<<i hate tornados.>>
2004-05-29 - 10:21 a.m.

We had some hellacious storms move through our area last night.

i woke up at midnight with the phone ringing. And I though it was either one of two things:

1.) BIL calling us trashed

2.) Somebody is hurt or dead.

It ended up being my dad who was calling to let us know that there was a tornado warning.

i am *TERRIFIED* of tornados. TERRIFIED.

So Larry shuts all of our windows and we walk outsite. Its all calm but the clouds are glowing from the constant lightening. On the street behind us, there is a police car driving down the road at like 5 mph with its lights on and using the loud speaker "whittaker oaks residents. There is a tornado warning in effect for washtenaw county until 1am. Please take cover".

So by this time I'm freaking the fuck out. Take cover WHERE? i live in a manufactured home. MMMkay... So I'm thinking- hmm? The closet? Open the closet door... and I'm imagining all the shit on the shelves falling on my head.

GREEEAAAAT.

I go back outside and I am near tears. (Told you. I'm terrified of these things!) Larry and my brother are just watching the storm. My brother's dumb ass is recording it with his camcorder. I tell larry I want to go to my dad's- which is like 7 miles north. He says no- the storm is worse up there so I call the fire department and ask if there is any shelter that we can go to- of course there isn't. Just "take cover".

So I go back inside. Still freaking out. Wake up Ashia. Tell her to get in my room (Kayleigh and Savannah are already in there). She sits up and just looks at me. I say again "Ashia! Go get in mommy's bed" and she stares at me again. "helllooooo! Ashia... go get in mommy's bed!" she finally goes "I don't know what you mean?" (AIRHEAD sometimes..lol...) So I say it really slow: "Ashia. I.need.you.to.go.to.my.bedroom.and.get.in.my.bed.with.savannah... There.is.a.really.bad.storm.right.now.and.i.want.you.all.together...Do.you.understand?" Lol. She finally grasped the concept and went to my bedroom. I'm still panicking- asking Larry what are we going to do if this tornado hits? Where are we going to go? He has no idea tells me to quit freaking out.

FINALLY the damn warning cleared and it was back down to severe thunderstorm warning and I went back to sleep around 2:30am.

I really need a house with a basement.

Sigh.

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