Today we were working as usual,it was kinda storming outside the shop but nothing major.Me and my partner joe just happened to look up and there it was,a tornado 200 yards from us,coming straight at the shop. I started yelling for everyone to get in the back supply room as it seems to the safest place. 13 people in the shop 4 getting tattooed as this went down. we managed to get everybody to the back and room ,off came the roof then the front window and wall disappeared,right in front of my eyes. I can not explain the fear i felt as we were right in the middle of this thing. i thought that we were gonna be killed or i was gonna see my friend hurt or mamed. luckly all 13 people walked away with minor injuries, but our shop was not so lucky. we have a piercing room and a bathroom/supply room left standing. we lost all our art work,drawings /paintings ,etc. our equipment ,most of it,was trashed. me and joe jus got our new rotaryworks and they were soaked and dirty which really pissed me off as we jus got'em . those as well as power supplies etc were either gone or destroyed.i'm hoping with a lil drying time the rw's will still work.i guess i shouldnt complain since we survived and we're alive and walking. if you would like to see our shop before the tornado and after you can check our facebook in the next day or two. we had a beautiful art filled shop,very modern i think. it's a sad day for us . we are not religious people but we could sure use some prayer/postitive thoughts sent our way. dont know what we're gonna do right now as everything around us was destroyed. we'll figure it out i guess. thanks for reading . performancetattoo.com