This too shall pass
Read Time:1 Minute, 33 Second
The saying in Oklahoma is, if you don’t like the weather now, wait a moment. It changes quick, and sometimes violently.
For that reason we have some of the best meteorologists in the country. The National Weather Service has an office located here. Would be meteorologist come from all over the country to get a degree in meteorology here.
We were in the midst of the worst drought since the dust bowl before the sirens went off yesterday evening. When the sirens did wind up and let out their eerie howl, I did what any self respecting Okie does under the circumstances. I flipped the television on to get second-by-second updates on the weather, mixed a strong one, and bolted for the front porch to check out the action.
Within minutes of the sirens going off the view from my porch was a squalling grey-out. The trees in my front yard twisted and dipped, back and forth under the force of wind. Quarter size hail clacked against the windows.
When you thought the wind could not blow any harder, it did, accompanied by a deafening roaring noise, the calling card of a nearby tornado. I stepped back inside to check the ongoing weather report to see if it was time to retreat to the basement.
According to the report there were areas of circulation to the North and South of my area, but not here. Folks wouldn’t be so lucky in other parts across the state. Here, it was safe to go back to the porch.
About forty-five minutes from when it started dumping inches of rain–it stopped. I watched as the backside of the massive storm cells slid away, like big fluffy, floating beast, only aware of the destruction they reaped in front of them, leaving in their wake a frazzled calm, and a rainbow.
Happy
0 %
Sad
0 %
Excited
0 %
Sleepy
0 %
Angry
0 %
Surprise
0 %
0
0
I would almost (emphasis on almost) say that you are lucky Collin in that you can see the damn things coming sometimes. I live in West Central Alabama, which is the South’s version of “tornado alley” and we don’t see crap until it is on us. Last night and the night before we stayed glued to the tv and my computer tracking the damn things until they were past us. Glad you are safe and hope everyone else is also. This time of year it becomes dangerous as hell living in certain parts of the country, but I guess that be said for anywhere.
It tends to rain in England…can I get paid for that information?
I lived in Missouri for many, many years and managed to escape the wrath of nature, although my neighbors weren’t always so lucky. You haven’t lived until you have seen first hand what these big boomers can do to a trailer park. Really good article.
In East Texas we had a little hail storm last night and 100 mph straight line winds last Tuesday. The good thing about straight line winds you can usually find all your stuff. I had my neighbors porch roof in the back pasture right where you’d expect it.
I have experienced the wrath of Mother Nature in that part of the world. Living in NW Missouri for about 15 years, the only thing I did not experience was an earthquake. We got remnants of hurricanes that blew north off the Gulf, -15F in the winter with -60F wind chills, drought in the summer with many 100F plus days and the dreaded sirens in the spring, makes living in SE Georgia pretty easy.
Yeah, NW MO, and NE OK are about the same thing.