Who Needs Kansas, We've Got Tornadoes TOO

Well, already I am avoiding the blog. :) Just kind of an odd couple of days around here. Nothing big, just irritating.

Today, I am in a mood. Not a good one. More spooked though. Right now, they are doing a special show, that is really very informative. It's gotten to be that time of year. TORNADO Season. I've been in a couple of tense situations with them, and really never gotten rhiled. Then last year, we seemed to have one after another, and something in me snapped. I am silently freaking out, inside my head.

I remember when my mind snapped last year. It was a gorgeous day and I'd not turned on the TV all day. Normally, it's a rule to leave the TV on, on ABC all day, because they run weather every hour, on the hour. I got a call from one of my son's buddies asking me where my son was--he was freaking out because he knew my son was heading into town to buy Matrix III tickets, and he'd just heard tornadoes were ripping down that stretch of highway.

My son called me on a cell phone within minutes of that and I was insane. I was screaming "where are you?" and he was saying "On the Moffet Bridge" And simultaneously, the newscaster was saying "If you are anywhere inthe vicinity of the Moffet Bridge, get to cover, get off and get into a ditch..." I was holding my baby and screaming into a phone. My husband was on his way home and driving right into the same path of the tornado that my son was in. And I knew he would not be listening to the radio. My son got back home and of ratio next hour, we huddled, waiting for all the crap to pass. Since that day, I can't handle the thought of the storms, of this time of year.

We've even cleaned out our storm shelter this year. I'd sworn I'd never go into it. But when the shit is hitting the fan, I am hoping that if there is a critter (SNAKE) in that cellar, that he stays put and ignores me--because I am getting in there. My husband raised the floor for me, by putting pallets in and nailing a sub floor to it. I hope the snakes stay below. :)

My first week in Oklahoma (now 12 years ago) I was passed out in a chair, after having been unpacking all day. The news cut in and started jamming a signal. The broadcaster was saying "If you live any where in the vicinity of 51st and Mingo, get into cover now" and I sat there for a time trying to figure out where we lived. When it hit me I was in the path, I got everyone up and moving towards a closet. It seemed a funny WELCOME to OKLAHOMA. When we returned to Oklahoma after 3 years of being gone 6 years later, we entered the state and a tornado started after us. We outran the bastard for 40 minutes.

Two weeks later, we'd been out of state again, and as we entered, we were chased again, from a whole other direction. I feel like I will be very lucky if I get out of this state again without a tornadic clash before I go. :)

I can't take it!!!!

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