Tornado Alley

Tonight, we were prepared for the worst. I had my tornado outfit set out by the bed - jeans, Nikes, sweatshirt - something to throw on if the worst case scenario exploded on our doorstep. We had the curtains, our eyes, and our ears open. According to the news reports, you'd think a Category 5 hurricane was headed our way. In actuality, we had 15 minutes of rain and wind gusts. Living where we do, we get strong gusts everyday! In all fairness to the media, there was a tornado about 80 miles north of us that devastated a little town and killed several people. We're actually considering a little tornado shelter. We've had too many scares and you can never be too careful. I think it was last year that a deadly tornado swept through a rural area about 10 miles east of us, killing 3 people as they slept.