friday night

So last night was crazy!  There was a huge wave of storms heading right for Jamestown... we knew what to expect.  When the tornado sirens went off, my plan was just to go into my bedroom closet (no basement so it's the only safe place to go, I guess) and cover ourselves with pillows & blankets, but the man of the house decided we were going to the church basement.  We live just down the street from the church so it was going to take us 30 seconds to get there... but I was flipping out!  I gathered a blanket & three pillows and stood by the door, while Tim seemed to be taking his time to find his shoes & shirt.  I kept yelling, "Come on, Come on!" and he kept saying, "We're fine... we have a few minutes."  Then he decided he had to find a radio, but it was taking him, in my opinion, far too long to do that.  Then had the nerve to ask me, "Do you want a book?"  My response: "NO I DON'T WANT A BOOK... COME........ ON!!!!!"  haha, it was like a scene from a movie, I swear.  

Anyway, we went to the church basement & got under a bench w/our crazy dog who has no fear of storms.  Once the radio said it had passed, we came home.  We're not sure if it was a tornado or not, (a man was around our neighborhood trying to assess whether or not what happened was straight-line winds or a tornado... he hadn't come to a conclusion when Tim talked to him last) but we had huge trees just twist off and land on things.  My neighbor's swing set was crushed by a tree, fences were down, a huge tree in a lady's backyard had been completely uprooted.  What amused me, though, was the fact that next to the giant, uprooted tree on its side was a tiny, little bush with the the little store tag still attached.  

So that was my night.  We were also able to spend some time out w/our neighbors... in a small town, when a storm hits & people don't have power, we all come outside to assess the damage & hang out. 

:)