Monday, April 20, 2009

Tornado number ... Oh, I've lost count already

I thought it was just a thunder storm although the lighting did concern me. When we went through the really bad tornado back in '95 the lighting was like a strobe light so when it does that, I typically assume there is a tornado. Except for last night. I was too busy getting the kids in bed, doing laundry, sweeping the floor, filling out school paperwork, and planning the next day. Then I sat down and turned on the TV to watch Brothers & Sisters and the weather was on. They were saying "rotation in Name of My Community and in the Name of My Parent's Community" to which I immediately called my parents to alert them, figuring they were already in bed. They were up and had already been called by a family friend about a death down the road from where they live. The tornado hit only a specific street in their community and killed someone living in a trailer. Why tornadoes will leave a whole field of cattle completely untouched but zero in on someone living in a mobile home is beyond me, but sadly a woman died and her husband is in the hospital. Here in the community where we live, just across the street actually, a tornado ripped through two barns. I counted only 7 horses this morning where there was 8, but maybe they sold one or something. It is completely random, the finger of destruction from a tornado, completely random.







5 comments:

silk said...

do you have a storm basement?

Mothering4Money said...

no but this house pays off in less than 4 years and then we'll build something more sturdy with a basement and a garage and maybe even lay sod and pave the driveway. i get an orgasm just by thinking about it.

Mothering4Money said...

it being the brick house with all the trimmings ... never mind, still sounds perverted

silk said...

I was just scared for you because of the tornados, not denigrating your house, but wow, your future plans float my boat too. oooo, to have a garage again.

Mothering4Money said...

oh i knew you werent being mean. i didn't take it that way at all. i am just counting down the days. i hate this house.