"Something Wicked This Way Comes"

Yesterday was interesting. As John was working the boys and I were busy at home preparing for the storm to arrive. We had been hearing about a strange type of weather event that doesn't happen often that would possibly bring strong winds, hail, severe lightening and heavy downpours. Standing outside waiting for the storm to arrive was crazy. It was as if the people on television didn't have a clue, the sky was beautiful, not a cloud in sight and yet they were telling us to take shelter that several tornado's had been possibly sighted or were on the ground in an area not far from us. I watched outside while our neighbors continued to work on their house, putting up siding. Donna, a friend from across the road came outside and sat down to read while the boys played on their bikes as I waited, camera in hand. 

I do not know what possesses someone to stand in the line of fire during a possibly life threatening storm but I do understand the excitement and great measure some go to to acquire the perfect picture of such events. The sky was amazing. I could look to the South East sky and  see a tremendous eye wall forming as the television buzzed over and over with warnings of approaching increment weather telling us to seek shelter. At one point we got warning of phone outages nearby. We continued to watch as the skies darkened and a rather ominous eye formed over our houses. At one point the neighbor across the road who was working on his house stopped what he was doing and said okay, that's a sign. The temp dropped what seemed 10 degrees in a matter of seconds. It was then we all became more concerned about the approaching funnel overhead. The scanner was buzzing at the neighbors as the town fire station contemplated whether or not to sound the alarm. 

As horrifying as the oncoming storm was to watch and the feeling of impending danger increased, it was so difficult to put the camera down and go inside. I took several pictures before finally having enough of the opposing lightening strikes. I didn't want toasted like a marshmallow so reluctantly I walked in the house and sat it out. The funnel that formed above our house was rotating and we were all hoping it would pass over us, thankfully it did. Had it decided to touch down we wouldn't have been in the path of destruction, we would have been under it! I feel rather fortunate to have watched this amazing event unfold but found myself thanking God we didn't become part of the 6 oclock' news. God is good!