If you're anything like me, you're feeling like Josh Lyman and Toby Ziegler from The West Wing's episode, 20 Hours in America. Even with all the coverage.
Lemme 'splain Lucy...
If you've never been in a tornado warning and watch...you don't know what it's like...
The air pressure drops. The wind increases and sweeps all around the plains. The golfball-baseball-softball-sized hail falls. The sky turns green and brown. The clouds begin to turn above your house and you watch.
You watch. Because you have to know. You have to see it. Gary England and Mike Morgan aren't there with you, but they know.
You watch. Because you have to witness.
You watch from your driveway, your patio in your backyard.
Why?
Because you are an Oklahoman and there's nothing more dreadful or thrilling to your soul to see the train coming at you.
Because you don't have adequate shelter anyway.
There's nothing more heartbreakingly violent that you could watch...you know, deep down, that you are witnessing someone's death.
It just hasn't happened yet.
It's scary. It's stomach clenching. It's thrilling and horrible.
And you watch. And hope it doesn't touch you.
I'm happy to see your post. Growing up in Kansas I tend to know about the tornados, and in 2008 I was in one out here. It's like nothing else I've ever experienced. I know you are from OK, is everyone safe that you know?
ReplyDeleteEvery one I know and love is safe.
DeleteHi stranger! Great post. So glad to see your reply comment that all your loved ones are safe. Even to watch it on TV from afar is both sickening yet amazing. Mother Nature! She is a myriad of personalities! Hugs to you!
ReplyDeleteHugs to you! And yes...it is sickeningly amazing.
Deletebloody hell - would scare me to death...
ReplyDeleteYes, I imagine you would be scared...but that's because you're from England.
DeleteYes, it's like looking at death in the face. It is infinitely scary to see it coming.
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