Look up in the sky!

So yesterday being home was NOT FUN! I'm not looking forward to this week either. The fast moving chains of storms we had yesterday, mixed with unusually hot temps, mixed with high fast moving drafts created PERFECT weather for guess what.. TORNADOES. UP around 3pm the storms were starting to come through. The first set wasn't bad but I just hung out in the basement with the dogs anyway. Then there was a break in the storms so I went upstairs to let the dogs spend some time outside. It was bright with blue skies and few clouds that I don't think anyone was expecting what was coming. The dogs had enough in the heat after 15minutes. So we sat on the couch in the living room watching the news when all these warnings started popping up south of us in Racine and Kenosha. I wasn't real worried but was thinking of heading back to the basement because there were still going to be some good storms, and so that Elsie could chill out in the quiet of the basement to wait out the storms.

Then right after I started thinking "hmm.. I should probably go to the basement soon.." Tornado watches were in effect. THEN one was spotted SW of us.. then I started to worry a bit. Because weather usually travels from the W, SW to the E, NE. The EXACT path that the storm was taking right over to our house! Then thinking "oh.. I should go down sooner.." I went and grabbed some snacks and went back to the living room for a bit when that in mistakable sound of sirens started going off. That's when I got the "Oh. Shit." feeling. Then I started panicking and was yelling at the dogs all worried sounding "Okay. Let's go downstairs." and they're all like "why it looks perfectly nice out." So me being the dog expert I am grabbed a handful of dog treats and they followed me right down to the basement.

They predicted that the tornado meso-cyclone stuff would reach us around 3:25pm. So at around 3:22pm I was thinking of how to prepare myself being home alone and all. My mom checked in with me shortly after the sirens were going off. So, she new things were okay then. I had some blankets and dog treats and human treats in the basement, had all the doors deadbolted and locked, had a phone and the TV running on the Fox6 Stormwatch. But, then I was thinking what if the power goes out and then I have no phone or TV for updates. I instantly thought of going to get my cell phone. But it was 2 flights of stairs up and the storm was bound to hit at any minute. In a panic I tried to make the dogs stay downstairs but Odie demanded to go with me and snuck out the door before me but I was sure that she'd follow me.

I sprinted up the 2 stories with Odie zooming behind me, grabbed my cell phone glanced outside and just saw dreary, gray, almost and eerie evil feeling sky with wind raging and rain splattering everywhere. I paused for maybe a millisecond but it felt like an eternity. The storm was going to hit any second now and I raced back downstairs Odie thinking this was all just a game panting and wagging her tail. We met Elsie back in the basement just in time. We waited out the storm and no other tornadoes were sighted and after a while the skies got bright and blue again.

I looked outside and saw just everything covered in a slight layer of rain. I checked all the trees. Nothing seemed to have been disturbed, which really surprised me. Nothing was damaged it looked like nothing even happened. My mom called after and I said everything looked fine. But, I was still really shaken up. I really don't like storms none the less tornadoes. Luckily I live in a place where they rarely hit but still when it happens it's always unpredictable of what will happen.

I can't even image what it would be like if I were still at school. I probably would of had a mental breakdown. Plus being in school after school only teachers and cleaning people would be there.. I would never want to be in a tornado warning at school with teachers and being the only people I could console with.