Monday, February 28, 2011

Margin Scribble: This post is about Tornado Season.

February is the official start of Tornado Season. I live in the eastern part of the US, in what I call "Offcenter US". there's not really a name for us.. Mideast? That sounds wrong. We are in the easternmost part of Tornado alley. For the past two weekends we have had huge storms roll through, and last night was terrible. I can handle rain. I can handle lightning.

What I can't handle is it being muggy and humid enough to have to open the window, and then be woken up at 4am with the tornado sirens going off and thunder booming scaring the crap out of me. I was up from 4-5 just looking out the front door, watching the storm roll in. I saw flashes of green lightning (from the 4am phone call from Zack's parents that means it's really bad) and lots of clouds that looked like funnel clouds.

I panic. I go straight into panic mode when thunder is loud enough to scare me. This is why for the second day in a row, I am at home, this time because of lack of sleep. Here's to a great start of the season.

 

bbl, naptime.
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21 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2011 at 2:37 PM

    I've never had to deal with a tornado. Must be rough.

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  2. SKS FKFFebruary 28, 2011 at 3:54 PM

    Mmm, I love the green lightning in supercells. Sorry to hear it woke you up, though.

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  3. l33 v4n cl33fFebruary 28, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    sounds scary, do you have lika a shelter or something?

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  4. MotivationalizedFebruary 28, 2011 at 4:36 PM

    That sounds awful, I hope you get a good nights sleep tonight.

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  5. llllollllllFebruary 28, 2011 at 5:29 PM

    I'm glad there are no tornadoes where I live.

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  6. Astronomy PirateFebruary 28, 2011 at 5:42 PM

    For some reason we already had Tornado warnings today. We just got finished with all the snow. The weather blows.

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  7. GraftedFebruary 28, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    Ack, I live a few miles east of Nashville, TN, so I know the exact storms you're talking about. At least it's supposed to be pretty calm the next couple of days.

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  8. husarFebruary 28, 2011 at 6:59 PM

    Good blog, I wait for next post, it just looks so good.

    + followed:)

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  9. RootYourDroid.netFebruary 28, 2011 at 8:05 PM

    I remember being scared of Tornados as a kid after watching Wizard of Oz, lol.

    Than Twister came out and the sealed the deal.

    Luckily, as an adult, I have not had to actually deal with any where I live!

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  10. CharlesFebruary 28, 2011 at 8:11 PM

    I would never live in a tornado area. too damn scary. mountains we get snow, in Reno I get some snow (never insane amounts) and earthquakes sometimes.

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2011 at 8:17 PM

    I'm glad I live in a place where there are no tornadoes... but we have to watch out for earthquakes instead..

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  12. FERGYFebruary 28, 2011 at 8:24 PM

    I live in a place where tornados don't occur for the most part.
    Sound's like a scary event though.

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  13. TarahFebruary 28, 2011 at 9:49 PM

    I've never experienced a tornado.. must be intense!

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  14. TasosFebruary 28, 2011 at 11:05 PM

    I know that you missed valuable sleep, but when you said "I was up from 4-5 just looking out the front door, watching the storm roll in" , just made wish I was there

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  15. AnonymouseFebruary 28, 2011 at 11:06 PM

    i've never been through a tornado but i've been in some pretty harsh hurricanes. hope you get some sleep.

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  16. TenkoFebruary 28, 2011 at 11:18 PM

    I was at the site of a developing tornado up in Kentucky when I was in job corpse. The tornado warning alarm was going off and I was running back to the dorm, got a strong gust of wind and ended up running in-place for about 2 seconds. Was a freaky experience.

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  17. Hombre720March 1, 2011 at 1:33 AM

    I'm just glad I've avoided natural disasters.

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  18. UnknownMarch 1, 2011 at 4:21 AM

    i've never been trough a tornado cant imagine the horror of this raw natural power

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  19. MTensorMarch 1, 2011 at 9:31 PM

    I was pretty lucky when the storms came through my area. Sorry to hear you had it pretty bad. Stay safe!

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  20. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 2:29 AM

    I am not sure where you have learned about tornado season but the offical start of tornado season is the later part of this month.

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  21. NinaMarch 17, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    Tell that to Kentucky please.

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