Soooo....my living close to the Texas - Oklahoma border makes tons of sense then, right? This is the one thing that makes me wonder if I made a mistake 3 years ago when I moved here. My first month here I called home in tears wondering if I could actually live here. I remember saying to my mom "Either I'm over-reacting here or everyone who lives here is nuts! I'm ready to hide and they're all heading out into the storm." A neighbor took me out that night to watch hockey at a local bar after we lost power. I think he may have saved me from moving back home.
Last year we had a heck of a storm system move through here one evening. My roomie at the time was a Texas born and bred girl. A girl who could stand outside and tell whether the winds were straight line or rotational. A girl who looked at the sky outside our apartment and said "Ok, so we're gonna get the pillows and you into the bathtub" while she stood by the window exclaiming over the forming funnel cloud, tornado sirens went off and I was near hysterical on the phone with my mom. Terrified did not even begin to describe what I felt. Helpless and terrified is a little closer, but still a long way away.
Yesterday was our first run of remotely bad weather in an earlier than necessary tornado season. And I was a hot mess. The Puppy and I were home and neither of us was very thrilled. I was anxious and sweaty and felt like there was not enough wine in the house to calm me down. I even dried out the bathtub in case we needed to go hide. Luckily we did not. Puppy is a nervous pee-er and I'm pretty sure even if the roof had not blown off, I would have been wet.
I don't know if I will ever be comfortable when bad weather is headed where I am. I need a bigger bathtub. Preferably one that is full of gin (Sorry, Mom).
Thanks, Shell, as always for letting me pour my heart out.
You'll get a tough skin after a while... Having moved to TN, everyone here just thinks I'm a hard witch with a "b" because I tell them they are all crazy for being scared of a little hail and then I really think about what I'm saying. IT'S HAIL! It broke a window on our house! OF COURSE THEY ARE SCARED! So, go on with your bad self and just remember that if you lose power, a bar with a hockey game playing still has theirs. ;)
ReplyDeleteRachel, funnily enough I had moved my car into the garage then back out since the storm system was moving slower than they expected. When I heard the hail my first thought was "My car will have busted windows". The hail was pea sized. I'm a northern wussy. Oh, and I can't comment on your tumbler again, so I've not been ignoring you!
Deletehahaha. I'm sorry. but it is sort of funny. Listen. There are 2 things you need to do. 1... get on twitter. And tweet your blog posts. But also, if you find youself in a storm - tweet through it. Because life around here is a little boring sometimes.
ReplyDeleteTwitter scares and intimidates me. Do I need one more form of social media? ;) Although, if it would entertain you, then maybe it's worth it.
DeleteWe get them here in Virginia too and you're right they are scary! You have one of those storm radio's right? That and the gin pretty much covers all you can do, God pretty much has all the rest covered :)
ReplyDeleteI don't have a storm radio that sends out the warnings. I think I need one because I sleep all sorts of crappy on stormy nights. Tell you what, I'll buy that and you fill the bathtub with gin...that's a fair trade right? Just don't ask yourself why you're trading me anything!
DeleteI think I'd need the gin, too!
ReplyDeleteTwisters make my knees a little weak and gin helps me feel like I'm standing strong. Feel being the operative word there.
DeleteI would definitely need the gin! I'm from an area that doesn't have these and the thoughts scare me.
ReplyDeleteI'm thankful one has never gotten too close, but the idea of them also make my knees like jelly!
DeleteI'm with you. Storms are scary!
ReplyDeleteI can totally take the thunder and lightening...when the wind picks up, that's when it gets too real for me!
DeleteAfter the run of bad storms over the past year, I am becoming a bit more wary myself. I say, get a bigger tub :-)
ReplyDeleteMelissa, a bigger tub would be genius!
DeleteIf getting a bigger tub would help you feel safer, you should definitely get one ASAP! Stay safe always!
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