???

So we had a very exciting day! At about 3:10 p.m. I was on the phone with Heather when I heard the tornado sirens go off. I was very busy folding laundry so I looked out the window, didn't see any funnell clouds so I just continued on with my business. In the mean time Heather and I discussed how long the sirens go off for (don't know), how long I would have to hunker down in the basement for (don't know) and where I would go in my basement (underneath my staircase). So anyways, a little while later Jackson busts in the house and asks if there was a tornado at our house. I said no and he proceeds to tell me about hearing the sirens at school and having to go to their "safe place" and huddle in a ball. Then he said that there was an announcement that there was a tornado in South Plainfield (I live in North Plainfield) I got online and checked the news and found an article about the sightings.
http://wmaq.weatherplus.com/weathernews/13206195/detail.html?dl=mainclick
The location on 127th and Essington is like 1/2 a mile from my house. Maybe next time I should make more of an effort to listen and obey the tornado sirens. FYI...if you look on the map you'll see that we're right on the edge of tornado alley.

Now onto the Beavers. Yes, you read that correctly, Beavers. Turns out there are beavers, or a beaver living in the pond behind our house. I think this is most hilarious because who knew that a beaver would set up shop in the middle of Plainfield, Illinois right behind the town Wal-Mart? Unfortunately an actually beaver sighting has yet to occur, but a couple of weeks ago I was doing dishes when I noticed out my kitchen window that a tree had been "chopped" down. I thought it a wee bit suspicious since the tip of where the tree had been "cut" down was pointy, but after looking at it some more I determined that it looked like a beaver had cut it down. (growing up in Canada I have seen many a tree that had been chopped down by a Beaver) I quickly dismissed that thought though because it sounded so ridiculous. After a few days I noticed another tree had gone down and then another and then another, until about 6 or 7 trees had suspiciously been chopped down. So it turns out that my neighbors contacted our Homeowners Association about it and they have confirmed that the victim trees had been taken down by beavers and that they would send out animal control to trap them and take them away! We have no trees in our backyard so we think its hilarious, but I guess other people who have houses that back up onto the pond are freaking out that their yard trees are going to be the next casualties of the Plainfield Beaver! I actually think that they're gone though since I haven't noticed anymore tree stumps around the pond. Enjoy the pictures that I took. These are just the 3 I can see from my kitchen window. There are more around the whole pond! Like I said, I wish we could've actually seen one, but apparantly they're somewhat nocturnal.