Just seen on the news about tornadoes ripping through the Southern States.
I know we have a few posters in that part of the world - how we all doin'?
Storms in the Southern States
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We had tornado sirens wailing from about 6:00pm until 7:00, but nothing hit my immediate vicinity. There were several deaths in my state, though.
Tornadoes are somewhat predictable in that they tend to follow the lay of the land in a certain pattern. Our house is not in a spot that typically gets hit, while some areas tend to get hit over and over throughout the years.
I wasn't scared last night, even with the constant sound of the sirens. My children were scared, though. As a child, I spend many a stormy night, shivering with fear, huddling with my blanket and pillow under the stairwell. We had a half basement and the safest spot to be was in the stairwell, or under the stairwell.
Tornadoes are somewhat predictable in that they tend to follow the lay of the land in a certain pattern. Our house is not in a spot that typically gets hit, while some areas tend to get hit over and over throughout the years.
I wasn't scared last night, even with the constant sound of the sirens. My children were scared, though. As a child, I spend many a stormy night, shivering with fear, huddling with my blanket and pillow under the stairwell. We had a half basement and the safest spot to be was in the stairwell, or under the stairwell.
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I am in Arkansas.
There was a tornado warning in my town, but there were no actual touchdowns here. The deaths that happened in AR were not near us.
Funny thing is that I couldn't even bother to be worried about the tornadoes, because I was looking for some stuff that my husband told me to file years ago. Dealing with him was a much more daunting prospect than dealing with a tornado. He wanted it yesterday night, and so I was searching for it. Due to my total lack of organization, I knew finding it was not going to be easy. I was much more concerned about that than getting flattened by a tornado, lol. I did find some of the pertinent papers, but not all (of course the one I couldn't find was the most important one).
I cannot even fully express to you the full extent of my disorganization. I think a tornado would make my house look better (ok, I'm exaggerating).
There was a tornado warning in my town, but there were no actual touchdowns here. The deaths that happened in AR were not near us.
Funny thing is that I couldn't even bother to be worried about the tornadoes, because I was looking for some stuff that my husband told me to file years ago. Dealing with him was a much more daunting prospect than dealing with a tornado. He wanted it yesterday night, and so I was searching for it. Due to my total lack of organization, I knew finding it was not going to be easy. I was much more concerned about that than getting flattened by a tornado, lol. I did find some of the pertinent papers, but not all (of course the one I couldn't find was the most important one).
I cannot even fully express to you the full extent of my disorganization. I think a tornado would make my house look better (ok, I'm exaggerating).