Yesterday was a crazy, crazy day.
We started our day just like every other day. Coffee, breakfast, running out the door to work, and cramming in some last minute errands before lunch. But once the noon hour hit, it all changed.
Storms clouds grew darker and darker by the minute. The rumble of thunder kept getting louder and louder. Soon after that, hail made its presence known by threatening to break through the windows. And then came the sirens.
Oh goodness.
Nothing fills this Texas girl with more terror than the holler of a tornado siren.
I grabbed our box full of emergency items, woke up my girl from her nap, shuffled her and our dog into the bathroom (most interior room of the house) and hung out close to that room for the rest of the afternoon. Sitting in a bathtub, I spent the time checking the weather updates on my phone and texting back and forth with David (who was hunkered down in the boiler room of his company's building) and the rest of my friends and family spread out across the metroplex.
Little B and I were very lucky. The many funnel clouds and tornadoes were to the north and east of our house. So we knew rather quickly that we were fine and in the all clear. However, at that point my worry then became so focused on my friends and family that were still in the path of the storms. And what made it even scarier is that many of them in offices did not even know what was going on until I had called or texted them. There were 3 separate storm areas and I had loved ones in all of them.
I can't really explain how I felt watching live TV and seeing a tornado come out of the sky and touch down. Seeing the flying debris and tossed 18-wheelers and knowing that you are watching the scene unfold in real time is surreal. I felt like my heart stopped when a tornado narrowly missed a huge school.
This was the real thing. This wasn't a weather man being overly dramatic about a little bit of hail. This was serious.
But isn't it crazy how quickly a day can change from good to bad back to good?
We started our day just like every other day. Coffee, breakfast, running out the door to work, and cramming in some last minute errands before lunch. But once the noon hour hit, it all changed.
Storms clouds grew darker and darker by the minute. The rumble of thunder kept getting louder and louder. Soon after that, hail made its presence known by threatening to break through the windows. And then came the sirens.
Oh goodness.
Nothing fills this Texas girl with more terror than the holler of a tornado siren.
I grabbed our box full of emergency items, woke up my girl from her nap, shuffled her and our dog into the bathroom (most interior room of the house) and hung out close to that room for the rest of the afternoon. Sitting in a bathtub, I spent the time checking the weather updates on my phone and texting back and forth with David (who was hunkered down in the boiler room of his company's building) and the rest of my friends and family spread out across the metroplex.
Little B and I were very lucky. The many funnel clouds and tornadoes were to the north and east of our house. So we knew rather quickly that we were fine and in the all clear. However, at that point my worry then became so focused on my friends and family that were still in the path of the storms. And what made it even scarier is that many of them in offices did not even know what was going on until I had called or texted them. There were 3 separate storm areas and I had loved ones in all of them.
I can't really explain how I felt watching live TV and seeing a tornado come out of the sky and touch down. Seeing the flying debris and tossed 18-wheelers and knowing that you are watching the scene unfold in real time is surreal. I felt like my heart stopped when a tornado narrowly missed a huge school.
This was the real thing. This wasn't a weather man being overly dramatic about a little bit of hail. This was serious.
But isn't it crazy how quickly a day can change from good to bad back to good?
- All of my friends and family are safe and sound without a scratch on them. Amen!
- In the midst of such as wild and crazy day, I had a fantastic day for my career. While hunkering down in the bath tub, I got a phone call out of the blue that presented me with an work opportunity that I am crazy excited about.
- While there is destruction scattered across the metroplex, I have not heard of any fatalities. Amazing! That is a miracle in itself considering the number of tornadoes that touched down.
So with all that happened yesterday, was it a good day or a bad day? I think it all comes down to perspective. My vote is for good day.
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