The sirens outside are blaring their awful sound. Something’s coming through here. There’s rumbling in the sky and it’s really dark outside (it’s 2:17 pm). It’s so windy and now comes the rain.
This is some of the things about living here that I could do without. Tornadoes and their accompanying thunderstorms. I have a phobia.
My old boss just stepped out to the porch with his coffee to watch the developments. No thanks. I’ll stay in. At my desk, staring at this screen, pretending not to notice all the commotion outside. (There goes the siren again).
Ugh.
Please pass, please pass, please pass.
be back soon
-L
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June 17, 2009 at 6:36 am
Regan
When I was a little girl we lived in Florida, through countless hurricanes. We would have to tape up our windows and do countless things to “batten down the hatches” so we would survive if it got bad. I remember how scary preparing was, but the storms never frightened me. To this day I love storms the best out of every type of weather. Wish I could share some of my storm mojo. One of my sisters is terrified of storms, even the slightest of rain sprinkles will send her into the basement or a closet in a quivering fit.
My office mates piled into a huge safe in the back of our building when the storm hit yesterday. But I am repulsed by the idea of breathing in everyone else’s air in that tight little inescapable room so I stayed by my desk and watched as the storm hit & the windows rattled.
Worst that happened to my house was the last two tomato plants I didn’t have staked, got pushed down. Not broken, just leaning over in drastic positions. Gotta find a couple more stakes now!
June 17, 2009 at 8:32 am
lette126
I grew up on the islands and, like you, have experience with hurricanes. We endured 3 in my childhood. Preparing for them was not as elaborate as yours, but the anticipation was the worst for me. I don’t remember being scared then, I think now the warnings and sirens make it far worse for me than anything. I really should stop watching the TV when those things threaten to hit, I get really nervous and start sweating. Not pretty. At any rate, the tv people really scare me with all that drama. Back home, we only had that color stripe and long beep on the tv and news flash updates on the radio.
Glad to hear your place/trees/garden is ok.