I was sitting at my computer yesterday around 5 pm, talking to a friend on SKYPE. I told her that it was pouring and I needed to run some errands. I wished it would stop. All of a sudden I heard the tornado sirens started going off. I told my friend that I don't pay attention to them much because the area I live in has never had a touch down. All of a sudden the lights went off. I ran out on my porch to see what was going on. It sounded like 20 trains were going down my street. I looked up and debris was flying by my house. I ran in the house not knowing what to do. Get in the bath tub? I started to grab a comforter that we kept on the couch to cover myself with. It was gone. There for a minute, I thought I was a goner. It really scared me. I shook for a very long time.
I always felt safe and took it for granted that in the area I live, we have never had a tornado touch down. When the sirens went off in the past, I ignored them feeling safe and thinking that it won't come here. I was totally wrong by thinking that way. I almost lost everything last night including my life because of that closed mind thinking.
The question I have is what do you do in case of an emergency? Give us some helpful hints on what to do. That would be greatly appreciated and very helpful for those of us who don't know what to do in case of emergencies.
Friday, January 22, 2010
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I am so thankful that you were all right! What a horrible experience for you! When bad weather strikes I grab my cat and go into the inner house bathroom with my cell phone and laptop (to monitor the weather) and call someone and talk to them during the storm...keeps me semi-calm.
That is a great suggestion Nicole. Thank you for adding your thoughts.
I am so blessed. I drove only one block down my street and it looked like it had been bombed. I can't imagine what those poor people are facing and going through. God really looked after me last night.
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