I think this is a first for me. I don’t ever remember being in a location that was under a tornado watch in my entire life.
I found out about the tornado watch (on Facebook) just before the kids got off the bus. I wasn’t sure whether to tell them about it, but I figured they’d find out anyway so I told them without getting them too freaked out. About a half hour after they got home, Adlani ran in and said, “Something’s wrong with the TV!” It was the warning system message saying that certain towns were under a tornado warning, which is a step above a watch. That sent the kids into a panic, with Aliya running around the house looking for Henry (the cat), and Adlani heading for the basement immediately. Norah was sticking pretty close to me, but whining that we needed to go to the basement. Adlani was crying and yelling, “I DON’T WANNA DIE!” He’s such a Drama King.
We were able to watch streaming coverage of the tornadoes online so we knew where they were and where they were headed. We didn’t end up having one here, but there was extreme thunder and lightning. The news is reporting that 4 people were killed by a tornado in Springfield, Westfield, and Brimfield, which is the town next to camp. A tornado passed over route 84 near the exit we take to get there…storms at camp are always intense so luckily nobody was there. Hopefully all of the trees are still standing.