Wednesday, June 10, 2009

We survived the tornado...

Well... it didn't actually hit us, but the storm was crazy and the sirens were blaring. It's one of those things that you watch the news and can see it coming on the radar, but when you look outside its calm ... no rain, no wind ... then it hits. Within 5 seconds, the rain is pouring down, the wind is blowing so hard, the thunder shakes the house and the lightning fills the sky. And the rain doesn't fall downward, it gets blown horizontally. Then 10 minutes later, its calm again. It's crazy because you can see where they are tracking tornados on TV and see them coming right toward you, but you never actually see a tornado, but then again, it could be because the rain is falling so hard it becomes a white-out.

The dogs and I took cover in the hallway since it's the center most point of the house, while Brian stood in front of our giant glass doors watching the storm (bright idea, right?). But, the worst that happened was a big branch fell in the backyard. We definitely got lucky, but from the sounds of it, some neighboring communities weren't as lucky.

We are reaching the end of the tornado season so keep your fingers crossed that we make it through the rest with no damage!

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