I only wished I slept through it. I equate the fear that was within me at the moment as if someone was holding a gun to my head, threatening to kill me.
Maybe an over-exaggeration?? After all, I've never experience anyone holding a gun to my head before nor threatening to kill me, so maybe it's a
different feeling? In any event, I was visibly shaken with horror a little after 6 am this morning. And why???
I'm not even sure what actually woke me up? At the time, there was no sound of a train or crack of thunder or torrential downpour. Though, that would come only a few minutes later after I had awoken. So I stood up from my bed, almost drenched from the heat and humidity we had much from the day before and during the night. I looked out the window. On a normal day, the sun would have just started to rise. Although, this wasn't any ordinary morning. It was dark and dreary. Just enough light to see that a wind storm had kicked up with a mist of rain. The wind was growing fierce! I could feel the cool breeze rush into my bedroom. It actually felt refreshing. Immediately, I thought tornado. Though, it was blowing like a hurricane outside with the mist of rain. Nearly 80 mph winds.
My first reaction was to shut my windows. I didn't want the rain blowing into my bedroom. However, it was still humid and hot in my bedroom. So I compromised and shut them slightly, in hopes it would cool me off. I watched while the ferocious winds dismembered branches and limbs from the tree in my back yard. I could hear the siding on the side of the house, rattle. The shed in the backyard shook. I really thought... this was it!!! This was the day a Tornado was going plow into my house.
I immediately unplugged my computer as it starts to thunder and lightening. Then, I turned on my TV to the local weather station. The radar showed a massive thunderstorm heading south east. A TORNADO Warning was issued which was to expire @ 6:15 in my area. That was only in a few minutes away. Part of me was relieved, but it was only now the wind had just begun to really kick up. Several times the power kicked on and off. The thunder would crack, shaking the house like a freight train going through my back yard.
The news man kept insisting according to the radar, the worst was to the east of us. He also stated a funnel cloud was spotted just the north of me. It was then, I thought?? Wait? Where are the tornado sirens? This is highly unusual because they are easy on the trigger when it comes to sounding off those sirens since the tornadoes touching down in the mid 90's, two days in a row. These days, a bird dares to break wind and you can bet those sirens would go off. Seriously, the sirens normally go off even if the conditions are favorable. So why didn't they go off this morning?
I really just wanted to go back to bed. But the wind had me quite nervous. And the thunder was so loud, it felt like bombs were going off right outside my window. Eventually, the wind did die down and then came the torrential downpour, lightening and thunder that seem to last 20 to 30 minutes.
As some of you know, I do not fear thunderstorms. I can deal with lightening, thunder and flooding. But it's when the wind kicks up that frightens the shit out of me. I don't even recall being so fearful of storms when I was a kid. It was when I was an adult when I started to become fearful. I think much of that is due to the fact, I've had many dreams where I've been caught in a tornado.
It's currently 79 degrees and the sun is out. A little overcast!! You might say... "oh, that sounds nice!" However, the humidity is back and we're supposed to reach 90 degrees before the day is out. More storms are predicted to come our way... especially Friday morning. Will it be a repeat of what happened this morning? Will the storms produce a tornado? Stay tune. That's if I don't get blown away in the mist of the storm.
By the way, I'm considering this may be the beginning of a series of daily or weekly written blogs I'm going to enter here. Feel free to check out my blogs more often as I am going use this to start to creatively write from experiences from day to day.
I'm not even sure what actually woke me up? At the time, there was no sound of a train or crack of thunder or torrential downpour. Though, that would come only a few minutes later after I had awoken. So I stood up from my bed, almost drenched from the heat and humidity we had much from the day before and during the night. I looked out the window. On a normal day, the sun would have just started to rise. Although, this wasn't any ordinary morning. It was dark and dreary. Just enough light to see that a wind storm had kicked up with a mist of rain. The wind was growing fierce! I could feel the cool breeze rush into my bedroom. It actually felt refreshing. Immediately, I thought tornado. Though, it was blowing like a hurricane outside with the mist of rain. Nearly 80 mph winds.
My first reaction was to shut my windows. I didn't want the rain blowing into my bedroom. However, it was still humid and hot in my bedroom. So I compromised and shut them slightly, in hopes it would cool me off. I watched while the ferocious winds dismembered branches and limbs from the tree in my back yard. I could hear the siding on the side of the house, rattle. The shed in the backyard shook. I really thought... this was it!!! This was the day a Tornado was going plow into my house.
I immediately unplugged my computer as it starts to thunder and lightening. Then, I turned on my TV to the local weather station. The radar showed a massive thunderstorm heading south east. A TORNADO Warning was issued which was to expire @ 6:15 in my area. That was only in a few minutes away. Part of me was relieved, but it was only now the wind had just begun to really kick up. Several times the power kicked on and off. The thunder would crack, shaking the house like a freight train going through my back yard.
The news man kept insisting according to the radar, the worst was to the east of us. He also stated a funnel cloud was spotted just the north of me. It was then, I thought?? Wait? Where are the tornado sirens? This is highly unusual because they are easy on the trigger when it comes to sounding off those sirens since the tornadoes touching down in the mid 90's, two days in a row. These days, a bird dares to break wind and you can bet those sirens would go off. Seriously, the sirens normally go off even if the conditions are favorable. So why didn't they go off this morning?
I really just wanted to go back to bed. But the wind had me quite nervous. And the thunder was so loud, it felt like bombs were going off right outside my window. Eventually, the wind did die down and then came the torrential downpour, lightening and thunder that seem to last 20 to 30 minutes.
As some of you know, I do not fear thunderstorms. I can deal with lightening, thunder and flooding. But it's when the wind kicks up that frightens the shit out of me. I don't even recall being so fearful of storms when I was a kid. It was when I was an adult when I started to become fearful. I think much of that is due to the fact, I've had many dreams where I've been caught in a tornado.
It's currently 79 degrees and the sun is out. A little overcast!! You might say... "oh, that sounds nice!" However, the humidity is back and we're supposed to reach 90 degrees before the day is out. More storms are predicted to come our way... especially Friday morning. Will it be a repeat of what happened this morning? Will the storms produce a tornado? Stay tune. That's if I don't get blown away in the mist of the storm.
By the way, I'm considering this may be the beginning of a series of daily or weekly written blogs I'm going to enter here. Feel free to check out my blogs more often as I am going use this to start to creatively write from experiences from day to day.
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