One Size Fits All

Well, yesterday we experienced our first tornado warning. It was pretty scary. I would not have even known to seek shelter had Chris (my husband) not called me and told me that we were in a warning.

For those who don’t know, a Tornado Watch means that there is a possibility of a storm producing tornadoes, while a Tornado Warning means a Tornado has been spotted or is strongly indicated on radar.

Anyway, so Chris calls me and says I should empty the boxes out of the closet because we are in a warning. Damian was playing the video game so I could not have known. I turned on the weather channel and the screen starts blinking red and turning blue, saying seek shelter immediately. Scary Stuff. So I grabbed Damian and Brandon and started grabbing stuff i would need. We went downstairs where we spent about 20 minutes huddled together in the closet. It didn’t hit us thank goodness. What I wouldn’t have given to be back where the worst weather was a blizzard!

Damian kept waking up last night with bad dreams about tornado’s. It’s ok though. I am sorta grateful that he understands how bad that can be because I KNOW he will listen to me in an emergency situation. Chris just wants to see a tornado up close, and while i think it might be cool to actually see one, I think I could do without that experience. If I am close enough to see one then I am not far enough away, ya know?

This morning it is said that 3 tornadoes hit ground last night. The Naval Base here in Norfolk was hit. Suffolk was hit pretty bad over by Sentara Obici Hospital. I am not sure who else was hit. Nobody was killed, but there were injuries.

As for us? Well, I am putting together a bag to keep downstairs. Next time something like this happens I want to be able to simply seek shelter without worrying about trying to get water or formula.