Where's Our Brave Survivors?!

Brian, Jess, come in. Dem dang tornadoes ripped right true my trailer? Hows' yall doing?

Living in the Midwest, that's gotta be fun. Tornado Alley. I always thought it would be kind of cool to experience a tornado. I think I have experienced a few in my lifetime.

The fist one I remember was when I was a kid and our family was visiting my uncle Around Northern Illinois. We went to some lakehouse. A storm came and we went inside. I remember looking outside the window and seeing the water from the lake rise up. I remember the rattling of the windows and howling winds. Everyone was hunkered down in the corner, watching the storm outside. Not very smart. But the key factor I don't remember is if this was real or a dream. I've asked people before, and they don't remember.

I also remember a few times here. One was when I was living in an apt by my sisters house back in 2002. I was on the NW side that day over by Willowbrook and I was picking up my computer from the PC shop. The skies turned a really dark color and then lots of hail. I camped out in the computer shop for about 15 miuntes waiting for it to lighten up. I recall the hail that day. But I more recall another moment when the skies were the wierdest colors or green. It was like a painting or something. Bizarre.

The last time I was driving home to this apt complex. I forgot which apt I lived in, but I think it was the one with Brian and Jess. My parents were in town, so it must have been eiother Christmas or when one of the kids was born. I was driving home and leaves were blowing around. I noticed they were blowing in circles, I was thinkoing "Oh Crap!". But I was fascinated by it and couldn't peel my eyes off the sights and was entranced in the wind and sounds. As I turned onto Meadowglen off Briarpark, I had a little resistance trying to control my truck. Then it got a littler scary. I made it back and thought about those leaves for a few hours afterward.

So, Jess, Brian? What's the 411?