TORNADO!
As another late night at the office was in the making, I heard a weather alert on the television. Thinking very little about Watches and Warnings, I grabbed my keys and walked out the door. I turned and said to my family, "See you later tonight!" Unconscience to nature's unyielding presence, I proceeded out of my home and heard something ominous. As I unlocked my truck and opened the door, I stopped mid-way. Frozen by sounds of crashing cars, roaring rubber on asphalt, and screams in my neighborhood I tilted my head up for no reason. I saw a whirlwind of debris above my home. It became silent. Then abruptly; rumbles, whirls, and howling hurt my ears. I ran back into the house screaming to my family to come downstairs into the small laundry room. It was too late, the destruction had started. While running to the safe place, I saw backyard possessions lifting as if a planetary vacuum was cleaning house. Fences were ripped from their posts and barbeque pits had no