I Hate Tornadoes

Last night was terrifying. I went to the Predator's NHL Hockey game in downtown Nashville with my mom while Blake stayed with Caleb (yep, best husband ever!). When we went to leave the game, it was pouring rain outside. A loud siren went off in the city and we heard that it meant a Tornado Warning. Yep, warning being the key word here. Throughout my childhood, whenever there was a storm, my parents would turn on the tv and sometimes the words would appear in bold red and white "Tornado Watch." I remember always needing to clarify that watch did not mean warning. If the words "Tornado Warning" appeared, I would freak out, terrified that we'd get hit. Last night, when they said the word warning, I had to go over that in my head, "Warning... not Watch... Warning meaning... a tornado has been sited!!!???" I also heard someone say, "It is south of us but will be here in 10 minutes." Yeah I panicked.

My mom drove quickly home but I could not look out the window. I called Blake and he and Caleb were sitting in the downstairs bathroom, the safest place in the house during a tornado warning, because the storm was headed from south of us northward. I have never been so scared. For the first time in my life, I am a mom and I need to be the brave one. That is scarier than just being scared itself!

On our way home, hail started coming down. I am pretty sure that hail and tornadoes often go hand in hand. That made the situation worse for me. Mom drove fast and we got to the house safely and Blake and Caleb were safe. We looked on the internet and the storm had passed us. It said that the tornado was now in downtown Nashville. Man was I glad that mom was so insistent on driving home immediately!

Well, I thought that we were in the clear but I was still spooked by it all. The rain got harder and the wind got stronger in the night. It was still thundering and lightning every few minutes. I could not get to sleep until 3 am. Blake gave me a blessing and I knew everything would be okay. I still had an uneasy feeling like this was no normal storm. When we woke up this morning, we found out that it was not normal indeed. This was the worst tornado storm in the U.S. in the last decade. It was also apparently among the worst 15 tornado storms in U.S. history. There were 30 to 40 tornadoes sited and about 50 casualties. No wonder I had that spooked feeling. This picture is of one of the tornadoes from last night. Freakin scary.

Speaking of scary, look at how much hair came off of Cozmo when Blake brushed him for like 5 minutes. Dude, this puppy can shed! He loves chewing his brush, as you can see, after getting brushed, it's his way of getting even!