Tornados

I was at work, he was home, holed up in the cement corner of the basement with our three littles.

The tornado sirens blaring, a noise unfamiliar to me.

As I quickly moved to get my 5 patients into the halls, away from windows, I thought about my precious family at home.

I hate being away from them, I hate it even more in severe weather. 

I called him, telling him the warning was in effect, that he needed to grab a candle and get in the basement.  He was annoyed that "everything wasn't already ready for this."

I thought it was - flashlights, warm clothes, heavy blankets to cover up with, snacks, extra batteries - but I'm knew at this tornado preparation stuff.  But next time, I'll be ready, or at least I'll have everything ready for my family should I be working - candles, battery powered radio.


As soon as the winds and hail passed the hospital, I quickly texted P - "it looks like it is going to turn, the strong storm, it looks like we are lucky!"


Just 20 miles away - not so lucky.

Tornados suck.

The pictures of the destruction left behind, the hail the size of pool balls, towns just destroyed - left us speechless.

So thankful today, for this creaky, old, rental house that gets on our nerves.

One thing is certain - we will have a basement in our upcoming new home - which we'll start searching for this month!