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January 7, 2008

That can't be good...

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So.... we had some heavy rain this afternoon, no biggie...

Then after work I was innocently sitting in my hairdresser's hair, with the hairdryer blaring in my ears, when the owner of the salon comes out and tells all the stylists to stop working because there is a tornado coming.  They kind of laugh, but shut off the blow dryers, and what do you know?  Tornado sirens.  I'm guessing that was about 5:45pm.  Now it's 8:45 and they haven't stopped for more than ten minutes.  There were at least 4 big red swirls headed my direction (they're going right up I-44 - aka Tornado Alley) and I think three have passed so far.  Luckily nothing too crazy has happened.  After hunkering down with another customer and 4 hairdressers, I drove home after the first storm passed.  No sooner than I started to open the garage door did the next round of sirens start sounding.  Now I'm hanging out in the lower level of my house, which is not a basement, but it's the best thing we've got.  Matt is watching an episode of Prison Break on his laptop, and I'm doing a little knitting, podcast listening, and reading.  I can't listen to KTTS (the radio station with the - let's call it "most thorough" - weather coverage for too long without getting freaked out, so I turned it off.  I figure I can rely on the sirens and stuff hitting the house to alert me to anything really important.  

And just in case you were wondering, you should locate your workbench in case of a tornado.  

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
Maybe I should go burrow into the yarn stash? 

 

Posted by zarah at January 7, 2008 8:40 PM

Comments

I'll be thinking about you tonight. All the storms so far have been south and east of Tulsa, all moving in your direction - no tornados here though, just wall clouds. They say we will get hit by the second wave of storms in a few hours.

Hope you get some great knitting done! I always knit faster when I'm nervous.

Posted by: Penny at January 7, 2008 11:07 PM

Yawn. What a night! Sounds like you had a little more excitement than us being out in the mess, but I'm glad you're okay! Next time (although hopefully it's a long time coming), come hang out in our basement - we've got a pool table you can crawl under!

Posted by: Tammy at January 8, 2008 8:36 AM

Just the thought of tornado sirens makes my heart skip. I hope things are okay out there.

Posted by: Macoco [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 8, 2008 10:21 AM

Holy moly. So glad you are safe! That is super scary!

Posted by: africankelli [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 8, 2008 11:30 AM

Oh great, and here I was in the bathtub last night! Not a work bench in sight!

Posted by: Kate [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 8, 2008 1:43 PM

Eeks! That is so scary!

Posted by: Jennifer at January 8, 2008 3:46 PM

Holy Crap! You guys had some weather last night! We got it at about 3 a.m. sans sirens. Yeesh. Don't you love the weather channel warnings?! Who writes those things? One of ours told us last year not to burn anything in the house or, "YOU COULD DIE." Rrrright.

Posted by: Ann at January 8, 2008 6:59 PM

Oh my gosh! So glad you are safe!

Posted by: jillian at January 8, 2008 7:19 PM

Oh my. This makes me so glad that I'm not in Missouri right now (I used to hunker down in the basement during any storms, even before sirens would blare). I hope you don't suffer any weather related damage.

Posted by: Michelle at January 8, 2008 10:08 PM

I think you should consider moving into a house with a basement since you seem to live in tornado alley.

Posted by: Mom at January 9, 2008 8:58 PM

Yeah, it was a wild night. Steve made me clear out everything from under my workbench but I told him it was so filthy under there I wasn't going to get under it! Fortunately, I didn't have to. Glad to hear you both survived.

Posted by: Tammy at January 10, 2008 9:23 AM

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