Tornado Warnings!

More Rain
Originally uploaded by KenCalvino

Living here in southern Illinois, or indeed in the heartland generally, thunderstorms can be a scary event. As a kid on the east coast I loved watching a good thunderstorm, but here that means tornadoes. This morning I woke up to the tornado sirens wailing. I got up and turned on the local television station (which is actually a two hour drive from here!) because a drop of rain and they stop all programming and run storm coverage. They did not dissapoint. A tornado was on the ground in the town just to the west of here - a mere 10 miles away and was headed right Tidy Town! I got my shoes on and put the Frog Wrangler in her cage (it's in a very safe area and she can no longer traverse the cellar steps) and I headed to the basement. What a way to start your day! Thankfully the tornado turned south and by-passed here by a couple of miles. We did get a little hail - but not the baseball sized hail that was dropping with the tornado. So now it's become another day of rain - just what we need....

Hope your day is starting better. Notice the screen patch in the picture....