Tornados suck

Sis if you are reading this and did not get my text, yes we are safe. As usual the storms went around us. The worst of the damage was to our west, south and north.

As we watched American Idol followed by House last night the programs were continually interrupted by our local news program providing the latest on the storms. As we watched the red zone edge closer and closer to us my blood pressure started to rise. When the hail began to come down, Jason decided it was time to hide in the closet. I hollered for Teddy and Shadow and pulled them into the closet. It is damn hard to hold a cat, with claws, who is as scared as you. Jason had the flashlight peeking out through the sliding glass doors to watch the hail and see if the hail was denting our vehicles. Cause you know, the cars are more important than life. Typical man. :rolleyes:

As I crouched in the closet listening to the rain and hail echo through the vent with my husband standing in front of two oversized sliding glass doors I could feel the panic rise up. Tornados are not fun, especially at night. When the hail stopped and the rain let up, I let Teddy escape my arms and freed the dog from the torture of having to stay in the closet.

I ventured outside with my camera and took a picture of one of the pieces of hail laying on the concrete. Jason investigated the vehicles more closely and both appeared unscathed. I thought I heard the tornado siren but with the rain, wind and interstate traffic it was hard to hear.

Amy called to check on us. She was hiding in her bathroom with Wookie. When I told her the coast was clear she ventured out to her balcony to have a look see. Suddenly, the tornado sirens in Bellevue started going off, driving her straight back to the bathroom to hide.

The local weather predicted another storm to follow in the wee hours of the morning. Oh joy. They were also reporting on the devastation that had already occured. Union University in Jackson, TN was demolished by the tornado(s) and students were trapped in the rubble. Lives were lost, trees were down, a mobile home had been twisted, and so on and so forth.

This morning our neighborhood, our home, and ourselves were intact. We did not lose any trees nor power. I'm grateful we came through another storm intact. I feel for those people who were not as lucky and are, this morning, trying to pick up the pieces.

Just another fun in night in Nashvegas!