Ran the dogs up at the cemetery last night and watched as a large storm moved into the area. The wind brought the smell of rain with it but we made it almost home before the storm really cranked up. My husband checked the weather and NOAA had issued a tornado warning for our county advising everyone to head for their basements. Twelve minutes later the town's tornado siren started blaring. Whoever is in charge of it needs to react more quickly, if a tornado had be heading for the town the siren would have been wailing after the fact.
My husband and I debated whether we should sleep in the basement for the night just to be safe but after checking NOAA again we decided it would be alright to sleep upstairs. I had the futon made up already since we slept in the basement Saturday night to get away from the extreme (90 degrees Fahrenheit/ 32.22 degrees Celsius) heat. We are at that time of year where it is too soon to put up the awnings because of the high winds and too soon to put in the air conditioner because of the quick changes in temperatures. Add to this the tornadoes that can grow out of these violent weather changes and you can see why I am leaving the futon in bed mode for the next week or two.
The tornado was expected to passed about four miles east of town which put it over a tiny town that is really just a crossroad at this point but still has a few houses, a grain elevator, and two other business. I will find out later this morning if anyone or anything got caught in it.
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