U Gotta Be Kiddin Me

We just went thru HELL. The tornado sirens went off like crazy just a little bit ago. I looked out my front door….didn’t see nothing. Only calmness. No wind. Nothing. Absolute silence. Then it went all crazy. I went to the back door and saw my life pass in front of me. I started crying and called my Mom. I truly needed my Mom at that moment. Even though I called her earlier to make sure she was alright…all along it was I that needed comfort.

It was huge. It was turning. I know it was a funnel cloud. I watched it. I was mesmerized by it.

But now, we are under the gun yet again. Another cell popped up. More Tornado watches…Warnings….Thunder all over the place. I have my laptop but its not plugged into the wall. Too much lightning in the area. When the news was on, we had 235 strikes within a 20 minute period. I keep watching it out the window. And speaking of Lightning, not sure what happened but we have a fire that just broke out in downtown Davenport, IA. My Dad just called me to let me know. Funny thing is, I was just down in that area tonight taking pictures of the swollen Mississippi.

One reason why I hate Satellite TV…is in storms they tend to go out. I had to reset my receiver just now to get the news on.

Please God..Please…if for once. Please stop the insanity right now. Its enough already.

Ok, I got my sign just now. A little town just south of me is needing help sandbagging. Its something I need to do. I did it back in 2000 and saved a business. I will head into work first thing, make sure things are ok. But then I am going to go help. I have too.

I am sure you have all heard about the Boy Scout camp in Little Sioux, Iowa. That was hit by a deadly tornado. In our local newspaper, people are just mean and nasty. Asking why would they be out there to begin with and why weren’t they prepared.

Not trying to sound tasty myself here but I will say these Boys were prepared. I’ve seen the Boy Scouts in action. In fact the weekend we went camping we had tornado warnings out. We stood back, watched the weather and then proceeded to go camping. And where we were was in a deep raveen. Bad thing about that is all the water comes down the hills. It was very muddy. And that’s ok. The boys survived. The Boys had fun. We watched, and paid attention to the weather.

What I don’t understand is why people can be negative over something that is beyond our control…and our destiny. I am not the most religious person in the world here, but hearing about the deadly tornado last night has brought me to think. Why is God doing this? Is there really a God? Or is the end really coming?
Right now at this very moment, I am typing my blog and we have Severe ThunderStorm Warnings all over the place. My Grandparents have a Tornado Warning, well now its expired. Phew, but its still not over. Its heading right for us here. I am scared. We have no basement here. Just a small, tiny closet.
Now I am heading to check out where my job is located in Minnesota to see if they were hit again by the storms yesterday.